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...
Foreign Policy
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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Council on Foreign Relations
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama consistently promised Americans “change.” Such promises aren’t new to the voting public. ...
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Obama Escalates Afghanistan Quagmire
It could be argued that the single biggest contributor to President Barack Obama’s election victory was voter dissatisfaction with former President Bush’s neoconservative...
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Senators Ask Administration to Reassess Honduras Stance
Breaking the silence masking an almost unanimous consensus among U.S. government leaders in support of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a group of...
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Obama’s Cairo Speech
President Barack Obama tried to strike a conciliatory tone with his June 4 speech at Cairo University. The president referred to such developments...
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Gates Meets Foreign Defense Ministers, Requests More Aid
The “international community” needs to do more to help Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the eighth Asia Security Summit this weekend. The...
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Abuse Photo Controversy Reveals Obama Lies
The New American reported last Friday that the Obama administration and Pentagon were engaging in "non-denial denial" when they supposedly denied British newspaper...
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Abu Ghraib’s Suppressed Rape, Abuse Photos
The Obama administration has often promised a more open and less secretive presidency, but on May 28 Obama was again on both sides...
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U.S. General: 10 More Years of Iraq War
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey told reporters earlier this week that a “reality scenario" for Iraq means “we're going to...
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Obama’s Foreign Policy Described As Pragmatic
Item: A May 6 Reuters article, detailing President Obama meeting with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, described the...
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U.S. Now Holds UN Human Rights Council Seat
With no competition, the United States received 167 out of 192 votes for an empty regional seat on the UN Human Rights Council....
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U.S. Policy re. Somali Pirates
On April 30, Captain Richard Phillips, the heroic skipper of the pirated Maersk Alabama, told U.S. senators that “hardening” commercial shipping vessels, arming...
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U.S., Russia “Reset” the Convergence Agenda
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at the White House with President Barack Obama on May 7 and also met with Secretary of...
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