Costly Guam Base Raises Controversy Over Jobs
With a population of approximately 178,000 people residing on an island roughly one-seventh the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the...
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Obama Meets McChrystal Aboard Air Force One
President Obama met with U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One at...
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McChrystal Assesses Afghanistan at the IISS
Speaking at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on October 1, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO...
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Afghanistan: Recycling an Old Strategy
U.S. military commander for Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal told CBS's 60 Minutes that the situation in Afghanistan is worsening. Asked if things are...
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Security Council Adopts Nuclear Weapons Resolution
The UN Security Council, acting during an unprecedented summit chaired by President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on September 24 calling...
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Obama at UN, Calls for “Change … New Era of Engagement”
President Obama delivered his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, employing impassioned rhetoric reminiscent of his presidential campaign's...
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Obama Pledges to “Renew Our Resolve” Against Al-Qaeda
President Obama made a solemn and mostly non-political speech on the anniversary of the September 11 bombings that will have politicos guessing about...
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Partial Iraq Withdrawal Could Save $1.1 trillion
The Army Times is reporting that a congressional study has once again discovered the obvious: pulling out of Iraq will save money. “A...
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Obama Advisers Differ on Afghanistan
President Barack Obama’s top advisers differ on what course of action to take with the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported...
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Obama’s Wars Trigger New Activists
The election of Barack Obama to the Presidency has highlighted the foreign policy double standard that the activists on the left end of...
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No More War on Terror, White House Claims
The Obama administration has declared an end to the “war on terror,” which undoubtedly scares the neocons as much it warms the hearts...
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Clinton Stumps for International Criminal Court
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at a town hall meeting at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, on August 6, said it...
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New NATO Chief Outlines Priorities
Speaking to reporters at his first public appearance since assuming his new position as NATO's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen outlined his priorities...
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U.S. Gives $200 Million to Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on July 24 that the United States has given $200 million to help the operations of the...
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Hizb ut-Tahrir: KGB-FSB Connection?
As reported in yesterday's posting, the Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir al Islami (The Islamic Liberation Party, hereafter designated by the abbreviation HT), held...
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