The Weekly Standard Hugo Chávez, Tomb Raider From the Scrapbook August 9, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 44 The Scrapbook confesses that it takes a certain unhealthy interest in recent accounts of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez’s exhumation of the corpse of Simón Bolivar. No disrespect to the Liberator is intended here, of course; but the details […]
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 The Future Palestinian State Takes Root Peace talks are making familiar headlines. The real news is economic progress in the West Bank. By HUSSEIN IBISH AND MICHAEL WEISS Many contentious issues could bedevil the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that began Wednesday, but on one subject both sides can largely agree: The state-building program launched
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News & Observer Sep 03, 2010 DEADLINES DISTRACT FROM VICTORY Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON Many have charged that President Barack Obama’s decision to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan 10 months from now is hampering our war effort. But now it’s official. In a stunning statement last week, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway admitted that the July
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PAJAMASMEDIA.COM Speaker Pelosi: Stand Up for Muslim Women, Not Islamists Like Rauf! An open letter from the founder and president of the Alliance of Iranian Women. September 5, 2010 – by Manda Zand Ervin Honorable Speaker Pelosi: I heard you say that the people who oppose the construction of the Ground Zero mosque should be
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 Want Middle East Peace? Deny Iran Nukes Israeli-Palestinian talks are good, but Tehran’s nuclear drive continues. By SCOTT BROWN Those of us who hope for peace in the Middle East applaud the meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The fact that Palestinians finally agreed to direct
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Obama’s ‘Come Home America’ Speech A dangerous world needs stronger U.S. leadership. By KARL ROVE At times Tuesday night, it sounded as if President Barack Obama didn’t know what kind of speech he wanted to give. Was it a foreign policy address aimed at assuring a world-wide audience of America’s resolve in
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 If Saddam Had Stayed Saddam would have joined the nuclear bad-boys club with Iran and North Korea. By DANIEL HENNINGER From the vantage point of history, Barack Obama’s prime-time speech announcing the Iraq war’s end is less important than the speech he gave eight years ago as a state senator in Illinois.
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Opinion Obama tells the U.N. how great he is Examiner Editorial August 30, 2010 President Obama’s administration sent a 29-page report to the United Nations on American human rights that portrays Obama’s policies as great leaps forward. (Jae C. Hong/Ap file) President Obama’s administration recently submitted a report to the United Nations on human rights
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AUGUST 31, 2010 The Surge and Afghanistan Unless he understands the reason for success in Iraq, the president is unlikely to lead a successful strategy against the Taliban. By JOHN MCCAIN Today President Obama will deliver a major speech to mark the draw down of U.S. forces in Iraq to 50,000 troops. He will likely
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AUGUST 25, 2010 Why the Senate Should Block ‘New Start’ The nuclear treaty is the first step toward unilateral disarmament. By ROBERT R. MONROE After returning from recess on Sept. 6, the Senate will consider whether to ratify New Start, the nuclear weapons treaty that President Barack Obama signed with his Russian counterpart in April.
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