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The Wrath of Suburbanites and Independents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.

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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jewish Community, George Mitchell. Majmoud Ahmadinejad, Dennis Ross, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mossad, Ehud Barak, Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Likud, Bob Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Cairo, Jim Jones, Nouri Al-Maliki, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, West Bank Settlements, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Syria, World News
William Bradley

It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?

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A Strategic Necessity

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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Alon Ben-Meir

If Israel has full American backing in security and defense, it will have more flexibility to concede the occupied territories because ultimately ensuring Israel's security takes away its main rational for keeping Palestinian and Syrian territories.

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Gates and Trucks

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Reese Schonfeld

For once, American manufacturers are producing the best weapons ahead of schedule, and will save lives of men who would die without them.

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Obama's Crisis Management: North Korea, Again

William Bradley | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, North Korea Nuclear Program, George W. Bush, United Nations, North Korea, Russia, UN Security Council, Newt Gingrich, China, Cuban Missile Crisis, North Korean Missiles, Singapore, South Korea, Bob Gates, North Korean Launch, World News
William Bradley

President Obama changed the old kabuki in dealing with his second North Korean crisis. He has gone in another, tougher, direction that may lead to a naval confrontation.

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Obama's Crisis Management: Of Flu and AfPak

William Bradley | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, White House, Afghanistan, Pakistan, AfPak Summit, Swine Flu, Joe Biden, Admiral Mike Mullen, Flu, A.Q. Khan, Hamid Karzai, Asif Ali Zardari, Bob Gates, Barack Obama, Afpak, Pakistani Taliban, Afghan Taliban, The Stand, Stephen King, Politics News
William Bradley

After plenty of preliminary work by his top aides, and behind-the-scenes preparation by himself Obama is about to bring the question of Afghanistan and Pakistan back to center stage.

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Gates Proposes Cuts To Several Major Weapons Programs

AP | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he...

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Gates Revealing His Plans To Reshape The Military

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday will unveil his latest initiatives to reshape the U.S. military into a force better suited to today's unconve...

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Gates Pushes Obama Against Whistleblower Protections

Washington Post | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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During an election featuring Democratic allegations that U.S. intelligence was distorted to justify a misbegotten war, Barack Obama endorsed new prote...

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Obama in the Tank

William Bradley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Al Qaeda, Ray Odierno, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Joe Biden, Iraq, Soviet Union, General Jim Jones, Iran, Central Command, Barack Obama, Central Asia, Russia, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Tank, Gen. David Petraeus, Dmitri Medvedev, Bob Gates, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Manchurian Candidate, Politics News
William Bradley

While most eyes were on the then impending vote on Obama's economic revival program, the new president ventured out to the Pentagon for his first meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday.

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Obama's Nuclear War: At Odds With Gates

Time | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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The latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve any foreign enemy. Instead, it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gate...

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Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Joe Biden, Taliban, Central Command, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, West Point, Mike Mullen, David Petraeus, Bob Gates, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Geopolitics, Iraq, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Missile Strikes, 100 Days, Politics News
William Bradley

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

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Holdovers: The Worst Rumsfeld Deputies Obama Is Stuck With

Washington Independent | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Awkward as it may be, some of the Pentagon officials who contributed to the foreign-policy debacles of the last eight years that brought Barack Obama ...

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Gitmo Lawyer: Gates May Have Committed Perjury

Raw Story | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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The announcement Dec. 1 that Barack Obama had retained Bush Defense Secretary Robert Gates was intended to demonstrate the President-elect's desire fo...

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Don't Tell, But the Military Is Now Recruiting Foreigners

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.

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Gates Outlines Pentagon Reform, New Strategies

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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In a long article in Foreign Affairs' January/February 2009 issue, Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlines his vision for the next Pentagon. Called "A...

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Obama Ousting Top Bush Pentagon Officials

Washington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Although President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon will provide a measure of continuity for a milita...

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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Anti-War Activists Worried Obama Betraying Them With Hawkish Cabinet

LA Times | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appoint...

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Gates Chances Of Staying At Defense Rise With Clinton

Bloomberg | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates may be closer to being tapped for extended duty by Barack Obama because of the near certainty a Democrat -- possibly Hi...

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The Powell Endorsement and the End of the Republican Foreign Policy Establishment

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Ilan Goldenberg

Years from now when we look back at Powell's endorsement of Obama there may be an even bigger story. It is the story of the end of the Republican foreign policy establishment as we know it.

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Adviser: Gates Could Stay At Pentagon If Obama Wins

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the Democrat might see Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a candidate to re...

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Defense Secretary Gates: Another Mideast War Would Be "Disastrous"

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of ...

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