The Islamic View of McChrystal’s Firing
A CNN report on June 25 cited statements posted on two Islamist websites the previous day asserting that President Obama’s replacement of controversial...
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Proper Use of the U.S. Military
Do you ever wonder why we are still in Iraq after defeating Saddam Hussein’s forces in March, 2003? Are we peacekeeping until the...
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CFR Gen. Petraeus Replaces CFR Gen. McChrystal
President Obama announced June 23 that he had “accepted the resignation” of Afghanistan theater commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal and will replace him with...
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Faisal Shahzad: Exhibit A for Noninterventionism
One of the most dramatic moments in the 2008 election cycle occurred almost a year and a half before Election Day, during a...
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Gen. McChrystal Goes to Washington
Voice of America and other news sources reported on June 22 that General Stanley McChrystal, the top military commander of U.S., International Security...
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Senators Would Ban U.S. Govt. Purchase of Chinese Goods
A bill introduced in Congress on June 17 by four Senators would prohibit purchases by the U.S. federal government of Chinese goods and...
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Withdrawal From Afghanistan May Be Delayed
Citing a statement from a Middle East affairs expert who helped formulate the Obama administration’s first Afghan strategy in early 2009, a New...
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Is U.S. Funding Both Sides in Afghan War?
Is the United States indirectly funding the Taliban insurgents who are killing our troops in Afghanistan? The New York Times reported an ongoing...
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Physicians Group Condemns U.S. Biological Torture Experiments
Physicians for Human Rights filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)...
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Obama, Clinton Respond to UN Sanctions Against Iran
Speaking in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room on June 9, President Obama made a statement commenting on the UN Security Council’s vote...
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UN Votes for Sanctions Against Iran
Voice of America News reported on June 9 that the United Nations Security Council had voted to impose a fourth round of sanctions...
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Defense Department to Economize to Fund War
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III told reporters on June 3 that his department plans to cut $100 billion in expenses in...
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1,000th American Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
The U.S. military suffered its 1,000th death of the Afghan war according to an Associated Press count May 27, when NATO reported a service...
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Obama’s Vision for an “International Order”
When President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at West Point on May 22, he outlined a vision for an “international order” that...
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Controversy Over U.S. Base in Okinawa
The British Guardian newspaper on May 21 quoted from a statement made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reporters in Tokyo that...
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