woensdag, februari 10, 2010
U.S. Eyes Tougher Sanctions Over Iran Nuclear Program
he Obama administration is working on a series of sanctions that would take aim at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran, publicly singling out the organization’s vast array of companies, banks and other entities in an effort to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.Senior White House officials described what they said would be a “systematic” effort to drive a wedge between the Iranian population and the Revolutionary Guards, which the West says is responsible for running Iran’s nuclear program and has a record of supporting militant Islamist organizations and cracking down on antigovernment protesters.
Read more >> | The New York Times
Labels: Foreign Policy, Iran, Nuclear energy, Nuclear weapons, United States
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dinsdag, februari 09, 2010
Europe loses seat at top table
n Washington they're not sure who's in charge. In Brussels they're squabbling. Ian Traynor reports on the EU's crisis of confidenceRead more >> | The Guardian
See also >> | Tough snub - ECFR
Labels: European Union, Foreign Policy, United States
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vrijdag, februari 05, 2010
Muddling Out of Freefall
bama wanted to bridge the divides among Americans that George W. Bush had opened. But now those divides are wider. His attempts to please everyone, so evident in the last few weeks, are likely to mollify no one.By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Read more >> | Muddling Out of Freefall - Project Syndicate
Labels: Barack Obama, Economy, United States
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woensdag, februari 03, 2010
US blames Lisbon Treaty for EU summit fiasco
he US State Department has said that President Barack Obama's decision not to come to an EU summit in Madrid in May is partly due to confusion arising from the Lisbon Treaty.State department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told press in Washington on Tuesday (2 February) that the treaty has made it unclear who the US leader should meet and when.
"Up until recently, they [summits] would occur on six-month intervals, as I recall, with one meeting in Europe and one meeting here. And that was part of – the foundation of that was the rotating presidency within the EU. Now you have a new structure regarding not only the rotating EU presidency, you've got an EU Council president, you've got a European Commission president," he said.
Read more >> | EUobserver / US blames Lisbon Treaty for EU summit fiasco
Labels: European Union, Foreign Policy, United States
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No US-EU summit in May
S dashes Spanish plans for Madrid summit this spring.The US government has confirmed that President Barack Obama will not meet EU leaders in Madrid this spring as planned by Spain, the current holder of the EU's rotating presidency.
Philip Gordon, the assistant secretary of state in charge of relations with Europe, told reporters in Washington yesterday (1 February) that Obama “never had on his schedule a trip for a spring US-EU summit” and that a summit in Spain “was not on his agenda in the first place”.
Read more >> | No US-EU summit in May | Policies | Foreign affairs | Americas | European Voice
Labels: European Union, Foreign Policy, United States
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maandag, februari 01, 2010
The future of Dutch foreign policy
he investigation into the reasoning behind the Dutch support for the US-UK invasion of Iraq may well mark a post-Cold War turning point for Dutch foreign policy. The days of the taken-for-granted US-European relationship are over.One significant finding of the investigation into the reasoning behind the Dutch support for the US-UK invasion of Iraq, published earlier this month, was the decisive role of the ‘Atlantic reflex’. The committee chaired by former supreme court judge Willibrord Davids concluded the ministry of foreign affairs had treated the question primarily as an issue of alliance with its strongest international partner, rather than an issue to be decided on merits of international law.
Read on >> | nrc.nl - International - Opinion - The future of Dutch foreign policy
Labels: Dutch politics, Foreign Policy, Irak crisis, Irak onderzoek, United States
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vrijdag, januari 22, 2010
China returns fire against US in Google-war
hina today inflamed the international row with America over cyber-attacks on Google, denouncing Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the country's internet curbs as “information imperialism”.The Global Times, an English-language newspaper published by the state, said today that information from the West comes “loaded with aggressive rhetoric against those countries that do not follow their lead".
“Unlike advanced Western countries, Chinese society is still vulnerable to the effect of multifarious information flowing in, especially when it is for creating disorder,” it said.
Read more >> | The Times Online
See also >> | Remarks on Internet Freedom - Hillary Rodham Clinton
See also >> | Google's challenge to China: the reaction - The Guardian - Videoreactions from Chinese bloggers
See also >> | James Fallows - A momentous 40 hours, leading to Clinton/China/Internet - More on Hillary's speech in The Atlantic
Labels: China, Google, Hillary Clinton, Internet, United States
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donderdag, januari 21, 2010
Hillary Clinton throws gauntlet down to China over censorship
he US today threw down the gauntlet to China over its internet censorship of its citizens in a hard-hitting speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.She urged China to investigate cyber attacks that led Google to threaten to pull out of the country - and challenged Beijing to publish its findings.
"Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century," she said, adding that the US and China "have different views on this issue, and we intend to address those differences candidly and consistently".
Read more >> | The Times Online
See also >> | Update on Google/China-ology
Labels: China, Google, Hillary Clinton, United States
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A Cool Head for the Hottest Issues
Obama inherited a terrible legacy – recession, financial meltdown, Iraq, Afghanistan. He has not solved all of these problems. But it is difficult to see any really bad mistakes, except perhaps allowing himself to be pushed around by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and giving China the impression that he was prepared for a bilateral relationship entirely on China’s terms.That seems to be changing now. Obama may have come to understand that when you are the leader of the world’s only superpower, you need to be feared just a little if you are to be respected.
By Chris Patten
Project Syndicate - A Cool Head for the Hottest Issues
Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, United States
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dinsdag, januari 12, 2010
Alastair Campbell defends 'every word' of Iraq dossier
ony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell has said he "defends every single word" of the 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.Mr Campbell told the UK's Iraq war inquiry the dossier could have been "clearer" but did not "misrepresent" the threat from Saddam's weapons.
Read more >> | BBC News
Labels: Irak onderzoek, Iraq, United Kingdom, United States
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Bankruptcy could be good for America
n Winnie-the-Pooh, there is a significant moment when the bear is asked whether he wants honey or condensed milk with his bread. He replies “both”. You can get away with this sort of thing if you are a much loved character in children’s literature. But it is more problematic when great nations start behaving in a childish fashion. When Americans are asked what they want – lower taxes, more lavish social spending or the world’s best-funded military machine – their collective answer tends to be “all of the above”.By Gideon Rachman
Read more >> | The Financial Times
Labels: Financial Policy, United States
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Rachman is arguing that a bankruptcy of the US would be healthy. In the past several bankrupt countries, like China, India and Germany are doing just fine after the crisis.
Change would be good, but I dread the immense power vacuum that a bankrupt US would give.
And a power vacuum would turn the world in a nasty place.
Dutch government misrepresented case for Iraq war
he Dutch government was less than truthful in presenting its case for the invasion of Iraq to parliament, a report released on Tuesday noted.A special committee of inquiry established by prime minister Jan-Peter Balkenende has come to these conclusions after conducting an investigation into the run-up to the invasion that took several months. The committee, chaired by retired Dutch supreme court judge Willibrord Davids, found no evidence supporting the oft-reported rumour that the Dutch offered clandestine military support in the invasion.
Read more >> | nrc.nl - International - Dutch government misrepresented case for Iraq war
See also >> | Conclusions and summay in English
Labels: Dutch politics, Foreign Policy, Irak onderzoek, Iraq, United Nations, United States
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Government slammed over Iraq war support
nited Nations resolutions on Saddam Hussein's weapons programme were not a sufficient mandate to justify the invasion of Iraq by the US and Britain, a Dutch government committee said on Tuesday.The committee was set up last year to investigate the Dutch position, following mounting pressure from MPs and the press. The Netherlands gave political but not military support to the 2003 invasion, a decision largely based on claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Those claims later turned out to be false.
The report contains a long list of criticisms of the government of the day - a coalition between the Christian Democrats and free market Liberals VVD.
Read more >> | DutchNews.nl - Government slammed over Iraq war support
See also >> | Conclusions and summay in English
Labels: Dutch politics, Foreign Policy, Iraq, United Nations, United States
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vrijdag, januari 08, 2010
Bubbles and the Banks
ealth care reform is almost (knock on wood) a done deal. Next up: fixing the financial system. I’ll be writing a lot about financial reform in the weeks ahead. Let me begin by asking a basic question: What should reformers try to accomplish?Read more >> | The New York Times Paul Krugman
Labels: Economy, Paul Krugman, United States
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woensdag, januari 06, 2010
How America Can Rise Again
s America going to hell? After a year of economic calamity that many fear has sent us into irreversible decline, the author finds reassurance in the peculiarly American cycle of crisis and renewal, and in the continuing strength of the forces that have made the country great: our university system, our receptiveness to immigration, our culture of innovation. In most significant ways, the U.S. remains the envy of the world. But here’s the alarming problem: our governing system is old and broken and dysfunctional. Fixing it—without resorting to a constitutional convention or a coup—is the key to securing the nation’s future.By James Fallows
Read more | How America Can Rise Again - The Atlantic
(January/February 2010)
Labels: United States
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maandag, december 28, 2009
Afghanistan: What Could Work
ool poker-players, we are tempted to believe, only raise or fold: they only increase their bet or leave the game. Calling, making the minimum bet to stay, suggests that you can't calculate the odds or face losing the pot, and that the other players are intimidating you. Calling is for children. Real men and women don't want to call in Afghanistan: they want to dramatically increase troops and expenditure, defeat the Taliban, and leave. Or they just want to leave. Both sides—the disciples of the surge and the apostles of withdrawal—therefore found some satisfaction in one passage in President Obama's speech at West Point on December 1:I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home.
But the rest left them uneasy. This was not, as they might have imagined, because he was lurching between two contradictory doctrines of increase and withdrawal, but because the rest of his speech argued for a radically different strategy—a call strategy—which is about neither surge nor exit but about a much-reduced and longer-term presence in the country. The President did not make this explicit. But this will almost certainly be the long-term strategy of the US and its allies. And he has with remarkable courage and scrupulousness articulated the premises that lead to this conclusion. First, however, it is necessary to summarize the history of our involvement and the conventional policies that have long favored surge and exit.
By Rory Stewart
Read more | Afghanistan: What Could Work - The New York Review of Books
Labels: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States
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zondag, december 27, 2009
Obama Undermines the UN Climate Process
wo years of climate change negotiations have now ended in a farce in Copenhagen. Rather than grappling with complex issues, President Barack Obama decided instead to declare victory with a vague statement of principles agreed with four other countries. The remaining 187 were handed a fait accompli , which some accepted and others denounced. After the fact, the United Nations has argued that the document was generally accepted, though for most on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.Jeffrey D. Sachs
Read more | Project Syndicate - Obama Undermines the UN Climate Process
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Labels: Barack Obama, Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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vrijdag, december 25, 2009
Barack Obama, the fallen messiah
he “salvation narrative” projected onto Barack Obama created false expectations on the left and invited his demonisation by the rightDuring a time of economic decline, persistent cultural strife, deepening American involvement in far-off military conflicts, and rapid environmental deterioration, is there any wonder that some have turned to apocalyptic “salvation narratives” promising both a transcendent, everlasting future and violent retribution against perceived evildoers? A CNN poll in 2002 found that 59% of Americans believe that the prophecies in the Book of Revelations will come true. The startling number reflected the still-fresh trauma of the 9/11 attacks, but I suspect that it has held steady, if not risen. Indeed, mainstream American culture is permeated by apocalypticism; the blockbuster-movie hit 2012 is but one recent example.
Max Blumenthal
Read more | openDemocracy
Labels: Barack Obama, United States
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donderdag, december 17, 2009
Obama won't break new ground at summit
warning to delegates in Copenhagen: If you're looking for President Barack Obama to cave to pressure and deepen US efforts to curb greenhouse gases, don't bet on it.Obama, like most world leaders, is constrained by tough politics at home. And that makes it tougher for the summit to produce meaningful pollution cuts.
US officials stressed Wednesday that when Obama travels to the climate conference in Denmark this week he won't bring anything to the talks beyond Washington's already stated goals: to commit to reducing greenhouse gases by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and to pay a "fair share" into a 10 billion US dollars fund to help developing countries deal with climate change.
Read on | Obama won't break new ground at summit - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
See also |
- COP15 Copenhagen (Official site)
- Climate Feedback Blog
- NRC- Handelsblad Background
- BBC Copenhagen
- The Guardian Copenhagen summit site
- The New York Times Summit pages
- Nature.com - Road to Copenhagen
- Financial Times In Depth
- The Copenhagen Diagnosis
- Holland Climate House Copenhagen
- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Labels: Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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vrijdag, december 11, 2009
Obama: Climate change is a security issue
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ot only scientists and environmental activists call for action on climate change, but also military leaders understand that our common security hangs in the balance,” said President Obama in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," has been seen as a means of boosting international climate talks.
In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, President Obama stressed the importance of confronting climate change:
"There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, more famine, more mass displacement – all of which will fuel more conflict for decades," and then he drew attention to the question of security in the climate problem:
"It is not merely scientists and environmental activists who call for swift and forceful action – it's military leaders in my own country and others who understand that our common security hangs in the balance."
Read on | CPO15 Copenhagen
See also | The White House (Obama speech)
See also | Obama defends war as he picks up Nobel Peace Prize BBC News
See also |
Labels: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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Copenhagen: Barack Obama backs Norway-Brazil forest protection plan
he US president endorses scheme proposed by Norway and Brazil that would protect the world's rainforests with funding from rich countries which cannot cut their emissions at homeThe US president, Barack Obama, made his first public intervention in the Copenhagen climate summit today by backing a plan put forward by Norway and Brazil which would protect the world's rainforests with funding from rich countries that cannot meet their commitments to cut emissions domestically.
Speaking after he accepted the Nobel peace prize in Oslo, Norway, Obama said: "I am very impressed with the model that has been built between Norway and Brazil that allows for effective monitoring and ensures that we are making progress in avoiding deforestation of the Amazon.
Read on | The Guardian
Labels: Barack Obama, Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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donderdag, december 10, 2009
U.S. Negotiator Dismisses Reparations for Climate
OPENHAGEN — The top American envoy to climate talks here flatly rejected arguments Wednesday by diplomats from poor lands that the United States owes a debt to developing nations for decades of American emissions that contributed to global warming.It was not the first time that the American negotiator, Todd D. Stern, had dismissed the notion. But his words highlighted the divide that persists between the poor and the wealthy as nearly 200 nations try to sketch the outlines of a new pact on climate change here.
Read on | The New York Times
Labels: Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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woensdag, december 09, 2009
EPA chief: US will regulate CO2 with common sense
he United States for the first time outlined a dual path toward cutting greenhouse gases that would involve both President Barack Obama's administration and the US Congress to reduce greenhouse emissions.Speaking Wednesday at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson described her agency's decision that greenhouse gases should be regulated as complementary to US legislation — not an effort to supplant the work of Congress.
"This is not an either/or moment. This is a both/and moment," she told.
The EPA on Monday gave the president a new way to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions when the agency determined that scientific evidence clearly shows they are endangering Americans' health. That means the EPA could regulate those gases without the approval of the U.S. Congress.
The EPA decision was welcomed by other nations in Copenhagen that have called on the US to boost its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The full US Senate has yet to take up legislation that cleared the Senate environment committee and calls for greenhouse gases to be cut by 20 percent by 2020, a target that was scaled back to 17 percent in the House after opposition from coal-state Democrats.
"We need legislation" to remove any uncertainty that businesses might have, Jackson added. "The reason for legislation is to take that question out of their minds. ... We will work closely with our Congress to pass legislation to lower our greenhouse gases more than 80 percent by 2050."
Read on | COP15 Copenhagen
See also |
Labels: Climate Change, Copenhagen, United States
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zondag, december 06, 2009
How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan
ASHINGTON — On the afternoon he held the eighth meeting of his Afghanistan review, President Obama arrived in the White House Situation Room ruminating about war. He had come from Arlington National Cemetery, where he had wandered among the chalky white tombstones of those who had fallen in the rugged mountains of Central Asia.Read on | The New York Times
Labels: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NY Times, United States
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zondag, november 22, 2009
Obama in Chains
EW YORK – It is hard for international observers of the United States to grasp the political paralysis that grips the country, and that seriously threatens America’s ability to solve its domestic problems and contribute to international problem solving. America’s governance crisis is the worst in modern history. Moreover, it is likely to worsen in the years ahead.The difficulties that President Barack Obama is having in passing his basic program, whether in health care, climate change, or financial reform, are hard to understand at first glance. After all, he is personally popular, and his Democratic Party holds commanding majorities in both houses of Congress. Yet his agenda is stalled and the country’s ideological divisions grow deeper.
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Read on | Project Syndicate - Obama in Chains
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vrijdag, oktober 23, 2009
Pressure on Dutch government to stay in Afghanistan
he NATO defense ministers put pressure on the Dutch government to keep their troops in the Afghan province Uruzgan, despite a clear no from the Dutch parliament.Read on in the two articles below and the White House debate on TPM media.
NRC- Handelsblad article | Dutch Afghanistan presence up in the air again
NYT article | NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort
Senator Kerry on submitting more troops to Afghanistan in an unstable political situation with Karzai and election fraud. 18 oct. 2009
Obama praises President Karzai to restart elections. 20 oct. 2009
White House spokesperson Gibbs on criticism by former vice-president Cheney on "dithering" by president Obama. 22 oct. 2009
Labels: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO, United States
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Pakistan playing double game towards West
ccording to RNW correspondent Bernard Hammelburg Pakistan is playing a dangerous double game in Afghanistan by secretly supporting the Taliban.Labels: Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States
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zondag, oktober 11, 2009
Big mistake by Nobel committee - Russia Today
he comments from Russia on the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize by President Obama were flat out negative. Labels: Barack Obama, Nuclear weapons, Russia, United States
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Obama Nobel Peace Price for opposing nuclear weapons
he Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Price to President Obama, explicitly for opposing and aiming to get rid of all nuclear weapons.Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Nuclear weapons, United States
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vrijdag, juli 03, 2009
Positive upcomming visit Obama to Moscow
he mood of the upcomming US President Obama visit to Moscow is positive on Rusia Today.Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Russia, United States
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donderdag, januari 29, 2009
Obama at the Pentagon: "Difficult dicisions ahead"
irst visit of Commander in chief at the Pentagon.Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, United States
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dinsdag, januari 27, 2009
Obama's first interview to Al-Arabiya TV
resident Obama to the Al-Arabiya tv network on Middle-East policy.Part 1
Part 2
Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Middle East, United States
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zondag, januari 25, 2009
Moïsi on the new America
eknown French intellecual on the new American foreign policy. Labels: Barack Obama, European Union, Foreign Policy, United States
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How Obama was elected...
video by the french newspaper Liberation analyzing the Obama campaign. (subtitled in french)Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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dinsdag, januari 20, 2009
Obama's inaugural speech
he transcript of the inaugural speech:"I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
Lees verder | Inaugural speech
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Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States
he crowning of the new emperor live from Capitol Hill.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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maandag, juli 07, 2008
G8 Summit: Debate on AMD in Lithuania between US and Russia
he yearly G8 summit is under way in Japan. The US and Russia will discuss the American plans to station AMD (Advanced Missile Defence)in Lithuania instead of Poland.A report by Russia Today with commentary from the Russian point of view.
Here an earlier report on the refusal of Poland of deploying the AMD.
Labels: G8, Russia, United States
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zondag, juli 06, 2008
The Problem Iran
eymour Hersh on the latest developments in the US policies towards Iran and the risk of war. The Bush administration wants, before their term ends, to end the nuclear program of Iran, or destroy it by bombing their nuclear facilities.Report
Part 1 Seymour Hersh interview
Part 2
Part 3
Labels: Foreign Policy, Iran, United States
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dinsdag, juli 01, 2008
Cheney in search for a Casus Belli with Iran
tar reporter Seymour Hersh from The New Yorker writes in this weeks issue about the "preparing of the battlefield" by means of secret operations in Iran, conducted by the White House. He describes the growing concern of political leaders inside congress of the secret way the White House is dealing with the Iran issue.Vice- president Dick Cheney is said to look actively for a Casus Belli.
Read the article in The New Yorker and view here an interview with Hersh on his latest scoop.
Labels: Foreign Policy, Iran, United States
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zaterdag, juni 28, 2008
Iraq security handover delayed
he handover of al Anbar province from the US troops to Iraqi forces has been delayed due to a sand storm and a suicide bomber attack that killed 20 people.Labels: Iraq, United States
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donderdag, juni 26, 2008
TPM on the US Justice Dep. banning Liberal and Democrats
ast year TPM media broke the story of the US Justice department firing Attorneys. Now a report is out, describing the way at the Justice Department is banning Liberals and Democrats from their office.Labels: TPM, United States
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woensdag, juni 25, 2008
Obama saves Hillary from 10M debt
n an effort to unite the democrats after his candidacy, Barack Obama puts gives 10 milion dollars to the Hillary Clinton campaign to pay of her debts.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, United States
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In Search of a VP for McCain
peculations on the choice of Vice President by John McCain and Barack Obama starts really rolling. TPM.tv portraits Republican VP nominee Tim Pawlenty.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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Terrorist attack would be big advantage to McCain
cCain adviser Charlie Black said in Fortune magazine that a terrorist attack would be a big advantage to the McCain campaign. A Reuters report and the Obama reaction...And Obama's reaction in a noisy plane...
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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dinsdag, juni 24, 2008
The Flip Flops in the Race
pm tv roundup of presidential race news.Labels: Barack Obama, Euro2008, John McCain, United States
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vrijdag, juni 20, 2008
Obama UP, McCain down in critical states polls
n his weekly assessment of the presidential polls, TPM.tv Joshua Marshall concludes that Barack Obama is doing very well in critical states like Ohio. Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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donderdag, juni 19, 2008
McCain on War in Iraq: Obama was wrong
he war in Iraq is a divisive issue, according to the Brookings Institution, it is also McCains strongest point.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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vrijdag, juni 13, 2008
McCain faces problems in polls
he outlook for presidential nominee John McCain are not bright. Barack Obama leads him with 47% agains 41% for McCain in a US wide poll.See also: RealClearPolitics Electoral College and Electoral Vote.
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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woensdag, juni 11, 2008
McCain and Obama battle over Economy
ohn McCain and Barack Obama showed a fundamental different approach to helping the economy yesterday.Obama wants a 50 billion stimulus package, a 10 billion foreclosure fund and middle class tax cuts.
McCain on the other hand also wants to repeal the alternative minimum tax, cut tax on corporate profits, make Bush tax cuts permanent, suspend gaz tax for the summer and create a mortgage task force to investigate wrong doings.
McCain is "buying in" to the Bush policies and Obama wants a more direct role in shaping the living standards of people.
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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dinsdag, juni 10, 2008
McCain Campain positive over outcome
he John McCain campaign strategist are positive on the outcome of the general election. They analyze the battleground as full of possibilities to win the election, according to this briefing on the McCain website.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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zaterdag, juni 07, 2008
Clinton endorses Obama fully
illary Clinton endorses Barack Obama fully and acknowledges her defeat. She said in a graceful speech: "I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the race he has run, I endorse him and throw my full support behind him." Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, United States
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vrijdag, juni 06, 2008
Senator Feinstein on the secret Obama Clinton meeting
arack Obama and Hillary Clinton met at the house of senator Feinstein in private and spoke about an hour.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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Looking back at the Clinton campaign
nice review in the New York Times of the Clinton campaign, trying to answer the question why the inevitable candidate failed in the end.Click to: A Look Back at the Clinton Campaign
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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Clinton and Obama Hold Secret Meeting
bama and Hillary Clinton met in secret. According to Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs the meeting was "to bring these candidates together and moving forward for the fall campaign."Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, United States
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donderdag, juni 05, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Remembered
n 1968 Robbert Kennedy, the younger brother of assasinated president John F. Kennedy was shot on the campaign trail in California. The Washington Post's David Broder recalls the event that happend 40 years ago.Labels: History, Kennedy, United States
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McCain attack on Obama backfires
ohn McCain chose to attack Barack Obama on his victory night with a "hard" speech. He didn't convince any political commentators, including Fox news. Watch the TPM tv compilation.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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Hillary at AIPAC : Obama Will Be A Good Friend To Israel
illary Clinton speaks very positive about Barack Obama at the AIPAC conference on june 4th. Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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woensdag, juni 04, 2008
Obama wins nomination
anator Barack Obama becomes presidential nominee Obama for the Democratic party. Tha battle with John McCain can start.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, United States
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donderdag, mei 22, 2008
Obama Claim to Be Bit Conservative Shows Uniter Not Divider?
arack Obama the uniter in the US, and what about the world?Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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Obama Claims Majority of Delegates
arack Obama credits Clinton and claims more delegates.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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dinsdag, mei 20, 2008
McCain vs Obama on Iran
he election candidates John McCain and Barack Obama turn to each other on the US policy towards Iran. Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, United States
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The Gas tax isseu of Clinton vs Obama
he biggest difference between Obama and Clinton seems to be the Gas tax proposal by Hillary Clinton. A compilation by TPM TV.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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vrijdag, mei 09, 2008
Barack Obama First Interview Since North Carolina
arack Obama's first interview after North Carolina with Wolf blitzer for CNN.And part Two
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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donderdag, mei 08, 2008
Tim Russert explains why Clinton has lost allready
eet the Press reporter Tim Russert shows why victory is out of reach for Hillary Clinton.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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Who is divisive in the Democratic camp?
he debate in the Democratic camp is at this point about divisiveness. See this exchange of words:
Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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It's over say advisers to Hillary
he race is over for Hillary Clinton. Advisers and the media agree. The question is if Clinton sees it herself and when she will step aside gracefully. See the CBS report:Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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woensdag, mei 07, 2008
Obama's next step to nomination
ith his win in North Carolina and the close result in Indiana Barack Obama takes his campaign the next step to the nomination of the Democratic party. Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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vrijdag, februari 08, 2008
Yes we can - Obama sung by Black Eyed Peas
arack Obama gets support from the music community. Black Eyed Peas has put his words on music and Jesse Dylan on film. See also ABCNews.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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dinsdag, januari 15, 2008
Why the United States is the number one and only global power
tratfor founder George Friedman talks about geopolitics. Memorable quote about the future: " If you are not an American your problem is, how do you control the United States."Labels: Foreign Policy, globalisering, United States
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woensdag, januari 09, 2008
Surprise win by Hillary Clinton
illary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary by surprise, after several polls indicated that Barack Obama led by a 10% margin. He now lost with 36%, with Clinton taking the New Hampshire lead with 39%. A decisive but close finish. A close race is starting right now.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, United States
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zaterdag, januari 05, 2008
Obama victory speech Iowa
arack Obama victory speech after the Iowa caucus, which he won with 38% support, ahead of 30% of John Edwards and 29% for Hilary Clinton. The next nomination election will be on january 8, 2008 in New Hamshire. An opinion poll taken after the Iowa caucus suggests Obama is leading the race with 37% of the vote, against Clinton with 27% support.Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, United States
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donderdag, augustus 02, 2007
Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Terrorism
Last night, Barack Obama, Presidential candidate held a major speech on foreign policy and terrorism in the Woodrow Wilson Institution. He opposes the foreign policy of the Bush administration. He promised to turn the page.
"By refusing to end the war in Iraq, President Bush is giving the terrorists what they really want, and what the Congress voted to give them in 2002: a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.
It is time to turn the page. When I am President, we will wage the war that has to be won, with a comprehensive strategy with five elements: getting out of Iraq and on to the right battlefield in Afghanistan and Pakistan; developing the capabilities and partnerships we need to take out the terrorists and the world’s most deadly weapons; engaging the world to dry up support for terror and extremism; restoring our values; and securing a more resilient homeland."
See his speech on C-Span, click here,
or read the text, click here.
Labels: Barack Obama, United States
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zaterdag, juli 07, 2007
Bobby Gosh: US effort in Iraq in vain
Aparisim "Bobby" Ghosh, Time Magazine, Baghdad Bureau talks about the military and political situation in Iraq in C-Spans Washington Journal. He is one of the few journalists who reports from Baghdad itself.
In more than half an hour Q&A all aspects of the present political delicate situation comes around. Mister Gosh is very pessimistic about the present development in Iraq.
View the entire program on C-Span, click here.
Labels: Iraq, United States
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vrijdag, juni 29, 2007
YouTube election Channel
The election will not be televised, it will be YouTubed.
On YouTube an election channel has been created. The playground for the next American Presidential election campaigns.
Labels: United States
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donderdag, juni 28, 2007
Cut US Army in two
Strategic planner Thomas P.M. Barnett has advised US leaders on national security since the end of the Cold War. In this bracingly honest -- and very funny -- talk, Barnett outlines a solution for the foundering US military: Break it in two. One half makes war, and the other half builds the peace that follows.
Labels: Afghanistan, Iraq, Politiek, TED Talk, Terrorisme, United States
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donderdag, december 07, 2006
Politiek Bush in Irak een mislukking
Democraten en Republikeinen adviseren nieuwe consensus over Irak
olgens de Iraq Study Group, een twee-partijen trefpunt van voormalige politici als James Baker III, Lee Hamilton en tien anderen, is de situatie in Irak niet houdbaar. Zij erkennen dat de VS de problemen niet alleen aan kunnen. Zij adviseren President Bush met Syrië en Iran te praten. Het snel terugtrekken van troepen zou, volgens het advies, leiden tot een regionale oorlog. Daarom bepleiten Baker en Hamilton om troepen geleidelijk terug te trekken. De activiteiten van het Amerikaanse leger zouden zich moeten concentreren op de training van Iraki politie en leger.
De problemen in het Midden Oosten zijn verder niet op te lossen zonder verdere initiatieven en oplossingen voor het Israeli - Palestijns conflict.
De algemene verwachting is dat President Bush, met dit rapport in de hand, zijn buitenlandse politiek verder zal bijstellen. Het vertrek onlangs van minister van Defensie Rumsfeld was de eerste stap.
Het rapport van de Iraq Study Group vindt u hier
Labels: United States
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vrijdag, november 10, 2006
FORGING A WORLD OF LIBERTY UNDER LAW
AP Docs |
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The Princeton Project on National Security is a three-year, bipartisan initiative to develop a sustainable and effective national security strategy for the United States of America. Under the stewardship of honorary co-chairs George Shultz and Anthony Lake, the Princeton Project brought together leading thinkers on national security from government, academe, business, and the non-profit sector to analyze key issues and develop innovative responses to a range of national security threats.
G. John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter, Co-Directors
September 27, 2006
The Princeton Project Papers
Published by
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Final Paper of the
Princeton Project on National Security
AP Docs | Read on...
Labels: United States
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donderdag, november 09, 2006
Democrats win US election, What Next?
AP YouTube Choice |
iberalViewer reports on the US mid- term elections result of november 2006.Labels: United States
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woensdag, november 08, 2006
Does Bush Know Who Is in Charge of Strategy?
AP YouTube Choice |
iberalViewer, a YouTube regular, analyses in this video the difference between Strategy and Tactics of President Bush in his Iraq policies.GW Bush, in his August 21, 2006 press conference, doesn't seem to know who is in charge of his strategy. He also stumbles over some terms, particularly confusing his "strategy" with his "strategic objective." Worst of all is this Bushism:
"If I didn't think it would work, I would change the str... our commanders would recommend changing the strategy."
That's not just MISSPEAKING, that's MISTHINKING.
Labels: United States
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woensdag, juni 07, 2006
Anti-homo wet faalt in US Senaat
AP Report |
resident Bush is er niet in geslaagd een anti- homo huwelijks amendement in de Grondwet op te nemen. De Senaat stemde woensdag met 49 tegen 48 stemmen tegen de wet die dat mogelijk moet maken.Volgens de Republikeinse Senator David Vitter zijn zij "stemmen aan het winnen".
AP Report | Lees verder...
Labels: United States
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vrijdag, januari 30, 2004
Interest rates on low hold, deficit on dangerous slide
AP Financial
by Daan Diederiks
"The US Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday not to change the basic interest rate and keep it on 1%.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in the statement accompanying the decision that it vowed 'to be patient' to raise the rate in the future.
Previously, the Committee had said it would keep interest rates low for a 'considerable period'.
This change was interpreted by the market as a possible rise of the basic rate , probably before the autumn election period. Although many Democrats think the Fed has a Republican bias, economists hold that the Fed wants to keep away from being accused of mingling into politics. Therefore it has never changed rates after august in an election year. "
Labels: United States
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