U.S. Must Remain Active Diplomatic Player in Iraq
Henry A. Kissinger
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In a 71-minute State of the Union address, President Obama managed no more than 101 perfunctory words about
Yet while
Mesopotamia has been the strategic focal point of the region for millennia. Its resources affect countries far away. The dividing line between the Shiite and the Sunni worlds runs through its center -- indeed, through its capital.
Nor is it possible to separate
But
The Obama administration needs to find its voice to convey that
Before the war, the equilibrium between
The outcome in
The Obama administration is stalemated in negotiations with
The formal expressions of administration policy on
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Greg Bruno
The Obama administration released its second defense budget on February 1 amidst talk of rebuilding the American defense establishment. But Todd Harrison, a defense budget expert, says while the administration's reform rhetoric is laudable, its defense spending plan doesn't allocate money to seriously rebuild the military to deal with such threats as irregular warfare.
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