Two
months into his presidency, Barack Obama is acting like a stereotypical
Democrat on national security. He is reaching out to America’s enemies;
he is preaching diplomatic engagement rather than flexing America’s
military muscles, and he is following through on his pledge to bring
the troops home from Iraq.
Michael A. Cohen, senior research fellow, New America Foundation: “Since Jan. 20, they have seemed content to throw brickbats from the sidelines, raise nonsensical fears of ‘socialism’ and offer the country largely warmed-over conservative talking ...
It’s been six weeks since change came to Washington, but an old
chestnut from the 2008 presidential campaign -- more of the same -- may
best define the Republican Party today.
Nearly four months after the American people offered a stinging rebuke
to Republicans, the rhetoric from the party’s leaders sounds remarkably
familiar: Taxes are bad, spending is bad, big government is worse and
socialism is on the way. Indeed, the Republican response to Barack
Obama’s election -- both rhetorically and policywise -- has…
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... Arabia," said Flynt Leverett, a senior Clinton Administration foreign policy official, who said the transition had been characterized by such "stumbles. ...
If Barack Obama’s Inauguration has brought a new spirit of bipartisanship to Washington, apparently no one in the House of Representatives got the memo. Two weeks into the Obama administration, and the partisan warring in the House seems as intense as ever, with the entire Republican caucus voting against the president’s nearly $900 billion stimulus package.
According to a new study done by William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation, the United States sold $32 ...
“This commission is long overdue,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of Committee for a Responsible Budget and director of New America Foundation’s Fiscal ...
"For all the talk of putting the (Middle East) conflict on the back burner, it's going force itself onto the front burner," said Daniel Levy, ...
We wound up quoting experts from Princeton and three of the think tanks: The Center for American Progress, the New America Foundation, and the Center for a ...
December 4, 2008
“There been no unifying strategy,” said Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation. “NATO operates its own way, every country operates its own way, ...
