MARCH 15, 2011 Gadhafi Closes In, as Allies Huddle Regime Presses Rebels Near Their Stronghold, as U.N. Again Debates No-Fly Zone; U.S. Appoints Liaison to Opposition By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV in Ajdabiya, Libya, JOE LAURIA at the United Nations and JAY SOLOMON in Washington Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi closed in on key rebel
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NEWS&OBSERVER Tue, Mar 08, 2011 Secrets pour from pilfered Egypt files BY HANNAH ALLAM AND MOHANNAD SABRY – McClatchy Newspapers Published in: Nation/World HANNAH ALLAM – MCT Israa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian activist, reads files about herself. Ahmed Ali – AP Egyptian protesters rifle through an office at the state security building headquarters in Cairo’s
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MARCH 6, 2011, 7:57 P.M. ET Will the U.S. let Gadhafi slaughter his way back to power? The battle for Libya has reached a bloody impasse. Moammar Gadhafi continues to hold Tripoli, but his sons and mercenaries have been unable to break the uprising or retake the country’s east. Having loudly declared that Gadhafi “needs
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MARCH 5, 2011 Why is the Obama administration deferring to an international body that protects brutal dictatorships? By JOHN YOO President Obama this week said “Moammar Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to lead, and he must leave.” Yet the Obama administration continues to shun the very steps that might hasten the Libyan tyrant’s fall—imposing a
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BRIAN T. KENNEDY is president of the Claremont Institute and publisher of the Claremont Review of Books. He has written on national security affairs and California public policy issues in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and other national newspapers. He sits on the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense and is
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MARCH 2, 2011 The Decline of U.S. Naval Power Sixty ships were commonly underway in America’s seaward approaches in 1998, but today there are only 20. We are abdicating our role on the oceans. By MARK HELPRIN Last week, pirates attacked and executed four Americans in the Indian Ocean. We and the Europeans have endured
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THIS IS HEARTBREAKING BUT THE STORY MUST BE TOLD OF DR. HAL KUSHNER AND THE PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR You will find that dying is very easy; living, living is the difficult thing.” An inspirational story about an American hero; the story of a very brave and dedicated U.S. Army Flight Surgeon,
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February 24, 2011 China and Russia are developing and fielding sophisticated air defenses and advanced stealth fighters. The Raptor is the only plane that can meet these challenges. By MICHAEL AUSLIN As Congress begins to take up the Obama administration’s defense budget, one item not even under discussion needs to be considered. Events of the
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, Hero’s unwelcome By ANNIE KARNI February 20, 2011 Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. “Racist!” some students yelled at Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman and former Army staff sergeant awarded the Purple Heart after being shot 11 times in a
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