realclearpolitics.com - 12/9/2008
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Note: This essay appears in the January/February 2009 edition of Foreign Affairs.
The defining principle of the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy is balance. The United States cannot expect to eliminate national security risks through higher defense budgets, to do everything and buy ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick...
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept....
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
commentarymagazine.com - 12/5/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
Barack Obama is toying with the idea of
making a speech from an Islamic capital within his...
first 100 days in office. The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama speech there ...
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Obama’s Muslim Speech
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... Is Robert Gates really the guy who said “over the long term, the United States cannot kill or capture its way to victory?“ ...
In Search of Disappointed Liberals
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... program a green jobs program that will help wean the nation off foreign oil, is at once progressive, environmentally smart and good for national security--a major step beyond any previous administration. I'd also disagree with Tomasky that naming Robert Gates as SecDef is somehow a concession to the centrist Establishment. As I've often argued here, Gates is the best person for the job--and very much in line with Obama's diplomacy first doctrine. He says as much in this piece in Foreign Affairs. ...
Preparing the Pentagon for a New Age
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Preparing the Pentagon for a New Age [image] Note: This essay appears in the January/February 2009 edition of Foreign Affairs . The defining principle of the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy is balance. The United States cannot expect to eliminate national security risks through higher defense budgets, to do everything and buy everything. The Department of Defense must set priorities and consider inescapable tradeoffs and opportunity costs. The strategy strives for balance in three areas: between trying to prevail in current conflicts and ...
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