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In pics: Van Persie's hat-trick, Oxlade-Chamberlain's brace and strikes from Arteta and Henry.

ManCity hat gestern vorgelegt, heute ist ManUnited gefragt: Will der Rekordmeister am Nachbarn und Tabellenführer dranbleiben, muss der erste Liga-Sieg seit zehn Jahren beim FC Chelsea her! Vor dem Topspiel könnte Newcastle (gegen Villa) den Druck auf die Blues in Sachen Champions-League-Quali zusätzlich erhöhen - stürmen erstmals Ba und Cissé gemeinsam? Arsenal ließ es zum Auftakt des Spieltag...

Manchester United vise une victoire lors du choc face à Chelsea à Stamford-Bridge (17h00) pour revenir à la hauteur de Manchester City en tête du classement. Mais les Blues, menacés par Arsenal dans la course à la Ligue des Champions, ne peuvent pas se permettre d'abandonner des points à domicile.

Sergio Ramos hat Real Madrid zum Sieg gegen Getafe geschossen. In England traf Robin van Persie dreimal für Arsenal. Zudem gelang Manchester City der zwölfte Heimsieg in Folge, es war zudem der 50. Erfolg von Trainer Roberto Mancini.

Los de Mancini recuperaron la sonrisa ganando al Fulham 3-0, mientras que los Gunners arman la fiesta en Londres superando 7-1 al Blackburn Rovers. El domingo, Chelsea-United.

Manchester City hat sich in der 24. Runde der englischen Premier League keine Blöße gegeben. Der Tabellenführer fuhr am Samstag daheim gegen Fulham problemlos einen 3:0-Pflichtsieg ein und führt nach dem 17. Liga-Heimsieg in Folge drei Punkte vor dem Stadtrivalen Manchester United.

Arsène Wenger, le coach d'Arsenal, a confié que Thierry Henry - auteur d'un but face à Blackburn (7-1) - avait joué son dernier match à l'Emirates Stadium.

Per Mertesackers FC Arsenal hat sich im Kampf um die Champions-League-Plätze in England eindrucksvoll zurückgemeldet.Foto: AFP

Per Mertesackers FC Arsenal hat sich im Kampf um die Champions-League-Plätze in England eindrucksvoll zurückgemeldet.Foto: AFP

Acababa de renovar con el Southampton, pero la oferta del Arsenal (17,3 millones) era tan jugosa para el club como para el futbolista, la nueva perla del fútbol inglés. Algo que le importaba poco a Nigel Adkins, entrenador de los Saints, reacio a venderlo, por más que su opinión fuera secundaria. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Portsmouth, Inglaterra; 1995), siempre de ideas fijas, decidió reso...

Wenger says ‘maximum possibility we have is two more weeks’

Premier League : Ce samedi après-midi, Arsenal a infligé une véritable correction à Blackburn en s’imposant sur le score de sept buts ...lire la suite

Scot disappointed by his side’s inability to prevent Robin van Persie from dictating the game but says his team will not dwell on the performance as it fights the drop.

Un Arsenal liderado por el holandés Robin Van Persie, que marcó un triplete, mostró hoy en el Emirates una de sus mejores versiones de esta temporada y goleó al Blackburn por 7-1.

London (SID) - Robin van Persie war mit seinem Dreierpack der herausragende Spieler beim Kantersieg des FC Arsenal am 24. Spieltag der englischen Fußball-Premier-League. Der niederländische Nationals...

Robin van Persie war mit seinem Dreierpack der herausragende Spieler beim 7:1 (3:1)-Kantersieg des FC Arsenal gegen die Bolton Wanderers am 24. Spieltag der Premier League.

Una goleada de escándalo de 7-1 le metieron los "Gunners" al Blackburn con "hat-trick" de Robin Van Persie

Robin van Persie boosted his sensational goal record with a hat-trick in Arsenal's rampant win over relegation-threatened Blackburn.

Der FC Arsenal hat seine Durststrecke in England mit einem eindrucksvollen Torfestival beendet.

ROBIN VAN PERSIE netted a hat-trick as Arsenal went goal crazy at the Emirates

ROBIN VAN PERSIE netted a hat-trick as Arsenal went goal crazy at the Emirates

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted his side could still finish in the top four of the Premier League after a goalless draw away to Bolton Wanderers left it five points shy of a Champions League spot.

Arsene Wenger has insisted Arsenal can still finish in the top four of the Premier League and qualify for next season's Champions League.

Arsenal manager looking forward to having his squad strengthened by the return of injured players as he looks to fight battles on three fronts.

Anaheim brothers arrested after police find arsenal of weapons

Arsenal missed a great chance to move within touching distance of the top four in the Premier League on Wednesday, drawing 0-0 at relegation-threatened Bolton to slip back to seventh place in the standings.

Arsenal se déplace à Bolton mercredi (21h00) lors de la 23e journée pour mettre un terme à une série de trois défaites consécutives en Premier League. Les Gunners, sixièmes au classement, ont besoin d'un succès pour se relancer dans la course à la Ligue des Champions.

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As the GOP hopefuls duked it out for the final day in Florida Tuesday, the Obama camp dispatched the heaviest hitters in its arsenal to collect campaign cash. The president spent the evening speaking to supporters at back-to-back events in Washington, while first lady Michelle Obama was scheduled to fundraise in California, and Vice President Joe Biden delivered remarks at a campaign event in T...

Articles en rapportFootball (Valenciennes) : Miyaichi (Arsenal) ne viendra pasEn visite à Lille, Claude Guéant réaffirme sa confiance aux policiers du Nord et demande à Martine Aubry d´installer la vidéoprotectionFourmies : les gendarmes auront une caserne neuve en 2013Football (Valenciennes) : Rémi Gomis retardé ŸFootball (Valenciennes) : Sanchez et Pujol touchés et ménagés

Arsenal recovered from two goals down at halftime to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in their English FA Cup fourth round tie at the Emirates Sunday.

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 2:A brace from Robin van Persie and one from Theo Walcott helped Arsenal come back from two goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in their FA Cup fourth-round clash at the Emirates Stadium.

A la peine dans les sondages à moins de trois mois de l'élection présidentielle, le chef de l'État dévoile à la télévision un arsenal de mesures pour doper la compétitivité des entreprises et favoriser l'emploi. » Tout sur la spéciale Nicolas SarkozyArticles en rapportLe rebond de la croissance américaine reste fragileBCE : Mario Draghi prépare une baisse de tauxLe chômage explose à 22,8% en Es...

A stunning second half comeback from Arsenal turned the game on its head after Villa had taken a 2-0 leadAfternoon. Arsene Wenger must be feeling like the parent who's picked up his teenage child from a party at 3am, only to be met with a surly silence for the duration of the car journey home. After everything he's done for Arsenal, this is the thanks he gets. There was full-on...

Vierte Runde im FA Cup - neben dem Fußball stand dabei am Samstag auch das Thema Rassismus im Fokus: Nach Vorfällen in den Liga-Duellen gab es zwischen QPR und Chelsea (0:1) keine Shakehands, bei Liverpools hitzigenm 2:1-Sieg über Erzrivale Manchester United wurde ein Fan ausfällig und verhaftet. Weiter ist auch Tottenham - und Arsenal! Mertesacker, van Persie & Co. bogen gegen Aston Villa ...

PAIR from elite cavalry regiment arrested after police seized a stash of drugs and guns

TOKYO (AP) -- Detractors say the F-35 stealth fighter, the costliest military plane ever, is destined to go down as one of the biggest follies in aviation history. But it may have found a savior: deep-pocketed U.S. allies hungry to add its super high-tech capabilities to their arsenal....

X-47B, all ice, no man. The deadliest drone in the US arsenal, a stealth killer. I have seen dozens of photos. Videos too, of its first test and its cruise test. But I've never seen it from the top. More »

Warren Buffett has a lot that his assistant Debbie Bosanek does not, including a figurative arsenal to fight for lower taxes. After ABC interviewer Bianna Golodryga cited claims by Republicans that the tax code debate is a form of class warfare, Buffett admitted that, while he wouldn't use that term, the tax code is inherently "a struggle." The problem, however, is that people like his assista...

La rabbia dei tedeschi che già rispettano le regole, Rummenigge sbotta: "Non capisco perchè noi siamo a posto e gli altri no". Entro il 2014 tutti in riga, sennò...

ARSENAL star is caught on camera singing cheesy version of one of Usher's hits

ARSENAL star is caught on camera singing cheesy version of one of Usher's hits

While federal firearms data shows that the number of registered gun owners in Canada is dropping, the arsenal of each is getting bigger and bigger

Simon Fraser University associate professor James Wakeling is adding to the arsenal of increasingly sophisticated medical imaging tools with a new signal-processing method for viewing muscle activation details that have never been seen before.

Utl.: Ausgabe vom 24.01.2012 = Wien (OTS) - Wenn das Ölembargo nicht wirkt, gibt es nur noch zwei Optionen. A: Militärschläge gegen Irans Atomanlagen. Oder B: Die Welt duldet die Bombe der Mullahs. Das Arsenal der Sanktionsmöglichkeiten gegen den Iran leert sich. Diverse Einreiseverbote ...

D.C. United released eight of 14 trialists after the first week of training camp and invited three new players to workouts in Florida, which begin Tuesday at Lakewood Ranch. The newcomers are goalkeeper Josh Lambo, a former U.S. youth national team player who spent four seasons with FC Dallas; Alanzo Adlam, a 22-year-old Jamaican forward; and Sebastian Svard, a 29-year-old ...

Les ministres des Finances de la zone euro espèrent avancer lundi vers un accord sur la réduction de la dette grecque et peaufiner leur arsenal anti-crise, alors que le FMI demande une réponse plus vigoureuse pour éviter une contagion qui "risque d'engloutir le monde entier".histoires liéesRécidive ou paradis fiscaux, les fraudeurs vont bientôt risquer plus grosAucune initiative franco-allemand...

Der frühere englische Fußball-Nationalspieler und heutige TV-Experte Gary Neville hat sich am Sonntag laut Gedanken über den russischen Nationalmannschaftskapitän Andrej Arschawin vom FC Arsenal gemacht.Mehr zum Thema+++ Tennis-Liveticker – Australian Open +++ - Scharapowa gleicht gegen Lisicki nach Sätzen aus+++ Tennis-Liveticker – Australian Open +++ - Scharapowa führt gegen Lisicki im dritte...

Le gouvernement veut renforcer un arsenal inchangé depuis trente ans. Les nouvelles sanctions plus dissuasives seront présentées en conseil des ministres le 8 février.

Plusieurs coups de feu ont été tirés samedi en fin d’après-midi et dimanche matin dans le centre de Verviers, lors d’un règlement de compte dans le milieu de la to...lire la suitehistoires liées19:31 Foot : Manchester United gagne à Arsenal 2 à 119:02 Nigeria : au moins 150 morts dans les attentats à Kano19:11 La Belgique est promue en D2 à l’Euro masculin de hockey en salle19:20 CAN-2012 : la ...

Englands Meister Manchester United ist am Sonntag mit einem 2:1-Sieg gegen Arsenal am Stadtrivalen Manchester City drangeblieben. Dem Titelverteidiger fehlen damit weiterhin drei Punkte auf den Tabellenführer. Arsenal, dem die Revanche für das 2:8-Debakel im August missglückte, liegt nach der achten Saisonniederlage als Fünfter bereits 18 Zähler zurück. Auch auf den Vierten Chelsea fehlen den L...

Leaders Manchester City host title rivals Tottenham before Arsenal take on second-placed Manchester United on Sunday in a huge day at the top of the Premier League table.

Première journée, première surprise: le Sénégal et son arsenal offensif, un...

Los Angeles Galaxy ist an Frank Lampard interessiert, Andreij Arschawin wird beim FC Arsenal bleiben. Beim FC Bayern gibt es keinen Panikkauf nach der Niederlage in Gladbach. Der Transfer-Tag im Liveblog: Wer wechselt vielleicht, wer wechselt eventuell, wer wechselt ganz sicher?

The iPhone and iPad now are practically required tools in musicians' arsenal, as evidenced with the opening of the annual NAMM show.

Tenía órdenes de montar una base operativa de ETA en Cataluña y viajaba desde París a Cartagena con su arsenal en su ropa interior: siete balas dispersas por sus calzoncillos. La Policía desveló ayer en la Audiencia Nacional los detalles de la captura de Faustino Marcos, el supuesto terrorista que fue arrestado en febrero de 2010 en un tren en la frontera de Portbou (Girona) cuando se disponía ...

Collapse of Assad regime could put toxins in the wrong hands; No one knows the size, quality of WMDs collected by Syria.

In the new Facebook game Angry Brides, players choose from an arsenal of weapons - a red stiletto, for example - and heave it at the head of a prospective groom. Every clout to the head or groin brings down the dowry price he’s seeking from his future bride, and tallies it in the player’s bank

Robin van Persie (28) ist momentan die Lebensversicherung des FC Arsenal. Wie reagiert der Klub darauf? Sie baggern am nächsten van Persie.Foto: dpaMehr zum ThemaUS-Flugzeugträger - Das teuerste Parkdeck der WeltDésirée Nick - Wenn Micaela hüpft, wippen nur die HaareAusbilderin der Katze - Vom Schminken sollte sie die Finger lassenZDF-Film „Nachtschicht“ - Ex-BILD.de-Reporterin spielt mit Götz...

Heads and faces covered against the cold, these former insurgents hand over an arsenal of weapons during a ceremony in Ghazni province to rejoin Afghan society.

Arsenal are finalising plans for a pre-season tour of Nigeria this summer, in what will be their first visit to Africa.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian villager discovered a stockpile of Kalashnikov assault rifles hidden in the wooden crates he bought for $15 from a stranger to use as fuel for his winter stove.

Reports say a Russian villager ended up with his own private arsenal after buying a wooden container for firewood.

Le Japon s'est engagé jeudi à réduire progressivement ses importations de pétrole iranien pour soutenir les sanctions américaines contre la République islamique, accusée par Washington de chercher à se doter d'un arsenal nucléaire. A l'occasion d'une visite à Tokyo du secrétaire américain au Trésor...

Actuellement à la recherche d'un club, Robert Pires s'entraîne avec Arsenal. Le milieu français de 38 ans a été...

He may be trying to get his sons to support his former team Manchester United, but David Beckham's son Romeo is obviously more interested in another English team.

Er war der Starspieler des britischen Vereins: Der Stürmer Thierry Henry. Mittlerweile spielt er für ein US-Team, doch wird der 34-Jährige für kurze Zeit an Arsenal London verliehen - und soll dort zwei Ausfälle kompensieren.

The latest collaborator in Jack White's unusual arsenal? None other than Tom Jones the contemporary Welsh crooner behind such pop hits as "It's Not Unusual" Jones will join White's Third Man Records in its "Blue Series" which has pressed special one-off 7-inch singles from Insane Clown Posse Stephen Colbert and other...

Google has confirmed that it has added more IBM patents to its technology arsenal as smartphone rivals increasingly battle in courts over innovations.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - In South Carolina, the governor's mansion is on the grounds of a former arsenal that was burned down by the Union army during the Civil War.

Seuls des tracas administratifs retardent le retour du Français chez les Gunners où il a passé ses plus belles années.

Adding to its growing arsenal of robotic aircraft, the Air Force has purchased a new high-flying hunter-killer drone. For $15 million, the military bought one stealthy, jet-powered drone, dubbed Avenger, from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. -- the same San Diego company that builds MQ-1 Predators and larger MQ-9 Reapers. The remotely piloted Predators and Reapers have become a centra...

Por naturaleza soy bastante optimista, pero la primera década del siglo XXI ha puesto enormemente a prueba esa tendencia natural. El secuestro en 2000 de las elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses por parte del Tribunal Supremo, supuesto garante del orden constitucional en Estados Unidos; el crimen contra la humanidad del 11 de septiembre de 2011, que cometieron unos terroristas islamistas; ...

New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry appears poised to sign a contract with the team that made him a legend in the next 48 hours.

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities hunting in Swiss banks for suspected tax cheats have a new weapon in their arsenal: an arcane but aggressive legal maneuver more commonly used against drug smugglers, money launderers and Imelda Marcos, widow of the Philippine dictator.

Días después de la muerte de Muamar Gadafi el pasado octubre, el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas aprobó por unanimidad una resolución urgiendo a las autoridades provisionales libias a controlar el enorme arsenal de armamento en manos de los grupos guerrilleros que derrocaron al coronel. El proceso, muy complicado dada la rivalidad y desconfianza que persiste en buena parte de los que lu...

TOTTENHAM closed in on the Premier League leaders as Arsenal dropped points at home against 10-man Wolves.

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Tuesday that Israel's longstanding refusal to confirm or deny reports that it has a nuclear arsenal is itself an effective deterrent.

Sea Shepherd - die Umweltschutzorganisation, die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, Wale vor japanischen Walfängern zu schützen, hat eine mächtige neue Waffe in ihrem Arsenal. Die Organisation hat eine Walfangflotte 1000 Meilen nördlich des Südlichen Ozeans mittels einer Drohne ausgemacht. mehr...

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week’s death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.The source added that the military, which is trying to develop a nuclear arsenal, has pledged allegiance to the untested Kim Jong-un, w...

LONDON (AFP) - Tottenham Hotspur have earned themselves the perfect opportunity to celebrate Christmas as London's top club.Harry Redknapp's players are already assured of a higher Premier League placing than Arsenal come December 25 and will also keep Chelsea below them if they avoid defeat at home to Andre Villas-Boas' side on Thursday (today).And third-place Tottenham, who will kick off two ...

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has riveted international attention on the threat of nuclear weapons . Kim was widely reported to have been pursuing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles to deliver them, and he presided over a pair of nuclear bomb blast tests (confirmed by seismograph). No one outside North Korea knows whether the secretive, totalitarian nation possesses an ac...

North Korea was in seclusion today, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Location:  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:50 P.M. EST         MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for your patience.  Thanks for being here for your daily briefing.  I don't have any announcements, s...

Up to the day of his death, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s 17-year rule was defined by his obsessive pursuit of nuclear weapons—an objective so dear to him that he drove his countrymen to starvation to achieve it. While little is known about Kim’s son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong Eun, U.S. officials and weapons experts see little to reason to believe that he will be any less enamored of the ...

Virgin television customers were unable to see the full names of several programmes on their TV menus this weekend, as they were blocked out for containing 'inappropriate language'.

Draghi gives no new signal on ECB bond-buying program

Arsenal are drawn against AC Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Chelsea will play Napoli.

Facebook is getting some green love from Greenpeace. The activist environmental organization declared victory in its nearly two-year campaign to pressure Facebook to reduce the environmental impact of its data centers. The social media giant's data centers house a colossal arsenal of servers that supports the friendships and marketing campaigns of 800 million people across the globe.

The arsenal was uncovered by police during a raid of the gunman's home during October 2007 and includes a number of powerful rifles and rocket launchers.

A series of 'fail' videos of the EA game on YouTube sees players perform like never before - such as Liverpool's Andy Carroll passionately kissing Arsenal keeper Lukasz Fabianski after scoring.

Für den BVB geht es um das Überleben in der Champions League - dafür braucht das Team von Jürgen Klopp einen hohen Sieg gegen Marseille und Schützenhilfe von Gruppensieger Arsenal. Leverkusen hingegen hat das Achtelfinale schon sicher und kämpft heute gegen Genk um den Gruppensieg.

AUSTRALIA’S RULING Labor party voted yesterday to lift the long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India despite it retaining its strategic weapons arsenal and not being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

An unconventional project by US university students has concluded that China's nuclear arsenal could be many times larger than current estimates, drawing the attention of Pentagon analysts.

Investigaciones conjuntas permitieron a los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos identificar a 25 traficantes de armas que dotan de arsenal a los cárteles de la droga y el crimen organizado, entre los que se encuentran ciudadanos estadounidenses, por lo que su detención es prioritaria para ambas naciones, de acuerdo con un reporte de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR)

Sven Bender ist nach seinem Kieferbruch gegen Arsenal noch in der Nacht drei Stunden operiert worden und wird dem BVB bis Januar fehlen.Foto: Witters

Arsenal, grâce à un doublé de l'indispensable Robin van Persie, a battu le...

Senior military advisor to Khamenei says all of Israel is within reach of Tehran's current missiles.

Es geht um die Chance aufs Achtelfinale der Champions League. Dortmund muss beim FC Arsenal gewinnen. Leverkusen sollte gegen Chelsea möglichst ebenfalls drei Punkte einfahren. sportschau.de berichtet live.

NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. Data from this test series will aid in the design and development of a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of performing science and exploration research on t...

EBay has been adding new technologies to its arsenal lately in an effort to overhaul its retail identity and better compete with rivals like Amazon.

Wien/Brunn am Gebirge (OTS) - Eine märchenhafte Premiere feierte die erste Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe Gala am 17.11. in den ART for ART Malersälen im Wiener Arsenal, die unter dem Motto "Dornröschen" stand. Zahlreiche Gäste aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft folgten der Einladung von ...

Wenn ich der Argumentation folge, dass nukleare Arsenale eine Gefahr für die Region sind, dann drängt sich doch der Gedanke auf, dass die USA nicht zwingend Iran angreifen müssten. Bei der Überlegenheit ihrer Militärmacht wäre es möglicherweise zweckdienlich, das GRÖßERE Arsenal anzugreifen, damit es später nicht auch noch einen Grund geben würde, mit der gleichen Begründung zB Pakistan anzugre...

WASHINGTON (Online) - Rebutting a US media report that Pakistan’s atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft, the United States has expressed confidence in Islamabad’s ability to keep its nuclear weapons safe. “We have confidence that Pakistan govt is well aware of the range of potential threats to its nuclear arsenal… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

The report is the strongest sign yet that Iran seeks to build a nuclear arsenal, despite claims to the contrary

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - The Pentagon's advanced research arm said Monday it is boosting efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible keyboard-launched U.S. military attacks against enemy targets.

Pakistan is training 8,000 additional people to protect the country's nuclear arsenal.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Sunday described as ‘pure fiction’ a US media report about possible American plans to secure the country’s nuclear arsenal in the event of any extremist threat, saying no one should ‘underestimate’ its capability to defend its national interests.A statement issued by Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said the article ‘The Ally From Hell’ in The Atlantic journal ...

Detrás de LVMH, PPR y Richemont, tres corporaciones de dimensiones colosales, se esconde el mayor arsenal de glamour. Un universo de deseo y ensueño trazado a golpes de exclusividad con las firmas de moda más importantes. Hoy por hoy, la industria del lujo es coto de tres hombres. De dos franceses, enemigos irreconciliables para más señas, y un sudafricano.

Arsenal l’a finalement laissé filer. Après un feuilleton estival à rebondissements, Samir Nasri quitte le club londonien pour Manchester City. La...

As I'm typing this very sentence, it looks like the New START treaty will be passed.  This happened even though GOP arms control pointman Senator Jon Kyl acted like a petulant child for the last month came out in opposition to the treaty (along with Mitch McConnell).  Slate's David Weigel Fred Kaplan has an excellent summary of why the GOP leadership failed to halt ratification, even though...