thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 9/15/2009
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The United States and China have resumed military-to-military
relations and are going full speed ahead, but the reforged ties are delicate,
the U.S. military's top commander in the Pacific said Tuesday.
This spells trouble for Taiwan, which has been waiting for an answer from Barack Obama ...
blogs.wsj.com - 9/22/2009
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blogs.wsj.com —
There is a new storyline emerging ahead of
this week's talks on climate change. China has somehow...
emerged as the good guy, and the U.S., less than a year after the election of Barack Obama, is again the villain. Yes, China just became the world's ...
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Who’s The Climate-Change Bad Guy? - Environmental ...
blogs.wsj.com - 9/23/2009
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blogs.wsj.com —
Alex Frangos reports on Sarah Palin’s speech in
Hong Kong. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered her...
first major international speech today in Hong Kong at an investor conference. The speech was closed to the media, but The Wall Street ...
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Excerpts From Palin’s Speech to Investors in Hong Kong
weeklystandard.com - 9/16/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Democrats censure Joe Wilson -- can you feel
the bipartisanship that Obama brought to Washington? Taiwan is...
waiting for its F-16s, but for Obama it's just not a good time to send arms to Free China. In fact, Obama doesn't have much time for any ...
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Democrats censure Joe Wilson -- can you feel the bipartisanship that Obama brought to Washington?
Taiwan is waiting for its F-16s, but for Obama it's just not a good time to send arms to Free China.
In fact, Obama doesn't have much time for any of our allies in Asia.
Matt Labash dissects Mad Men with the Slate women.
A drone goes rogue and a U.S. pilot gets the kill.
Obama's obsession with Israeli settlements may kill peace talks before they even start.
Rockefeller won't vote ...
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