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Opinion: White House Exits Normal? Not By a Long Shot
By Richard Benedetto - AOL News(Oct. 13) -- It has become a mantra in the news media these days to include in every story about the departure of another high-level Obama White House official the cautionary declaration that "it is normal for appointees to leave after a president's first two years." The unspoken message here is that this is not a case of rats deserting a sinking ship, it's just routine housecleaning. But just how "normal" is it for a slew of high-ranking White House appointees to leave in the first two years? You don't have to look back too far to discover that, in fact, it's not so "normal" after ...
Opinion: A Fresh START Between US and Russia
By Barbara Slavin - AOL News(Aug. 3) -- In the long history of arms control treaties between the U.S. and Russia, the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is a modest affair. It sets a limit for the U.S. and Russia of 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads -- down from 2,200 under a 2002 pact. Russia is already at or below the limit of 800 delivery vehicles. Even if START is ratified, the U.S. and Russia can still destroy each other -- and for that matter, the entire world -- several times over. Plus, the biggest nuclear menace to mankind today isn't a doomsday scenario of battling superpowers, but that a small group ...
Former Secretaries Propose New War Powers Law
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyTwo former Secretaries of State, James Baker III, a Republican, and Warren Christopher, a Democrat, chaired a commission looking into the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The resolution was passed by Congress toward the end of the Vietnam War and was intended to revamp the way that the nation was led into armed conflict. The resolution states that the president may only take the armed forced into conflict with the express approval of Congress through an authorization or a declaration of war. President Nixon vetoed the resolution when it passed, calling it unconstitutional, a position supported ...
James Baker Lays McBush Argument to Waste
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIt's pretty simple, really: Talking to enemies isn't appeasement.As Chuck Hagel said today, John McCain is smarter than the silly stuff that keeps coming out of his mouth.h/t: Andrew Sullivan. ...
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