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Cecille Isidro — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:31:00 -0400

Steve Coll, President and CEO of The New America Foundation, a Washington-based public policy institute, agreed with the other panelists at the hearing that ...

US Diplomat Downplays Concerns about New Japanese Government | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:00:00 -0400

Steven Clemons, a senior fellow with the policy group the New America Foundation, says purging the long-time civil servants will handicap the Democrats as ... and more »

Iran Presidential Election Protests Reflect Wider Splits | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:52:00 -0400

The only independent public opinion survey, taken three weeks before the election by the New America Foundation and Terror Free Tomorrow, shows that the president could have won by the margin claimed. But Ken Ballen of Terror Free Tomorrow says there ...

Iran Presidential Election Marked by Spirited Campaign | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:03:00 -0400

Flynt Leverett, director of the New America Foundation's Iran Project, says turnout will be crucial. "It would seem as even with a relatively high turnout - 60 percent - Ahmadinejad is in a strong position," said Flynt Leverett. ...

Poll Shows Ahmadinejad Leading in Iran's Presidential Election | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:36:00 -0400

The telephone survey of about 1000 Iranians, commissioned last month by two Washington-based public policy institutes - Terror Free Tomorrow and the New America Foundation - found that 34 percent of those surveyed plan to vote for President Ahmadinejad ...

North Korean Nuclear, Missile Tests Stir US Debate | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:55:00 -0400

US foreign policy expert Flynt Leverett says Washington needs to do more to reassure Iran, because despite President Obama's calls for improved relations, Tehran believes the US is still pursuing the policy track of former President Bush. ...

US Lawmakers Consider Measures to Save Newspaper Industry | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:47:00 -0400

Steve Coll, a former managing editor at the Washington Post, is equally skeptical. "Even the most optimistic practitioners of the new models tend to accept a world in which web-based publishers or aggregators could afford, for example, ...

Survey: Americans Are Optimistic Despite Recession | Voice of America

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:10:00 -0400

Ray Boshara of the New America Foundation says many low-income people in the United States believe strongly in their ability to move up. But net worth is critical. "Families that have stocks, families that have homes, savings, what can they do with ...