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Communication Breakdown

For the last year, or better said, ever since then Senator Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States, there has been a lot of buzz around the Cuba issue, especially among Cubans along both sides of the straights.In Cuba, most have be… Continue reading

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President Obama Has ‘Few Options’ In Commemorating 9/11… Really?

The White House has apparently not yet made public where President Barack Obama will spend his day on September 11. But this absence of information is apparently no impediment to Politico writing a 16-paragraph story explaining why this is important b… Continue reading

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Four Star Trek: The Wrath of General Stanley McChrystal

Yale University says it has hired retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal to teach a graduate level seminar on its New Haven, Conn., campus. — The New York Times At ease, ladies and gentlemen. You may think it’s odd that I was picked to teach a course on le… Continue reading

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American Naivete and Moderate Islam

America’s political leadership has a love affair with the concept of connecting with the moderate Muslim world. This is not the domain of one party or one ideology — indeed, the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama are heavily inves… Continue reading

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Roy Sekoff On Glenn Beck’s Phony Gospel Of Unity

HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Thursday night to weigh in on the “my demo is bigger than your demo” war of words between host Ed Schultz and Fox News host Glenn Beck.Sekoff dismissed Beck’s effectiveness at rallying people… Continue reading

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Obama, Mideast Leaders Kick Off Talks With Calls For Peace

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder that the Islamic militant group cannot be ignored in any Mideast d… Continue reading

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A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War

Mission accomplished? The Iraq war did more than anything to alienate the Atlantic powers from the rest of the world today the Iraq war was declared over by Barack Obama. As his troops return home, Iraqis are marginally freer than in 2003, and consider… Continue reading

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It’s Not About Alan Simpson Anymore, It’s About Barack Obama

Since the publication of Alan Simpson’s now infamous categorization of Social Security as “a milk cow with 310 million tits,” calls for his resignation or firing by President Obama have spread like wildfire. I agree that Simpson should go — but that’… Continue reading

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Obama’s Iraq Speech Left More Questions Than Answers

Cross-posted from CFR.orgSpeaking on August 31 to the American people from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq was over after more than seven costly years. “Now, it’s time to turn the page,” he said. … Continue reading

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Two Wars Don’t Make a Right

The carnage is not yet complete, and President Barack Obama’s attempt to put the best face on the ignominious U.S. occupation of Iraq will not hide what he and the rest of the world well know. The lies that empowered George W. Bush to invade Iraq repre… Continue reading

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