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by Herbert Linvia Lawfare
George Shultz and Henry Kissinger testify before the US Senate Armed Services Committee
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featuring George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissingervia United States Senate
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Let the C.I.A. Do What It Is Supposed to Do
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by Amy Zegartvia New York Times
Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means
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by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinnervia National Interest
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Keeping The Public In The Dark
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by Kori Schakevia US News
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Five Principles That Should Govern Any U.S. Authorization Of Force
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Obama, Not Bush, Is the Master of Unilateral War
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by Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxmanvia New Republic
Views from Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (Ret.)
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featuring Admiral Gary Rougheadvia US Senate
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Airstrikes Can Only Do So Much to Combat ISIS
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by Joseph Feltervia Room for Debate (New York Times)
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The Amoral Nature of the Pawn Strategy
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by Victor Davis Hansonvia Corner (National Review Online)

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The Politics of Surging

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Monday, January 29, 2007

In all the shouting about a lost presidency and the Bush disaster, few pay attention to actual facts, much less the always changing state of the union...

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Should America return to the draft?

with Milton Friedmanvia McClatchy Newspapers
Sunday, January 28, 2007

The war in Iraq marks the first time in modern history that the United States has fought an extended conflict with an all-volunteer military...

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Analysts on Stanford panel call Bush's 'surge' a mistake

with William J. Perry, Larry Diamondvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Skepticism of President Bush's plan for Iraq is not limited to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which on Wednesday approved a nonbinding resolution against sending additional forces Iraq...

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Sending more troops to Iraq is a big mistake, panelists say

with William J. Perry, Larry Diamondvia Stanford Report
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Calling the Bush administration's course in Iraq "one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in American history," Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, warned that the president's proposed "surge option" of over 20,000 more U.S. troops is doomed to fail and could drive the widening insurgency into an all-out civil war, fomenting regional instability and creating a base for al-Qaida to launch attacks on the West...

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Historians see various dark outcomes for Iraq

with Niall Fergusonvia Associated Press
Monday, January 22, 2007

To historians and others pondering Iraq, forecasting a final outcome for that sad land is like finding your way through one of its ``shamal'' sandstorms...

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Former Defense Secretary Perry blasts U.S. Iraq policies

with William J. Perry, Larry Diamondvia Palo Alto Online
Monday, January 22, 2007

President George W. Bush's decision to send additional troops to Iraq is "too little, too late" and is contrary to what American commanders in Iraq say is needed, former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry said in a panel discussion at Stanford today...

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Pelosi's crew and Osama bin Laden share common goal

by Dinesh D’Souzavia San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, January 21, 2007

The Pelosi Democrats sometimes appear to be just as eager as Osama bin Laden for President Bush to lose his war on terror...

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War in Iraq to be discussed at Stanford

with William J. Perry, Larry Diamondvia Palo Alto Online
Friday, January 19, 2007

Former U.S. Defense Secretary William J. Perry will be one of the panelists in a discussion on the war in Iraq Monday at Stanford University...

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If We Fail…

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review Online
Friday, January 19, 2007

Most Americans accept that if the United States cannot stabilize Iraq, and, in frustration and acrimony, withdraws in defeat, crises follow...

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What course should the United States take in Iraq?

with William J. Perry, Larry Diamondvia Stanford Report
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Scott Sagan, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, will lead a panel discussion titled "Iraq: The Way Forward" from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, in the Bechtel Conference Center in Encina Hall on the Stanford campus at 616 Serra St...

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