Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) ——————————————————————————– America at War, 2010 The USS Cole ten years later. Thomas Donnelly October 18, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 05 Before there was 9/11, there was 10/12. A decade ago this week, al Qaeda operatives staged a spectacular suicide attack on the USS Cole while it was refueling in […]
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TYRRELL: Foreign money? Democrats, not the GOP, are the customary recipients By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. – The Washington Times October 13, 2010 Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel winks as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, during an announcement that
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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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OCTOBER 9, 2010 The Marine Who Has Barney Frank Worried In a district where Scott Brown won, Sean Bielat mounts a serious challenge. By JAMES TARANTO Fall River, Mass. ‘I don’t consider myself a tea party candidate,” Sean Bielat tells me over dinner. “I don’t know what it means.” But an hour later Mr. Bielat,
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October 8, 2010 Where’s Hillary? By Jed Babbin In war, to paraphrase Churchill, the only thing worse than fighting with allies is fighting without them. The most urgent duty of American diplomats is to engage with the nations directly involved, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and with other allies such as the NATO nations from which we
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September 21, 2010 Dems Chose Wrong Moment for Big Government By Mona Charen As a social conservative who has written extensively about abortion, stem cell research, family structure, failing schools, the degradation of popular culture, and abstinence education, I submit, without fear of misinterpretation, that the next two elections are not going to be about
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Summer of Economic Discontent The administration’s ‘summer of recovery’ has fizzled in almost every way imaginable. The growth rate is less than half what it was at this stage after the 1974-75 and 1981-82 recessions. By MICHAEL BOSKIN The Obama administration’s “summer of recovery” has morphed into a summer of economic discontent
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AUGUST 15, 2010 Hollow Talk in the South China Sea If present military trends continue, the correlation of forces will shift much more to Beijing’s advantage within the next decade. By MARK HELPRIN Lurking about the presidency in the guise of secretary of state, America’s chief diplomat has embarked upon a mistake that someday may
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BERNSTEIN: Dangerous Democrats When in power, party has an appalling record on national security By Richard Bernstein – The Washington Times July 21, 2010 –After the May 2010 arrest of would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, congressional Democrats and the White House touted their national security credentials. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, immediately
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The American Military is Already Doing More with Less BY Gary Schmitt July 23, 2010 12:20 PM Yesterday, both the New York Times and Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy’s “The Cable” posted pieces on the growing pressure within Congress to cut defense spending. And, indeed, both the House and
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