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Russians in Spy Exchange Include Hanssen Case Figure
By Andrea Stone - AOL News(July 9) -- A former Russian intelligence officer who may have provided information that helped uncover two of the worst spies in U.S. history -- Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames -- is among the four Russians swapped for 10 sleeper agents in an elaborate Cold War-style spy swap today. Alexander Zaporozhsky, a decorated former KGB officer who, according to Reuters, may have helped expose the American turncoats, had served seven years of an 18-year sentence on charges of spying for the United States. He was released with three others and flown to Vienna. The Washington Post reported that ...
Opinion: We're Becoming a Nation of Haters
By Noah Blumenthal - AOL News(July 9) -- California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa takes pride in opposing the Obama administration. Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman and Nancy Pelosi played that role when George W. Bush was in office. Keith Olbermann provides a nightly list of "Worst Persons in the World," a personal hate list as much as anything. And Rush Limbaugh's hate rants range from drug addicts to illegal immigrants to, of course, all things liberal. The BP oil disaster spawned hate ranging from The Wall Street Journal to ihatebp.com. There is a trend in America in which we are more and more idolizing people who have ...
Cold, Hard Facts: U.S. Trails in Race for the Top of the World
By Bob Reiss - Politics DailyMost Americans give little thought to our far north. We think of the Arctic as a single region, a cold place divorced from our everyday lives, a setting for documentaries from which we learn that polar bears are in danger as their icy habitat shrinks. But the U.S. also faces huge, new geopolitical consequences from the melt. A whole new area of Earth is suddenly open for international conflict, environmental destruction, and an economic bonanza. On March 1, Alaska's senators sat down at the Council for Foreign Relations with other experts on the region to figure out how to get the rest of ...
Debate: On the Right Nuclear Weapons Track
By not in system - AOL News(March 8) -- President Barack Obama has resumed a vital post-Cold War chore interrupted by his predecessor -- reducing America's nuclear arsenal. The White House reportedly is putting the final touches on its Nuclear Posture Review, which aims to reinforce the world's nonproliferation regime without undercutting deterrence. The new strategy reverses the Strangelovian course pursued by George W. Bush during the heyday of conservative infatuation with unilateralism and pre-emptive strikes. For example, rather than build on the momentum of previous arms-reductions efforts, Bush funded research ...
German Reunification: An Eastern -- and Less Triumphant -- Perspective
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyYesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And all over Europe and America, the press has been awash with stories of that historic night and all that it symbolized. ...
Russian Nuclear Subs Patrolling U.S. East Coast
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRussia confirms that it currently has two nuclear-powered attack submarines patrolling off the East Coast of the United States. The subs have been moving up and down the coast for several days, but have not crossed into U.S. waters, which extend 12 miles from the coast. ...
Invasion Spurs U.S., Poland Missle Deal
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn what may be one of the first dominoes to fall as a result of Russia's continuing military action in Georgia, the United States and Poland announced that the two nations have entered into a deal to base U.S. missile defense system batteries in the former Warsaw Pact nation. The countries also pledged to come to each other's aid, "in case of trouble." The U.S. said that the deal was not timed to send any signals to Russia in the wake of it's invasion of Georgia. But the planned missile defense batteries in Poland and the Czech Republic have been a sticking point in U.S.-Russian relations for ...
Putin Esaclates War of Words over Georgia
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, stung by sharp criticism from the White House over its invasion of U.S. ally Georgia, reacted angrily today to the United States' military assistance to the former Soviet republic. The U.S. military transported some 2,000 Georgian troops from their bases in Iraq back to Georgia to assist in the fighting there. Putin labeled that action unhelpful and accused the United States of hypocrisy in its condemnation of Russia's actions."It's a pity that some of our partners instead of helping are in fact trying to get in the way. I mean among other things the ...
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