Huffington Post: Obama in the U.N. Den

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The sun had long set Monday night when the last speakers in the opening debate of the U.N. General Assembly, from Venezuela and Dominica, wearily trudged to the podium to contribute their countries' perspectives on the priorities for global action at the United Nations this fall.

The assembly hall was deserted, as indeed it was for most of the world leaders -- including over a hundred presidents, prime ministers, and royal potentates -- who journeyed from afar for this remarkable annual peregrination that New Yorkers mostly experience as traffic gridlock. While the United Nations dutifully records and uploads every word, only a few speakers can command a packed house....

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