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Published December 09, 2011
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Ginrich has the audacity to imagine that Washington can be run without his own party’s establishment. And that has upset the Washington Republican establishment.
Published October 21, 2011
President Obama has seen to it that there is nothing that warrants celebration, even though it is clearly warranted for our returning heroes, and those who served in Iraq before them.
Published October 20, 2011
The U.S. should support this transition with the key things the new government needs to be successful. Most import among these is money—their own money. Now that the country is unified, there is no excuse to delay the unfreezing of all of the former Qaddafi government’s funds abroad.
Published October 05, 2011
As with other unpalatable alliances the U.S. has been forced to stomach in wartime our current and future presidents cannot afford the luxury of complete detachment from Islamabad.
Published September 21, 2011
Obama leads from behind in his address Wednesday to the U.N. General Assembly.
Published September 01, 2011
U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford has distinguished himself by symbolically standing with the brutalized people of Syria as they seek freedom from the dictator Assad.
Published August 22, 2011
The war in Libya and the broader Arab Spring have begun shedding light on a new order that will affect more than just the Middle East.
Published August 05, 2011
Washington has only recently changed its tune and replaced adoration of Syria’s dictator Assad with outreach to protestors. As with every other major repressive government, Damascus was courted and embraced by the Obama administration as it began its tenure in the White House.
Published August 01, 2011
As we countdown to a resolution of the debt mess, Republicans have just handed President Obama a major platform on which to seek reelection.
Published July 07, 2011
Voters who wanted a smaller federal government are set to lose badly in the budget deal taking shape in Washington. In exchange for tax hikes and overhyped cuts, Republicans would hand the political class a shiny new credit card and President Obama a huge political victory.