HARRINGTON: North Korea succession More trouble to come as dynasty continues By Kent Harrington, The author spent 25 years at the CIA, where he served as national intelligence officer for East Asia, director of public affairs and chief of station in Tokyo The Washington Times December 6, 2010 Kim Jong-il History occasionally repeats itself, but […]
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NEWS & OBSERVER Venezuela congress grants Chavez decree powers CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelan lawmakers granted President Hugo Chavez broad powers Friday to enact laws by decree, undermining the clout of a new congress that takes office next month with a bigger opposition bloc. Chavez opponents condemned the move as a power grab, saying the law gives
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 On December 1, Undersecretary of State William Burns appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to brief members of Congress on Iran. He touted the effectiveness of the latest round of sanctions and then listed some
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WHY OBAMA FAILED FROM THE START Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By James Carafano Nov 29 2010 Throughout World War II, Walter “Beetle” Smith fought on two fronts. As Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff, he battled Ike’s prickly subordinates like George “Blood and Guts” Patton as well as the Germans. It gave him hundreds
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION Twelve Flaws of New START That Will Be Difficult to Fix Baker Spring September 16, 2010 Abstract: President Barack Obama has transmitted a deeply flawed arms control treaty to the Senate for its consent to ratification. While withholding consent is the simplest and most likely approach, the Senate may try to fix the
What’s So Great About America Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) What’s So Great About America Andrew Ferguson November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Marco Rubio will have to write a new speech sooner or later, but he shouldn’t hurry up on our account. We still enjoy the one he’s been giving all year.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2010 Obama’s Air Guitar The danger of America’s will to weakness. By BRET STEPHENS Lately in the news: Beijing provokes clashes with the navies of both Indonesia and Japan as part of a bid to claim the South China Sea. Tokyo is in a serious diplomatic row with Russia over the South Kuril
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010 Five of my colleagues at Novaya Gazeta have been murdered. No one has been brought to justice. By ELENA MILASHINA Moscow As a journalist for Russia’s leading independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, I have been lucky. For over a decade I’ve had the privilege to report extensively on dramatic current events in my
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WWW.THEBLAZE.COM The Glenn Beck TV Background Guide to George Soros Posted on November 9, 2010 by Jonathon M. Seidl Editor’s note: The following outline was obtained by The Blaze from Glenn Beck’s TV team. It is the background document they used to produce Tuesday night’s George Soros expose. It has been edited for form but
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TECHNOLOGY NOVEMBER 5, 2010 Security Fears Kill Chinese Bid in U.S. By JOANN S. LUBLIN and SHAYNDI RAICE Sprint Nextel Corp. is excluding Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from a contract worth billions of dollars largely because of national security concerns in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter. A
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