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Biden vs. Palin: What Joe Needs To Do

Tom Farer | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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During the debate, Biden's test is to pry Palin loose from her her lines and then underscore the emptiness or sinister implications of her stated views without appearing condescending or a lout.

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Bush Admin's North Korea Nuclear Weapons Deal Falling Apart

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A rare foreign policy success for the Bush administration is imploding as North Korea backs away from pledges to abandon nuclear we...

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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

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Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

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North Korea Suspends Nuclear Reactor Disablement

AP | KELLY OLSEN | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home

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SEOUL, South Korea — Just two months ago, North Korea blew up the cooling tower at its main nuclear reactor, a dramatic act meant to show the wo...

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My Conversation with Madeleine Albright: Let's Talk to Iran Just Like We Are with North Korea

Nathan Gardels | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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The North Koreans want the sanctions associated with being on the terrorism list removed. The U.S. Congress won't remove those sanctions without verification. That is the way it ought to work.

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Bush Waves a White Flag

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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By removing North Korea from the list of terrorist supporting states and by lifting sanctions imposed on it for decades, Bush put a nail in the coffin of the neocon theory.

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CIA To Describe North Korea-Syria Ties

LA Times | Paul Richter & Greg Miller | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday that North Korea had been helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor, a U.S. official said, a ...

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Defusing Tension With Iran While Promoting Regional Stability

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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From the time Bush labeled Iran as a member of the axis of evil, Tehran simply intensified its anti-American and anti-Israeli activities. By all assessments, Iran has reaped the greatest benefits from the Iraq war.

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Rice Rebukes Bush Envoy Who Criticized North Korea Policy

NY Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a rare public rebuke, has upbraided a White House envoy who criticized United States diplomacy toward North Ko...

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North Korea Says It Complied With Earlier Nuclear Disclosure

New York Times | CHOE SANG-HUN and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics

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North Korea said Friday that it had already explained enough about its nuclear programs to meet a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities, sayin...

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North Korea Responds To Bush's Letter

MSNBC News | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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The White House said Friday that it had received a verbal reply through diplomatic channels to President Bush's letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong...

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North Korean Nuclear Accountability Now

Graham Allison | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

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The president's statements on North Korea show that the administration continues to misunderstand and misapply the concept of deterrence in dealing with Kim Jong Il.

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