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Economics and Foreign Policy

Thursday, September 25, 2008

“If a financial institution has business operations in the United States, hires people in the United States, if they are clogged with illiquid assets, they have the same impact on the American people as any other institution.”  With this statement, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson provided European and Canadian financial institutions the possibility of an infusion [...]

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Gen. Petraeus Leaves Iraq, Prepares to Assume Command of CENTCOM

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

From the AP:
Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside Tuesday as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the conflict.
At a traditional change-of-command ceremony attended by top Iraqi and American military and civilian officials, [...]

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“…the surge has succeeded…”

Friday, September 5, 2008

Sen. Obama finally-finally-acknowledged that the troop surge in Iraq has helped to reduce violence. Yesterday, Obama told Bill O’Reilly, “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated. I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” In “way that nobody anticipated”? Are you kidding me? What [...]

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New Vets for Freedom Ad: “I am the Surge”

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Vets for Freedom has launched a new television ad which will run beginning tomorrow in “the Denver media market this week, Minneapolis next week, and in Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and Colorado in the weeks to come,” according to an e-mail sent out today to supporters of the organization.
From Vets for Freedom Chairman Pete Hegseth:
The thirty-second [...]

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Sen. Obama Commences Flip-Flop on Iraq

Monday, July 7, 2008

The Obama campaign continues to use surrogates to attack Sen. McCain’s record of service in order to deflect the mounting criticism of Sen. Obama’s newfound willingness to shift positions on Iraq.  Preempting the inevitable flurry of flip-flop charges against Sen. Obama, Sen. Kerry was on Face the Nation yesterday calling Sen. McCain a flip-flopper:  “…John McCain has [...]

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