What the Clinton Appointment Means (1)
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US Task Force Found Few Iranian Arms in Iraq (1)
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Gareth Porter (4)
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4 days, 13 hours
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Excerpt: Last April, top George W. Bush administration officials, desperate to exploit any possible crack in the close relationship between the Nouri al-Maliki government and Iran, launched a new round of charges that Iran had stepped up covert arms assistance to Shia militias.
Barack Obama Takes Charge: Time to Leave Iraq (1)
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Doug Bandow (6)
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Excerpt: The Bush administration's time is draining away. President George W. Bush apparently believes that history will vindicate his policies, but a positive legacy is not likely to be. On the domestic side his record is a horrid mishmash of wild spending, massive corporate bailouts, civil liberties violations, and executive aggrandizement. On foreign policy the president's program comes down to Iraq, Iraq, and a few other minor issues.
Obama Pressured to Back Off Iraq Withdrawal (1)
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Gareth Porter (4)
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Excerpt: The promotion of Robert M. Gates as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of defense appears to be the key element in a broad campaign by military officials and their supporters in the political elite and the news media to pressure Obama into dropping his plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq in as little as 16 months.
Obama's Foreign Policy: No Sharp Break From Bush (1)
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Jim Lobe (6)
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Excerpt: While much of the world and many of his U.S. supporters are expecting a sharp break with his predecessor's foreign policy after President-elect Barack Obama takes office Jan. 20, they may be surprised by the degree of continuity between the two administrations.
The American People Render Their Electoral Judgment: Time to Finish Off the Neoconservatives (1)
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Doug Bandow (6)
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Excerpt: Eight years ago George W. Bush was elected president after promising to implement a more "humble" foreign policy. He reacted against the Clinton administration's preference to intervene militarily when there were no conceivable American interests at stake -- Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo -- and advocated a more traditional and limited U.S. role in the world.
A Mandate to End the War (2)
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Excerpt: Let's be clear about the nature and meaning of the mandate we're going to be hearing so much about: President-elect Barack Obama has a clear mandate to end the Iraq war as expeditiously as possible.
Making Excuses for Obama (2)
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Excerpt: Every time I write about Barack Obama I get a lot of letters, and the most typical goes something like this: Dear Justin, I read your column regularly, and generally agree with what you have to say, but I think you've got Barack Obama all wrong. Yes, I know, he went before AIPAC and kowtowed; he pledged to do "anything -- and I mean anything" to stop Iran's nuclear program. He acts "tough" and ...
Conservative Fantasies: A World Never More Dangerous - by Doug Bandow (2)
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Excerpt: Over the last eight years the Bush administration has sacrificed American lives, resources, and influence at every turn. President George W. Bush, with the avid support of Sen. John McCain and most of the Republican Party, took the U.S. into an unnecessary war in Iraq, increased the number of America's enemies and the threat of terrorism, strengthened Iran, and sacrificed U.S. clout with friends and foes alike. Yet polls indicate that more Americans trust ...
US Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact (1)
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Gareth Porter (4)
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Excerpt: The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the US-Iraq status of forces agreement has raised the stakes in the political-diplomatic struggle over the issue.
The Diplomacy of Lying (1)
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Excerpt: In 1992, Mark Higson, the Foreign Office official responsible for Iraq, appeared before the Scott inquiry into the scandal of arms sold illegally to Saddam Hussein.
Obama Gets Powell and McCain Gets al-Qaeda (1)
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Ivan Eland (0)
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Excerpt: In the battle for endorsements in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama snared a strong nod from former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John McCain received an equally strong recommendation from al-Qaeda.
