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City Lights: Teaching and learning from a Libyan friend
I imagine she would still look the same. My flatmate was in her early 20s when I saw her last, and less than a decade has passed since then. When I see crowd photos of the uprising in Libya, I scan the faces to check for hers — smiling or yelling...Tags: Saddam Hussein, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Libyan Civil War (2011), National Government, Politics
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Doyle McManus: Obama appointment signals activist foreign policy
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Bill Clinton, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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COLUMN: Obama's foreign policy reset
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Bill Clinton, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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U.S. repeats mistakes in Libya, Syria
When Moammar Gadhafi was in charge in Libya, he was forced under international pressure to deliver the person responsible for the downing of the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, and he paid compensation to the families of the victims. He also was forced to...Tags: NATO, Muammar Gaddafi
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Holding the national security course
President Barack Obama's latest changes in his top national security team seem more a shift to a stronger emphasis on human rights than a break with his long-range determination to keep the United States out of nation-building adventurism. His...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Human Rights, Elections, White House, Bill Clinton
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Where's the enemies list?
Who exactly is the enemy in the continuing U.S. war against terrorism? In some cases, the answer is: It's a secret. When the United States began its war against al-Qaida after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the identity of the enemy was clear: Osama...Tags: U.S. Congress, Carl Levin, U.S. Department of Defense, Terrorism, Afghanistan
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At White House, liberal hawks ascend
With his decision to elevate Susan Rice to become his national security advisor and the nomination of Samantha Power as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, President Obama is not simply rewarding the loyalty of two women who have backed him from the...Tags: White House, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Muammar Gaddafi
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Hagel, NATO counterparts to discuss possible training role in Libya
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to consult with his European counterparts this week about a possible North Atlantic Treaty Organization role training Libyan security forces as he attends his first meeting of the alliance&...
Tags: Benghazi, Taliban, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.S. Department of Defense, Afghanistan
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Despite hot issues, lawmakers meet public less
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — From her front row seat at the Fort Dodge Public Library, pugnacious retiree Betty Nostrom wasted no time grilling the U.S. senator standing before 80 constituents over how he was investigating the deaths of four Americans in...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Mick Mulvaney, Trent Franks, Electronics
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Obama shakes up national security team
WASHINGTON — In filling two key positions on his national security team, President Obama on Wednesday elevated longtime loyal advisors known for advocating U.S. intervention for humanitarian missions overseas — in some cases more...Tags: Human Rights, Benghazi, Republican Party, Pulitzer Prize Awards, White House
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What Susan Rice's White House promotion means
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Except when it's best served hot. Just a few months ago, Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and now President Barack Obama's choice to be the next national security adviser, saw her main chance to...Tags: Benghazi, White House, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011)
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Can anyone give the president critical advice?
In my professorial days, I had a colleague with such a well-honed naysayer persona that he would interrupt a faculty meeting in progress, shout "No!" and no one paid any attention. He could be depended upon to object to everything, seeing his role as...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Benghazi, Taliban, White House, Barack Obama
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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