As the New America Foundation, which worked with Bloomberg on the probe, put it: "Iran appears to be developing a significant source of uranium - a source ...
Civilian control of the armed forces is one of the most sacrosanct
tenets of American democracy. It assures us that military
decision-making will be subordinate to the larger strategic perspective
of our nation's elected -- and ultimately accountable -- leaders.
As the nation girds itself for an epic battle over health care reform, all eyes will be on the U.S. Senate. That chamber, whose members often refer to themselves as the world's most deliberative body, more accurately can be described as the least representative body outside Britain's House of Lords, where "minority rule" strangles reform on a regular basis.
"It's proof of life and that his organization is still viable," said Bin Laden biographer Peter Bergen. Bin Laden's latest tape renewed his offer of a ...
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That is likely the way to go, said terrorism expert Peter Bergen, who doubts it is politically possible to send more US troops to Afghanistan - even if ...
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The spread of the swine flu contagion has yet to reach scary "I Am Legend" proportions, but things are getting pretty hairy out there. The World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, the first flu pandemic in 41 years, as infections continue to climb in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.
"This is part of a long pattern of Bin Laden criticizing American Presidents since Clinton - whose picture Al Qaeda used for target practice," said Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert. The top thug has been "bipartisan" in slamming America's Pakistan ...
Maybe so, but there have been several credible reports about Chitral as Bin Laden’s likeliest hideout, including by CNN terrorism analyst and Bin Laden biographer Peter Bergen in late 2006 and one account less than a year ago. ...
"It shows their willingness to fight - even in the winter," said Parag Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. The attack at Bagram Air Base underscores the growing violence in Afghanistan as President Obama prepares to send an ...
"The Obama team has become a lot more Puritan in what they're allowing to go forward," said New America Foundation analyst Steven Clemons. Original article
