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In the News

The Shifting Rationales for Empire

with Niall Fergusonvia American Chronicle
Thursday, July 19, 2007

According to a CBS/New York Times poll from May, 72 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush’s handling of Iraq...

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Help Wanted: Peacemaker

with George P. Shultzvia New York Times
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Iraqi Parliament is on vacation in August and our soldiers are fighting in the heat...

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Giuliani Stacks Campaign Staff With a Who’s Who Of Mideast Hawks

with Charles Hill, George P. Shultzvia Jewish Daily Forward
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

As the roster of Republican presidential hopefuls grapples with the seeming implosion of one-time front-runner John McCain’s candidacy, Rudolph Giuliani is taking steps to claim his place as the field’s leading hawk...

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Gen. Pace Tours Iraq As Retirement Nears

with John Abizaidvia Associated Press
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

For Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the last of the original military planners of the Iraq war, visiting U.S. troops this week was not exactly a victory lap en route to his earlier-than-expected retirement...

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Iraq Study Group Says Political Solutions in Iraq Crucial

with William J. Perryvia Voice of America
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

A former U.S. defense secretary and member of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group was among witnesses testifying Wednesday before Congress about the situation in Iraq...

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Nuclear Terrorism Bigger Threat Than Missiles: Ex-U.S. Defense Chief

with William J. Perry, Sidney D. Drellvia DefenseNews.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The greatest nuclear threat to the United States these days is that a terrorist group will detonate a nuclear weapon in a U.S. city, former Defense Secretary William Perry told a House subcommittee July 18...

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Tolstoy on Hayek

by Russ Roberts with John Abizaidvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

David Brooks summarizes ($) President Bush's view of politics and history...

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The Problem of Future War

with H. R. McMastervia ForaTv
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Col. Herbert Raymond McMaster speaks on The Problem of Future War: What Can We Learn from History and Contemporary Conflicts?

Analysis and Commentary

After Iraq

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

"And then what?"

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Heroes and History

with John Abizaidvia New York Times
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

President Bush’s self-confidence is the most remarkable feature of his presidency...

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