08.10.2009 3:45 pm

Foreign Policy Magazine: Costello to lead “cushiest” summer junket

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, gets Foreign Policy magazine’s “award” for planning the “cushiest” summer junket abroad.

An article titled “FP’s exclusive guide to Congress’s summer junkets” says:

Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) is scheduled to lead a CODEL (short for congressional delegation) to Germany,…

Was Bill Clinton’s trip a propaganda victory for North Korea?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton. AP photo from KRT video.

Mission accomplished: Former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea Monday to secure the release of two jailed American journalists and this morning they returned to California.

But there are many…

Obama’s 6-month approval rating lags among recent presidents

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A USA Today/Gallup Poll shows President Barack Obama with a 55 percent approval rating after six months in office — which would place him 10th of the 12 presidents who have served since World War II.

That sounds bad, USA Today writes,…

Foreign Policy Magazine: Costello to lead “cushiest” summer junket

Was Bill Clinton’s trip a propaganda victory for North Korea?

Obama’s 6-month approval rating lags among recent presidents

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