Obama: Hero or Villain in Pirate Rescue Saga?
President Barack Obama scored major political points for the successful rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from his Somali pirate captors. Media headlines hailed...
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Obama Promises to Push for Arms Treaty
Speaking to reporters while standing alongside Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon in Mexico City on April 16, President Barack Obama said he would push...
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Piracy Solution: Letters of Marque and Reprisal
Is there another alternative to paying tribute to Somali pirates, other than sending a huge naval expedition force to route the pirates out...
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Obama to Lift Some Cuban Restrictions
The White House announced on April 13 that the Obama administration will ease U.S. restrictions on dealings with Cuba, including allowing unlimited travel...
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Obama Seeks More War Spending — Again
President Obama is seeking another increase in war spending, this time with an $83.4 billion “supplemental” appropriations request. Whatever happened to the Obama...
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National Sovereignty Is Under Attack (Again)
The Commentary magazine website has posted an interesting article from its March issue authored by John Bolton, who served as the U.S. Representative...
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77 Million Muslims to Join European Union?
President Barack Obama ended his European jaunt with a message to Muslims everywhere: the United States is not at war with Islam. Fortifying...
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Obama’s Support for NATO
NATO celebrated its 60th anniversary during its April 3-4 summit in Strasbourg/Kehl, and President Barack Obama was one of the celebrants. Speaking in...
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Obama’s “World Without Nuclear Weapons”
President Barack Obama called for a "world without nuclear weapons" when he spoke in Prague on April 5. But nations obviously will not...
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Concert of Democracies: Same Old Globalism
During last year's presidential campaign, Republican candidate John McCain turned heads when he stated: "We have to strengthen our global alliances as the...
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U.S. to Push for UN Global-warming Accord
Todd Stern, the Obama administration's special envoy for climate change, told representatives of 175 nations in Bonn, Germany, on March 29, that global...
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Holbrooke on U.S. Plans for Afghanistan
Following a series of informal discussions held in Brussels over the preceding weekend, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met...
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AntiWar.com’s Garris: More War Under Obama
President Obama’s plans are fast diverging from candidate Barack Obama’s campaign promises on Iraq, AntiWar.com co-founder Eric Garris tells The New American in...
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AntiWar.com’s Garris: The Burden of Empire
War means big government and an excuse to clamp down on constitutionally protected freedoms, AntiWar.com co-founder Eric Garris tells The New American in...
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Obama’s Budget: Where’s the Peace Dividend?
Candidate Barack Obama pledged to get the United States out of Iraq, one of the two costly wars of occupation in which the...
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