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Stephen Colbert's Secret Plan to Defend America

Joe Cirincione | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ploughshares Fund, The Colbert Report, Queen Noor, National Security, Nuclear Strategy, Nuclear Weapons, Grizzly Bears, Russia, Nuclear Posture Review, Start Treaty, United States, Stephen Colbert, Canada, Terrorism, Global Zero, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Stephen Colbert's plan to string a microscopically thin razor along our entire border is brutal, indiscriminate, dangerous... and smarter than the nuclear defense we now have.

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The Shrinking State

Gary Hart | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Policy, National Security, Politics News
Gary Hart

If governments cannot guarantee the security of their people, the people will stockpile their own weapons and possibly create their own militias or private security forces.

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Global Security: On the Ground in Copenhagen

Jonathan Powers | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, National Security, Veterans, Green News
Jonathan Powers

We are here to call for a strong international agreement to secure both our national and global security. We came to Copenhagen to help America once again establish itself as a country that "leads by example."

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Obama Can Help the World's Women

Rahim Kanani | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Women's Rights, Women, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, National Security, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, United Nations, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Somalia, Iraq, Politics News
Rahim Kanani

In accepting the Nobel, Obama must spearhead a bold and unprecedented initiative aimed at one of the most pervasive human rights violations of the 21st century: violence against women and girls worldwide.

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Media Shield Bill Advances In Senate

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Senate, National Security, Investigative Journalists, Print, Media Shield Law, Freelance, Citizen Journalism, Sources, Media Shield Bill, US Senate, Press, Tv, Judiciary Committee, Journalism, Newspapers, Media News

WASHINGTON — A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending month...

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Gaps in Protection for Us and the President

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Gun Violence, Health Care Town Halls, Fort Hood, National Security, Rahm Emanuel, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Secret Service, Gun Control, Oath Keepers, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Illegal Guns, Fort Hood Shootings, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Paul Helmke

We want security not only for the president and our top officials, but also for ourselves and our families. Yet as a nation we make it very easy for dangerous people to arm themselves.

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Afghan Policy Remains in the Dark Ages

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, US Military, Military, War on Terror, National Security, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan War, President Obama, US Foreign Policy, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan War, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

For our part, it is time to shift America's focus away from a power that peddles so many deadly weapons to one that fosters economic growth, entrepreneurial ventures and positive creativity.

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Questions for Nation-Builders

Gary Hart | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nato, Afghanistan, National Security, Pakistan, Politics News
Gary Hart

What standards of democracy do we expect the Afghan government to meet, Jefferson's or the Saudi royal family's?

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The Failure of the Federalist, No. 10

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, War Crimes, Supreme Court, Foia, Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Torture Photos, National Security, Accountability, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Will President Obama serve as the beacon of hope in government that he pretended to be throughout last year's campaign, or did he merely pander to the public in order to pursue his personal ambitions?

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Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Soil, Air Quality, River, Bicycling, Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Satoyama, Walking, National Security, Urban Forest, Falcon, Biodiversity, Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, Tokyo, Crime Reduction, Transit, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Elderly, Wall, Yamada Yoriyuki, Forest, Iimura Kazuki, Wilderness, Blur, Sustainable, Places, Plants, Rice, Kobayashi Kenji, Farmer, Energy Independence, Remake, Reforestation, Wildlife, Population, Ginza Bee Project, Street, Cultural, Food Safety, Passion, Pollution, Urban, Culture, Climate Change, Bee, Suzuki Makoto, Post-Industrial, Lot, Roof, Miniaturization, Public Health, City, Habitat, Growth, Public, Ginza Farm, Gardener, Nature, Paddy, Pet, Environment, Firefly, Ginza, Edo, Kajima, Green News
Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

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A Commitment Strategy for Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Conservatives, National Security, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Progressives, President Obama, Taliban, World News
Lorelei Kelly

The president will put forward his decision on Afghanistan soon. It will involve a troop increase. If progressives stay in full opposition mode, they will exist on the margin of the debate.

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Promises Unkept: Obama Administration and a Unified Security Budget

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, National Security, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies, Obama Administration, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Unified Security Budget, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

While the president has made some strides toward curbing waste, fraud and abuse in Pentagon contracting, he has yet to change the crucial balance between military and non-military security spending.

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Alternative 25 Year National Strategies

Gary Hart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Security, National Security, Politics News
Gary Hart

A strategy of new internationalism is anticipatory rather than reactive, appreciating that major disruptions will occur globally so rapidly that reliance on time to react is unrealistic.

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National Security Adviser Jim Jones Makes Secret Trip To Pakistan

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Jim Jones, National Security, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, National Security Advisor, Afghanistan War, Michael Hirsh, Politics News

Only hours before President Obama took off for Asia on Thursday, his national-security adviser landed in Pakistan on an unannounced trip to meet with ...

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A National Security Act for the 21st Century

Gary Hart | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nato, Cold War, National Security, Cia, Defense Department, George Marshall, Politics News
Gary Hart

NATO has yet to define a 21st century mission. There are new security threats that do not lend themselves to military response and that cannot be addressed either by old alliances or by the US alone.

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Note to Assignment Editor: Not Your Dad's National Security Establishment

Heather Hurlburt | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: National Security, Barack Obama, Women in Politics, Politico, National Journal, Foreign Policy, Media News
Heather Hurlburt

If you care about the people of the United States being engaged in our foreign policy, then you need to care what the faces of the people who represent our foreign policy look like.

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Military Industrial Complex, Harry Truman, President Obama, George W. Bush, Obama, Bob Woodward, Bush Administration Torture, Robert Gates, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, National Security, Gerald Ford, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Oversight, Fdr, Hamid Karzai, Bill Clinton, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Dwight Eisenhower, Cia, Military Spending, Stanley McChrystal, Jimmy Carter, Prescott Bush, Allen Dulles, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Torture, Politics News
Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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Timidity Vs. Audacity? The Tests Are Yet to Come

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Europe, Morocco, Pakistan, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, China, 2008 Election, Iran, Nato, National Security, Middle East, Israel, Afghanistan, North Korea, Barack Obama, One Year Later, Timidity to Govern, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

So far this year, there has been a tendency to vocalize intent and engage in convenient can-kicking, rather than actionable resolve. That's not timidity -- that's testing the state of the ship's rudder.

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Road to Copenhagen - Part 2: Risky Business

William S. Becker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, International Relations, National Security, Risk Management, Green News
William S. Becker

Public officials tend to be risk-averse in matters with potential political consequences; now they must become risk-savvy. Here are 10 ideas on how to make that happen.

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Does Afghanistan Offer Lessons?

Gary Hart | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: International Security, Afghanistan, National Security, World News
Gary Hart

We do not have to wait for the final resolution of the American military presence in Afghanistan to begin to see what, if anything, we have learned from our checkered experience there.

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On National Weatherization Day, a New Bunch of Skilled Denver Workers Pioneer National Green Jobs Movement

Jamie Starr | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy, Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Labor, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Alternative Energy, National Security, Incentives, Jobs, Green Energy, Labor Unions, Denver, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Colorado Green Jobs, Denver News
Jamie Starr

Once rolled out, the training program could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, reduce energy costs by $3.5 billion per year, and save 500 million barrels of oil annually.

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Lula's Red Carpet Welcome for Ahmadinejad

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Latin America, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Iran Election, Brazil, Robert Amsterdam, United Nations, Lula, Washington DC, United States, Iran, Death Penalty, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Democracy, Elections, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.

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Patriot Act: Congress Shouldn't Rush to Judgment (Again)

Sen. Ron Wyden | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden, Bush Administration Torture, Obama National Security, National Security, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Sen. Ron Wyden

Striking a balance between protecting Americans' security and protecting American rights and freedoms is not always easy, but members of Congress have an obligation to try -- as well as a new opportunity.

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Wait! First A Good Argument About Afghanistan

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Security, Afghanistan, National Debate, Us Troops Afghanistan, Barack Obama, US Troops, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Stewart Nusbaumer

Recently I spent 5 months in Afghanistan, studying the country up close, going all around the country and writing about the conflict. If I'm confused, how about average Americans?

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Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Libby, Cheney, Valerie Plame, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Administration, National Security, Spiro Agnew, Wiretap, Guantanamo, Constitution, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Lance Simmens

Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

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