National Security

Draft Iron Man to the West Wing

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iron Man, National Security, Terrorism, Iron Man Movie, Iron Man Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

My congratulations to everyone involved in this movie -- you pulled off a more subtle treatment of hugely complex issues than what often passes for a Congressional hearing.

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The New Security

Gary Hart | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Security Threats, Nuclear Fuel, Cold War, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Gary Hart, National Security, Nuclear Power, Politics News
Gary Hart

Almost two decades after the end of the Cold War, we are long overdue for a new understanding of national security, what it means, and how to achieve it.

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Cheney's Compulsive Obsession with Iraq WMDs & Syrian Nukes

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Turkey, Wmds, George W. Bush, Cheney, Iraq, Seymour Hersh, Bashar Al-Assad, Foreign Policy, National Security, Plutonium, Nuclear Facility, Uranium, Israel, Arms Control Wonk, North Korea, Wmd, Cheney Iraq WMD, Syria WMD, Iraq WMD, Sigint, Dick Cheney Iraq, Chernobyl, Dick Cheney, Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Steve Clemons

A source reported to me yesterday that in the last two weeks, Cheney held forth at a meeting on Iraq WMDs and insisted that they were real and still out there.

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McCain Five Years Ago Today - Praised Rumsfeld, Bush, Conduct of War

Max Bergmann | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Foreign Policy, Politics, John McCain, Iraq, National Security, Donald Rumsfeld, Politics News
Max Bergmann

A month after the war began, McCain was not the critic he claims he was -- he was in lockstep with the strategy and tactics that Bush employed in invading Iraq.

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Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Secrecy, Transparency, Corporate Welfare, Municipal Wireless, First Amendment, National Security, Rule of Law, Oversight, Fisa, Surveillance, Watergate, Executive Power, Privacy, Domestic Spying, NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program, Bear Stearns, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Controversial government programs are theoretically restrained by checks and balances, but neither Congress nor the courts have a way to check a secret program.

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Bush, Calderon Plot Economic and Military Integration at NOLA Summit

Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS, Immigration, New Orleans Summite, Media, Regional Integratio, Sovereignty Issues, Calderon and Free Trade, Sovereignty, Central America, Empire, Nafta, BORDER ISSUES, Plan Colombia, Of African AméRica, Free Trade and NAFTA, Three Amigos Summit, National Security, Latino Politics, U.S.-Mexico Relations, Spp, Activism, Labor, Environment, Race, Calderon and Bush, Home News
Roberto Lovato

At the center of today's "Three Amigos" Summit in New Orleans between George W. Bush and his homologues, Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Stephen Harper o...

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"Policy Placement" and Iraq: Women in Combat

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Women in Combat, Military, Filmmaking, National Security, Counterinsurgency, The White House Project, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Women are agents of change at every level, from the tactical to the strategic. We need to learn to be more intentional about harnessing this positive influence as we move forward.

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How Many "Gaffes" Equal Incompetence?

Moira Whelan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Sunni Shiite, John McCain, Sunni Militias, Conservatives, National Security, Mccain, David Petraeus, Bitter, General Petraeus, Iraq, Sunnis, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Moira Whelan

His mistakes would prevent McCain from getting a job as a research assistant at any think tank in D.C., let alone delivering anything resembling a responsible foreign policy as president.

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Don't Be Afraid to Talk About National Security

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Security, Polling, Election and Security, 2008 Election, Democrats, Messaging, Politics News
Ilan Goldenberg

Democrats should address national security head on because they can beat Republicans it.

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Candy Bombers Sneak Peek No. 2: A Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul

Andrei Cherny | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, The Candy Bombers, National Security, Harry Truman, Candy Bombers, Democrats, Democratic Party, 1948 Election, Politics News
Andrei Cherny

It turns out that Harry Truman won in 1948 on the issue of national security by exploiting a very real fear of war and by battling for the soul of the Democratic Party.

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9/11: Where Barack Obama and Condi Rice Sound Alarmingly Alike

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Hillary Clinton, Lee Hamilton, National Security, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Hardball, Barack Obama 9/11, 9/11 Families, Hillary Clinton 9/11, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Perhaps Obama might better strengthen his image of having a handle on national security issues by not sounding so much like the disgraceful, incompetent Condoleezza Rice.

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How Would Hillary Handle the Next Cuban Missile Crisis?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, National Security, Cuban Missile Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Throughout the primaries there has been a credulous discussion about the different reasons why Hillary Clinton voted for the Iraq War authorization bi...

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Boomers: The Iraq War and Your Second Chance to Save our Democracy

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, The White House Project, National Security, Freedom's Watch, Civil-Military Relations, Military, Vietnam War, 527s, American Democracy, Conflict Resolution, Dialogue, Democratic Renewal, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

The military understands that we need to move toward persuasion and away from coercion as our guiding principle. But they can't become the public advocates of it. That is our job.

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Big Mac's Blazing Saddle Diplomacy

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Europe, John McCain, Clinton, National Security, Middle East, General Petreaus, Condoleeza Rice, Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama, Dick Cheney, Foreign Policy, Iraq Surge, Mccain Foreign Policy, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Mccain Speech, John McCain Iraq Surge, McCain Iraq, Sectarian Violence, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Democrats should not permit McCain to gain further traction by falsely asserting he is charting a new foreign policy course.

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New $2 Million Ideas Fund: Competing to be a Soros "Ideas Entrepreneur"

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Philanthropy, Ideas Industry, Think Tanks, New America Foundation, National Security, George Soros, Entrepreneurship, Karen Kornbluh, Open Society Institute, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Creativity funds -- money to help smart people take risks, even for a year -- are vital to our times. This kind of investment in tomorrow's ideas and policy infrastructure is vital today.

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One Raid at a Time: How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, National Security, Immigration, National Security State and Immigration, Latino Politics, Empire, Immgrants, BORDER ISSUES, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Lou Dobbs, Minutemen, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Nowhere in the more popular explanations of the government restructuring of immigration and other government functions do the raisons d'etat enter the picture.

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Obama: "Security Gap" Exists Between Rhetoric And Reality

Huffington Post | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: John McCain's camp has responded to Obama, saying his speech fails "National Security 101". On McCain's Iran-Al-Qaeda flap: "To say that inv...

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Five Years of War: Billions Squandered, Opportunities Lost

Greg Speeter | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, National Security, Five Years Iraq, Homeland Security, Iraq War Five Years Later, Cost of Iraq, Iraq War Five Year Anniversary, Security, Iraq, Iraq Five Years of War, Cost of the War, The National Priorities Project, Cost of Iraq War, Politics News
Greg Speeter

At the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, it's fitting to take stock: What has the war cost your community?

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Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Economy in a Ditch, Cia, Economy, Janet Jackson, Ditch, Admiral Fallon, Surveillance, Retroactive Immunity, Fisa, Robert Anton Wilson, Ex Post Facto, Eliot Spitzer, Bush, Telecom, Unconstitutional, Hooker, Iran, National Security, House Democrats, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Greenwald, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Rule of Law, Prostitute, Fallon, John Conyers, House, Army Field Manual, Interrogation, Warrantless Wiretapping, Amnesty, Democrat, 23, Democrats, Scandal, Recession, Pelosi YouTube, Constitution, Mann Act, Mddotw, Sex, Wiretapping, Telecommunications, Wiretap, Romantic Afghanistan, William S. Burroughs, I Ching, 23 Enigma, Torture, Warrantless, Politics News
Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

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Pelosi: "The President Is Wrong And He Knows It"

Talking Points Memo | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, National Security, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responding to the president's remarks this morning that the House bill will "undermine America's security": QUESTIO...

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Spend More on Defense but Purchase Less Security

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Strategy, US Military, Army, Framing, National Security, Missile Defense, Terrorism, American Democracy, The White House Project, Defense Spending, Air Force, Defense Budget, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

We need to get over the collective eight-year-old-boy admiration of fighter pilots and commandos and get to work on brainwashing the rest of the world into not fighting us in the first place.

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U.S. Security Strategy a Huge Challenge Facing Next President

Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Attack, National Security, Homeland Security, Politics News
Rep. Jane Harman

It is doubtful that the Bush administration will leave a comprehensive strategy for homeland security. So, the next president will need to provide one.

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Let's Put the Red Phone to Bed

Hooman Majd | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton 3AM Ad, 3am Ad, Hillary 3AM Ad, National Security, Clinton 3AM, Politics News
Hooman Majd

While some have rightly deplored the Karl Rovian campaign tactic, few have suggested that very premise of the ad is pure fiction, or have wondered what exactly the hypothetical crisis might entail.

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C'mon, Senators Clinton and McCain

Susan Rice | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton 3AM Ad, John McCain, 3am Ad, Hillary 3AM Ad, Hillary Clinton, Clinton 3AM, Barack Obama, Susan Rice Barack Obama, Susan Rice, National Security, Susan Rice 3am Ad, Susan Rice Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Susan Rice

Clinton's campaign chose to edit selectively and thus grossly distort my words on her 3 a.m. ad in a video it sent to reporters and posted on YouTube. Senator McCain's campaign also misrepresented and manipulated my statement.

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Happy Alamo Day: Let Us "Never Forget" the Battle by Batting Immigration

Katie Halper | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, The Alamo, Never Forget, National Security, Montezuma's Revenge, Politics News
Katie Halper

For centuries we've been unable to eliminate the debilitating terrorist campaign of Montezuma's revenge, which continues to attack our values and our bowels.

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