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Afghan Lessons | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:04:00 -0500

According to Afghan expert Steve Coll, from 1986 to 1992 the Soviets, through their politically adept Afghan strongman President Mohammad Najibullah, ...

Afghan Election | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:04:00 -0400

In a recent series of blogs in The New Yorker, Steve Coll brilliantly captures the essence of the problem. Sections of it are well worth quoting: "The ...

White House Tax Proposal Met with Anger | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:35:00 -0400

Maya MacGuineas, president the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, called the maneuver a "bait and switch." "This is a dead-of-night move to very ... and more »

Pakistan Nuke Thefts Foiled | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:05:00 -0400

Renowned terrorist expert Peter Bergen, one of the very few journalists to interview al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden before Sept. ... and more »

Despite Splits, US Still Arms Israel | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:20:00 -0400

According to Frida Berrigan of the New America Foundation's Arms and Security Initiative, sales in the first half of 2009 reached $27 billion and could hit ...

Congressional Office Sees Deficit Rising | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:20:00 -0400

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said the United States was "drowning in unprecedented levels of red ink, and there is no plan to fix the situation."

The Winner Is ... Likud or Likud | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:58:00 -0500

... of a new government in Israel is very much under way," says Daniel Levy, senior fellow at the Century Foundation and at the New America Foundation. ...

Bin Laden's Message on Palestine Resonates | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:51:00 -0500

... leaders to accomplish this have been a constant refrain in bin Laden's rhetoric for more than a decade, according to al-Qaida expert Peter Bergen. ...

Government's Share of the Economy Grows | United Press International

Communications — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:51:00 -0500

... "the opposite of what we're trying to do to the economy," Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget told the newspaper.

Lawrence Wilkerson testimony in United Press International | 'Witness: Cheney Probably Knew of Torture'

Communications — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:17:00 -0400

A former U.S. military official says U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney may have known military personnel were using torture techniques on Iraqi detainees.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson told a House panel he thought leadership failed "at the highest levels of the Pentagon, in the vice president's office and perhaps even in the Oval Office," The Washington Times reported Thursday.

Wilkerson's testimony followed a report by a human rights group that detainees in U.S. military facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba., Iraq and Afghanistan were subjected to beatings and other aggressive interrogation techniques... LINK