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As President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter and senior policy advisor until June 2006, Michael Gerson was often referred to as the "conscience of the White House" by a coalition of the adoring.
Recently I noted that former Senator and TV star Fred Thompson may announce his run for the GOP nomination on an upcoming appearance on the Jay Leno Show, June 12. Well, it looks like I may be off by about three weeks.
As noted earlier by my colleague Howard Salter, President Bush announced new sanctions against the Sudanese government today in response to Sudan's continued support for attacks in Darfur.
Today is the International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers. It's a good time to remember that those that worked and have sometimes given their lives to promote peace and justice around the world. At the U.N., Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in a statement said:
In case you're wondering why my colleagues and I have taken issue with so many officials who rail against dependence on imports of foreign oil, wonder no more.
The NY Times published a story today on the fight over coal-to-liquid fuels in Congress. Advocates of "energy independence" and "reducing dependence on foreign oil" say ramping up coal-to-liquid production will get us closer to our energy goals.
While I was camping over the weekend I missed the release by Greenpeace of a leaked U.S. memo to Germany regarding the G8 text on climate change.
The largest, loudest bully pulpit in the world is stationed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Any time a president of the United States steps up to the microphone, the world's attention turns in order to listen and analyze what he is saying.
Andrew J. Bacevich teaches history and international relations at Boston University. He's a West Point graduate, a Vietnam War veteran, and the author of the highly-regarded book, The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War.
It appears the Bush Administration is getting ready to scrap an extremely effective arms control regime and replace it with something much skinnier. The rationale? From Reuters:
Krishna Guha reports in today's FT that the Brazilian Executive Director at the World Bank, who represents the Philippines, Colombia and five other Latin American and Caribbean states, in addition to Brazil on the Bank's Board, submitted a memo to the Board calling for "an open, democratic and transparent process...based on the merits of a plurality of candidates regardless of nationality." The Board, which meets today to discuss the selection process, should take this proposal very seriously because it may be a
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