Concert of Democracies: Same Old Globalism
During last year's presidential campaign, Republican candidate John McCain turned heads when he stated: "We have to strengthen our global alliances as the...
Foreign Policy
U.S. to Push for UN Global-warming Accord
Todd Stern, the Obama administration's special envoy for climate change, told representatives of 175 nations in Bonn, Germany, on March 29, that global...
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Holbrooke on U.S. Plans for Afghanistan
Following a series of informal discussions held in Brussels over the preceding weekend, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met...
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AntiWar.com’s Garris: More War Under Obama
President Obama’s plans are fast diverging from candidate Barack Obama’s campaign promises on Iraq, AntiWar.com co-founder Eric Garris tells The New American in...
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AntiWar.com’s Garris: The Burden of Empire
War means big government and an excuse to clamp down on constitutionally protected freedoms, AntiWar.com co-founder Eric Garris tells The New American in...
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Obama’s Budget: Where’s the Peace Dividend?
Candidate Barack Obama pledged to get the United States out of Iraq, one of the two costly wars of occupation in which the...
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Some Trade Restrictions on Cuba to Be Lifted
The U.S. Congress has moved to lift some of the punitive economic measures the United States takes against Cuba. President Obama supports a...
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The G20 Push to “Supersize” the IMF
The big push to “supersize” and transform the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into a global Federal Reserve System has been developing in elite...
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Agenda Behind Brown’s “Global New Deal”
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has been working tirelessly for months to promote world financial and economic governance under the pretext of...
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Obama’s “Transitional Force” for Iraq
“Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end,” President Barack Obama...
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Obama Bows to EU Demands on Stimulus
Caving in to pressure from the European Union, President Barack Obama signaled this week that he wanted “Buy American” provisions struck from the...
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Obama’s Interview with Al Arabiya
On the morning of Tuesday, January 27, President Barack Obama gave an interview with Al Arabiya, an Arab news network based out of...
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UN Official Wants to Prosecute Bush, Rumsfeld for Torture
The UN's "Special Rapporteur on Torture," Manfred Nowak, in a message recorded on January 20 for broadcast that evening on Germany's ZDF television,...
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Expect More Foreign War Under Obama
The Obama administration plans to increase overall troop commitments abroad this year, according to the Washington Post. The Obama administration has reportedly signed...
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Joe Biden’s Trip to the Middle East
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden arrived in Baghdad on January 12 for an unannounced visit. It was part of a three-nation Asian tour for...
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