MARCH 22, 2011 Time to engage Syria’s opposition, not its dictator. Every Arab country is unhappy in its own way, and it turns out Syria is no different. A wave of protests the past four days, starting in the city of Deraa on Friday and spreading, makes Iran’s chief Arab ally a latecomer to the
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MARCH 22, 2011 Lower taxes and a strong dollar could spur growth once again. By STEVE FORBES Today, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Manhattan Institute and The Wall Street Journal will host a morning seminar concerning the economic legacy of Ronald Reagan. The get-together couldn’t be timelier. Reagan came into the White House facing
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THE ROCHE RECORD March 21, 2011 Frank Roche A RUDDERLESS WHITE HOUSE MISUSING THE MILITARY? Was the US military issued orders to play third fiddle to the French & the UK and join in on the attack of another sovereign nation involved in civil war? Isn’t one of our allies still taking toll of the
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IBD Editorials Posted 07:08 PM ET Energy Policy: While leaving U.S. oil and jobs in the ground, our itinerant president tells a South American neighbor that we’ll help it develop its offshore resources so we can one day import its oil. WHAT?!? With Japan staggered by a natural disaster and a nuclear crisis, cruise missiles
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March 21, 2011 By J.R. Dunn Sometimes the biggest victories are the ones that make the least noise. Lost amid all the excitement over the Rio trip, the anti-obesity campaign, and the March Madness picks was the revelation that Senate Democrats had given up any attempt to confirm Donald Berwick as chief of Centers for
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MARCH 21, 2011 Too many commanders in chief could save Gadhafi and undermine U.S. interests. America’s founders gave the powers of Commander in Chief to the President because they knew that war had to be prosecuted with determination, discipline and the national interest foremost in mind. By marked contrast, the use of force against Libya
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MARCH 21, 2011 Why Obama Went to Brazil There’s a chance to build a new foreign policy alliance that disdains dictators like Hugo Chávez. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY President Obama’s trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador this week, while war rages in Libya, has been sharply criticized as proof of dangerous detachment from a
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MARCH 21, 2011 Airstrikes Boost Rebel Forces; U.S. Lauds Efforts, but Some Partners Show Unease By SAM DAGHER in Tripoli, YAROSLAV TROFIMOV in Benghazi, Libya, and NATHAN HODGE in Washington With targeted air strikes that pummeled troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, the international coalition easily created a no-fly zone in Libya’s north. WSJ’s Neil Hickey
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MARCH 19, 2011 Into the time machine to see how a major company coped with its black swans By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. The following memo was unearthed as part of the litigation, now entering its 50th year, over the Great Japan Nuclear Incident of 2011. Addressed to General Electric’s then-CEO Jeff Immelt, the memo
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MARCH 19, 2011, 10:19 P.M. ET Allied Forces Attack Libya U.S. and coalition forces launched military strikes against Libya, a calculated gamble that a rapid, and substantial attack could knock out loyalist support for strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Armor and artillery loyal to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi pounded the rebel-held city of Benghazi today
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