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Time for Men to Make a Sacrifice | guardian.co.uk

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

"If you want to rebuild the American welfare state," Peter Beinart writes in the Daily Beast, "there is no alternative" than for Democrats to abandon ...

What Next for Afghanistan? | The Guardian (London)

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:00 -0500

Sameer Lalwani is a research fellow at the Washington-based New America Foundation:

"I think the expectation will be for the Obama administration to leverage pressure on the Karzai government to 'clean up' his governing style but I doubt Karzai will do so, certainly not quickly," said Lalwani.

Hillary Clinton Wraps Up Tough Mission in Pakistan | The Guardian (London)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:37:00 -0400

But one recent study by the New America Foundation estimated that US drones have killed between 750 around 1000 people in Pakistan since 2006, ...

Al-Qaida Connection: Foreign Passports Linked to Attacks on West Recovered | The Guardian (London)

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:39:00 -0400

Militancy expert Peter Bergen of the New American Foundation said the fact that the passports were found in Taliban compounds showed how the two ...

Who Speaks for America's Jews? J Street Lobby Group Works to Loosen Big Beasts | The Guardian (London)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:28:00 -0400

They predicted that J Street and the men who launched it -- Jeremy Ben-Ami, a former domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton, and Daniel Levy, ...

A Nobel Prize for Hope

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:16:00 -0400

President Obama's efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab states, including a Palestinian state, received a much appreciated, if surprising, boost with the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the US president. It's fair to assume that the Nobel prize committee is hoping that the award will promote Obama's diplomatic efforts across a range of issues.

Obama's Cunning Co-Op Plan

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:31:00 -0400

Throughout the healthcare debate, President Obama has not always appeared very "presidential". He hasn't engaged in LBJ-like arm twisting or FDR-like brinksmanship, or exerted the strong leadership that the office of the presidency has been known to possess. Other than his brilliant healthcare speech in early September, Obama has mostly seemed content to lay low while the Senate thrashes out the details.

Obama the Impotent

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:45:00 -0400

Much hope has been invested in Barack Obama's ability to strike a new course for the US following eight years of Bush administration unpopularity. Yet many in the US and abroad are impatient with the pace of progress under the Obama administration. The president made the rounds on five news talk shows on Sunday as he pressed his policies and vision, preparing for what is likely to be a difficult week.

America's Failed Model for the World

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:35:00 -0400

Europeans are shaking their heads over their American friends again. Whether talking to people in the street, in the cafés or to journalists or political leaders, everyone here asks me the same question: Has America lost its mind? Town halls filled with angry citizens, shouting at their elected leaders, some of them armed with guns and threatening signs? Besides the media spectacle of these neo-1776 revolutionaries, what is doubly perplexing to Europeans is the focus of the protests: healthcare.

The Week When It All Came Together for the Clinton Two-for-One Package | Guardian

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:15:00 -0400

Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation agreed: "The Obama people always saw Bill as more of a threat than Hillary," he said. ... and more »