Appearing recently on al-Jazeera TV, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal made clear why he is pursuing a truce with Israel, and why anyone interested in a permanent Arab-Israeli peace should not be encouraged. “People should not assume that in the management of this conflict, we are moving from a phase of resistance and battles to a …
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent decision to kill the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, at least for now, sacrifices an issue of enormous national strategic importance at the altar of the bitter partisan politics that have become all too common in today’s Washington. She would be well-advised to reconsider. Her action not only will weaken America’s …
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After Colombia bombed a FARC camp early last month, killing a key leader and 20 followers of the notorious terrorist group, Colombian officials said a computer they found at the site showed that FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) had recently received $300 million from Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez. Chávez’s reputed largesse, and his long-standing links …
No issue of public policy is hidden in more layers of mythology than the Arab-Israeli conflict. For decades, conventional wisdom has held that the path to peace runs through Jerusalem, that Arab hostility toward the Jewish state is rooted in sympathy with the Palestinian cause, and that Israeli concessions to the Palestinians will lead to …
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In early 2007, Defense Secretary Robert Gates opted for humor to defuse a tense situation on the world stage. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin harshly criticized U.S. foreign policy at a security conference in Munich, arguing that America wants to be the world’s sole “master,” Gates told the assembled officials, “One Cold War …
It was August, 1993 and President Clinton was working the Democratic majority in Congress to gather the votes for his first budget plan. For a President trying to change the direction of federal policy, as he was after 12 years of Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, the first budget is perhaps the most …
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TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE J. HAAS VICE PRESIDENT COMMITTEE ON THE PRESENT DANGER TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS “IRAN: REALITY, OPTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES. PART 2 – NEGOTIATING WITH THE IRANIANS: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHS FORWARD” Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Shays, Members of the Subcommittee, thank …