salon.com - 10/27/2009
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Why can't the administration of President Barack Obama get the word out about its policy successes? President Obama campaigned on an ambitious platform of withdrawing from Iraq, engaging Iran on its nuclear program and persuading the Pakistani government to take on the Taliban and al-Qaida. ...
usatoday.com - 10/21/2009
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usatoday.com —
He was happy to discover when he arrived
in Iraq earlier this year that his war experience...
also would include salsa dancing, yoga and martial-arts classes. "When I signed up for the Army, I thought I was going to be a hero — go out and do some ...
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U.S. troops in Iraq have time on hands
forbes.com - 10/23/2009
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forbes.com —
Victor Davis Hanson is a military historian; Robert
Baer a former CIA field officer. Both have studied...
the Middle East for decades, traveled to the area repeatedly in recent years and written about the region extensively. And both have become ...
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Armageddon Time
news.bbc.co.uk - 10/20/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
In an apparent shift from the Bush administration's
efforts to foster regime change in Iran by financing...
opposition groups, the Obama White House has all but dismantled the Iran Democracy Fund. While the move has been criticised by neo-conservatives ...
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US cuts funding to Iran opposition
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Cole in Salon: "Obama's Foreign Policy Report Card"
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My Salon column , "Obama's foreign policy report card," is available online. Excerpt: ' When Obama came into office in January, 142,000 U.S. troops were in Iraq, conducting regular patrols of the major cities. His Republican rivals were dead set against U.S. withdrawal on a strict timetable. He faced something close to an insurrection from some of his commanders in the field, such as Gen. Ray Odierno, who opposed a quick departure from Iraq. Moreover, Obama assumed the presidency at a time when Iran and the U.S. were virtually on a war footing and ...
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Is Obama's Iran Policy Doomed to Fail?
TomDispatch —
... , focuses on how, despite some genuine changes, Washington's Iran policy is, in crucial ways, stuck in the past. He emphasizes, as few in the U.S. do, how a new constellation of forces involving China and Russia is coalescing around that energy-rich country. In fact, just beyond our normal American sightlines, much is happening in the world. ...
Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail
Antiwar.com Original —
... , focuses on how, despite some genuine changes , Washington’s Iran policy is, in crucial ways, stuck in the past. He emphasizes, as few in the U.S. do, how a new constellation of forces involving China and Russia is coalescing around that energy-rich country. In fact, just beyond our normal American sightlines, much is happening in the world. As a small example of a sort that ...
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