LINKS Jan. 8, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Hillary Clinton’s coworkers welcome her back with a helmet [Mashable]

Clinton to testify on the Hill [ABC]

BORDER

US spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year [NY Times]

Guns, $7 million in Iraqi currency seized at border [Postmedia]

Border patrol agents accost photojournalist at protest [Watertown Daily News]

TRADE/ECONOMY

US and China leave feeble Europe in their wake [Reuters]

Baird says promotion of trade is crucial [Postmedia]

NAFTA surface trade jumps 7.9% [CCJ]

Press conference: next gen trade agreements jeopardize fisheries regulation [newswire,ca]

SECURITY

Obama defends Hagel as Defense pick [NY Times]

Tom Ridge supports Hagel [Politico]

Gay groups divided on Hagel [Politico]

Why Obama picked Hagel [Politico]

US legal officials split on how to prosecute terrorism detainees [NY Times]

Hints of Syrian chemical push set off global effort to stop it [NY Times]

Harper, head of African Union, to talk Mali crisis [CP]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

Two arrested in Keystone XL protest [Houston Chronicle]

Activists storm TransCanada headquarters [Daily Caller]

Year ahead for Keystone: big unknown [insideclimatenews.org]

Exit of EPA boss a protest [NY Post]

Lisa Jackson quit EPA over Keystone: NYP [CP]

 

LINKS Dec. 13, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Susan Rice pulls out, won’t replace Hillary Clinton [macleans.ca]

BORDER

Canada, US ink deal to share information on third-country nationals [iPolitics]

Name tags don’t endanger border officers, gov’t says [QMI]

Manitoba border agents off job over name-tag policy [CBC]

Alleged plot to kill Justin Bieber derailed by trip to Canadian border: police [CP]

TRADE/ECONOMY

U.S. retail sales inch up on cars, electronics [Washington Post]

Obama, Boehner to meet Thurs on fiscal cliff  [Washington Post]

 Canada rejects strong labour rights chapter in TPP [rabble.ca]

DEFENSE

Ottawa officially scraps F-35 purchase [Globe and Mail]

Rae says “reset” of F-35 process not enough [CTV]

Russian envoy says Syrian leader is losing control [NY Times]

Would a Sec of Defense Hagel oppose war with Iran? [Foreign Policy]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

 5 major issues that Keystone XL review must include [Huffington Post]

Texas judge dissolves restraining order on Keystone XL [mysanantonio.com]

Forget Canada’s oil sands, turn to Bakken [Globe and Mail]

 

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Luiza’s Blog Archives

How I spent my summer (and fall)

November 20, 2012
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I spent much of the summer and fall cover the U.S. presidential campaigns for Maclean’s magazine. I have collected some of the links here as a  mini-archive.

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Long campaign narrative and election night cover story:

How He Did It: The story of a tough, dramatic election campaign that nearly tore America apart

 

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Long cover story from the summer on Romney’s campaign:

 Yes, He Can Do Better

 

 

 

 

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Long article from the summer on Obama’s campaign:

The Remaking of a President

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Article on the presidential debates

Interview with statistician Nate Silver

Blog post on Mitt Romney’s convention speech

Blog post on Ann Romney’s convention speech

Blog post on Paul Ryan as the anti-Palin

Blog post on Paul Ryan’s convention speech

Blog post on talking to pro-life Republican women about pro-choice Condi Rice

Blog post on Michelle Obama’s convention speech

Blog post on Bill Clinton’s convention speech

Blog post on President Barack Obama’s convention speech

Interview with Canadian MPs at Democratic convention

Interview with Romney biographer, Michael Kranish

On war weariness among Republicans

Courting the Latino vote

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(The full archive of my writing for Maclean’s is here.)

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