Be aware, there are about 7 shopping days left before the Jolly Fat Dude arrives. I just wanted to remind those of you who act as Santa’s “authorized agent” to get moving. I just got done with my online holiday list (one thing that each family member “really, really, wanted”). I’ll admit it, I am [...]
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It’s pretty obvious that the U.S. doesn’t need to build an expensive and controversial missile defense system in Europe so that parts okay. But it’s equally clear that we should be focused on trying to shrink the overall size of the U.S. military, so you have to wonder whose side these folks are on that [...]
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Could this be the view of what a Barack Obama adminstration might look like when it comes to National Security and Foreign Policy? Or could the exchange below between Obama and Clinton backfire and leave Obama out in the cold if Hillary takes the prize?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKHBSFSosY
Here’s a transcript of the exchange from Greg Sargent at TPM’s Election Central:
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Is there anyone out there who still harbors the delusion that George Bush or most of his administration possesses the slightest shred of human integrity or the tiniest morsel of respect for the truth, for law, for the people of this country or any other?
Sorry, the question was rhetorical and asked out of personal frustration [...]
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In actuality Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran pose no threat to America or her interests with any form of arms capacity. What does stand as a challenge, and what is suddenly showing in rather stark light, is the frail logic of our policies. With regard to arms, with regard to the exercise of power, in the Mideast and around the world, what is being called into question in our confrontation with Iran is the generalized doctrine American exceptionalsim, “The Because We Said So” Doctrine.
Why is nuclear power a sovereign domestic concern for American politicians to discuss freely, yet something Iran must seek permission for? What empowers the U.S. to arbitrate the standing of nuclear nations, blessing for India what it would bomb in Iraq? Would America’s ally Israel submit to the same monitoring conditions for its power plants now being demanded of Iran? These questions, this is the war of ideas Iran is waging right now. And that’s one place where I worry about our own “weapons capacity.”
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John Kerry will be on FOX’s “Geraldo at Large,” talking about the situation in Afghanistan and his call for more troops there tonight at 8pm EST. Geraldo Rivera was reporting from Afghanistan, and word has it that it was a really engaging interview, so tune in!
Here’s the line-up for the Sunday Shows:
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C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes of Harsh Interrogations:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 — The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former [...]
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The Clinton campaign released a new ad in Iowa on Wednesday featuring Wes Clark. The Clinton camp notes in the ad, “General Clark dismisses the recent attacks against Hillary Clinton as “politics” and says he trusts her to deal with the many challenges that America faces around the world.”
“I’ve known Hillary Clinton for twenty-four years. [...]
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John Kerry will be on the “Imus in the Morning” radio show Thursday morning LIVE at 8:29am EST. Following up on his speech on Afghanistan on Wednesday, Kerry will be talking foreign policy with Imus. Click here to listen LIVE.
Later in the day, Senator Kerry will be on Steve Mason’s ESPN Radio to talk about [...]
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Yet Again: Why We Must Impeach Bush and Cheney
A Time for Humble Pie
On Tuesday, President Bush reported to the nation and the world that a recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that four years ago Iran had stopped its covert program aimed at developing nuclear weapons. To many sober minds, this news would be cause [...]
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While the focus in the past couple of days has been on the release of the NIE report on Iran, there’s been news of things heating up in Afghanistan that has remained somewhat under the wire. AP News reports that the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack today that killed at least 13 people and [...]
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Oh my goodness this is priceless… Mike Huckabee sat down an “on-the-record dinner” with a group of reporters in Des Moines and low and behold he knew nothing, I repeat NOTHING, about the Iran NIE. As Jonathan Martin notes on Politico, “The transcript speaks for itself“:
Kuhn: I don’t know to what extent you have been briefed or [...]
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