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Editorial: The case for arms to Syria
The Syrian rebels battling President Bashar Assad's forces are on the ropes. They've lost one strategic city and may be on the brink of losing a stronghold in Aleppo to government forces, fortified by Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Assad's enabler-in-...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Missile Systems, Moscow (Russia), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
As President Barack Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton’s first secretary of defense, Les Aspin. In 1993, the Clinton...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Doyle McManus, POLITICO LLC, Rebellions, Central Intelligence Agency
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Why John Kerry wants airstrikes against Syria
Tuesday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry's push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields — and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea — I...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, U.S. Department of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marketing
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Iran's president-elect promises openness on nuclear program
TEHRAN — Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani on Monday promised to make the country’s nuclear program more transparent, fueling hopes that the moderate cleric can make headway on an issue that has wreaked havoc on the Islamic Republic&...
Tags: CBS Corp., Nuclear Policy, National Government, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Presidents Obama and Putin share icy encounter over Syria
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Sharp divisions over the civil war in Syria led to an icy encounter Monday between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom U.S. officials view as a major hurdle in their drive to force Syrian President...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran's Nuclear Program, Central Intelligence Agency, Wars and Interventions
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Then what in Syria?
Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Barack Obama's decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. The Washington Post headlined an editorial: "No time for half-measures: Syria's...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Missile Systems, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times
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This will not end well
WASHINGTON — In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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G-8 leaders support political solution to Syria
BEIRUT — Global economic leaders, including the United States and Russia, reiterated support Tuesday for a political solution to the Syrian civil war, backing a plan for a transitional government hammered out last year in Geneva. The contentious...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, United Nations
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Iran president-elect strikes conciliatory tone toward U.S.
TEHRAN — Iran's president-elect called his nation's strained relations with the United States "an old wound" that would take time to heal but signaled Monday that Tehran was ready to work to reduce tensions with Washington and the West. In his...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter Monday illustrating how difficult it may be to drive Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, even after some...
Tags: Russia, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), PBS (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Week Ahead: 'Troubles' site hosts G-8, Obama's 'Yes we scan'
Northern Ireland venue for G-8 summit showcases recovery from 'the Troubles' Monday-Tuesday, June 17-18 -- Security is always a challenge at the annual Group of 8 summit, and this year host nation Britain has made the task particularly daunting with its...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Germany, Elections, Google Inc., U.S. Congress
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Letters: Sarin gas and Syria
Re "U.S. verifies Syria's use of sarin," June 14 Red line? Are you kidding? Why is it less moral for Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces to kill rebels and civilians by asphyxiating them using sarin gas than it is for them to blow off limbs or...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
Jun 19, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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|Story| Los Angeles Times
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