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A WORLD IN CRISIS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing […]

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CLINTON RIPS ARABS ON LACK OF REFORM

MIDDLE EAST NEWS JANUARY 14, 2011 By JAY SOLOMON DOHA, Qatar—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, adopting a tone reminiscent of the Bush administration, blasted Arab governments for stalled political change, warning that extremists were exploiting a lack of democracy to promote radical agendas across the Middle East. Mrs. Clinton, addressing a conference on democracy as she

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HEZBOLLAH WALKS OUT

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Leading likely to violence. Lee Smith January 12, 2011 6:08 PM As Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri was in Washington to meet with President Obama this morning, Hezbollah and its allies withdrew from the Lebanese cabinet, setting the table for what many fear is an inevitable escalation of violence

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COVERT ACTION MAKES A COMEBACK WITH STUXNET LEADING THE WAY

WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 5, 2011 Covert Action Makes a Comeback Once in disrepute, secret warfare is now embraced even by the Obama administration to fight terrorism and weapons proliferation. By MAX BOOT We’re in an era of “covert action.” That phrase went into disrepute in the 1970s, when Congress’s Church Committee exposed hare-brained CIA

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – DAVE BARRY’S 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on Sat, Jan. 01, 2011 Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review By Dave Barry Jack Ohman / MCT Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped

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US HELPS UKRAINE SEND ENRICHED URANIUM TO RUSSIA

By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Desmond Butler, Associated Press Fri Dec 31, WASHINGTON – In a secret operation to secure nuclear material, the United States has helped Ukraine send to Russia enough uranium to build two atomic bombs. This week’s removal of more than 110 pounds of highly enriched uranium followed a pledge by Ukrainian

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WIKILEAKS – OUTLOOK GLUM FOR ‘POROUS’ PAKISTAN BORDER

U.S.: Little to show in 8 years By Rowan Scarborough– The Washington Times    December 5, 2010 The State Department has stated in a cable from Peshawar, Pakistan, that it is skeptical about eventually winning the military struggle in Pakistan‘s badlands, saying peace talks go nowhere and murderous militants control key towns. A long cable from

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FISHER HOUSE – A REFUGE FOR OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

If you would like to donate to Fisher House,  please send your checks to Fisher House, 12 Bassett Streeet, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 28307 Attention:  Paula Gallero There are 53 Fisher Houses near military bases around our country, please find one near you and help them provide this very worthwhile service. Merry Christmas!    Nancy NEWS

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CIA RECALLS EXPOSED OPERATIVE OUT OF PAKISTAN

NEWS & OBSERVER,  RALEIGH, N.C. CIA recalls exposed spy ISLAMABAD The CIA yanked its top spy out of Pakistan after his cover was blown and his life threatened, and 54 suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone missile attack Friday in stark new signs of the troubled relationship between mistrustful allies locked in a

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