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America's Presidential Campaign through Foreign Eyes
With the President architect of US foreign policy, how does "European-style socialism" go down in France and Germany? How do GOP hopefuls sound in China, Israel and Iran?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe national campaign is focused on American voters, but the President is the commander-in-chief and the architect of foreign policy. How does the idea of "European-style socialism" go down in France and Germany? How do Romney, Gingrich and other Republican hopefuls sound in China, Israel, Iran and other parts of the world? Also, diplomatic pressure mounts on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the UN, and Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
Banner image: Palestinians hold a crossed out picture of Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich to Protest against his remarks about Palestinians during a rally to mark the 44th anniversary of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the West bank city of Nablus on December 17, 2011. Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images
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A columnist in Germany's Der Spiegel calls the Republican candidates a "club of liars, debtors, betrayers, adulterers, exaggerators, hypocrites and ignoramuses." A French pundit is afraid they'll start new wars and abandon old allies. So how do the Europeans really feel about the campaign?
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Rabbits, raccoons, opossums and bobcats are almost things of the past in the Florida Everglades, where Burmese pythons are fighting with alligators to dominate the food chain. Released by pet owners over the years, the pythons have multiplied so much they're causing the decline of native animals. That's according to a report co-authored by J.D.
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