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CHINA CONTROLS 97% of RARE-EARTH MINERALS

WASHINGTON POST China gives U.S. ‘assurances’ on export of rare-earth minerals By John Pomfret Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 30, 2010; HANOI — China on Saturday assured the United States that it would continue the export of crucial rare-earth minerals that Beijing is believed to have halted as a way to pressure Japan. In […]

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AIR FORCE/MILITARY CUT BACKS QUESTION OUR POWER PROJECTION

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Air Force We Won’t Have … Alas Is the era of power projection over? Reuben F. Johnson October 18, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 05 Linköping, Sweden A three-day airpower conference at the Swedish Air Force base at Malmen this summer covered all the usual wonkish territory: defense budgeting

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CHINA PUTS PRESSURE ON US/JAPAN ALLIANCE

TKACIK: China tests U.S.-Japan alliance Asian behemoth flexes its muscles in Japanese waters Illustration: China by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times By John J. Tkacik Jr. – The Washington Times October 5, 2010 In a surprisingly uncharacteristic show of diplomatic backbone last month, the Obama administration sent an unwelcome message to Beijing: America will

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CYBER WARFARE

Annals of National Security The Online Threat Should we be worried about a cyber war? by Seymour M. Hersh November 1, 2010 s Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing cyber espionage with cyber war. On April 1, 2001, an American EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane on an eavesdropping mission collided with

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THE ROCHE RECORD – CHINA BUYS US ENERGY ASSETS

THE ROCHE RECORD  by Frank Roche, Economist October 20, 2010 COMMUNIST CHINA TAKING STAKE IN US ENERGY ASSETS The China National Offshore Oil Company, commonly referred to as CNOOC and controlled by the central government, has taken a 1/3 stake (pending US approval) worth $2.2 billion, in the energy assets of a US energy industry powerhouse,

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DEFICITS AND DEPRESSION ARE FEEDING THE ANGER OF THE PUBLIC

October 14, 2010 Deficits and Depression By Victor Davis Hanson We will learn in November just how angry the public is about a lot of things, from higher taxes to massive unemployment. But the popular uproar pales in comparison to the sense of humiliation that we Americans are quite broke. In 2008, the public was

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