Obama abandons the Negroponte doctrine

Sorry for the down time - this evening has been crazy.In the 'bad old days' of George W. Bush, US veto policy at the United Nations was dictated by something called the Negroponte doctrine, which was named after then-US ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte. The Negroponte Doctrine, which was explicitly posted on the website of the U.S. mission to the United Nations in 2003, says