Obama does not want out of Iraq: Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq on long-term security relationship - The Washington Post

The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. The U.S.

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The US declares peace in Europe, prematurely | CER

This is a commentary on the new U.S. defense strategy from a British think tank.

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Medal of Honor recipients honored in Florida

The late Staff Sgt.

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U.S. DISTRICT COURT RULES IRAN BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS, Michel Chossudovsky "nothing but a cover-up, with Iran as a convenient fall guy"

U.S. DISTRICT COURT RULES IRAN BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS December 23, 2011 A federal district court in Manhattan yesterday entered a historic ruling that reveals new facts about Iran's support of al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. District Judge George B.

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US Mainstream Media: Beating the Drums of War?

There is constant warmongering all over the mass media in the US, although experts say war with Iran is far from being inevitable. “I don’t think that we are there yet, that is to say, at the precipice,” Dr Charles Kupchan from the Council on Foreign Relation …

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Cooling Rhetoric on Iran - Importers of Iranian Crude Have Waffled on US Sanctions or Dismissed Them Outright

Japan on Thursday became the first country to officially inform Washington that it would seek a waiver from pending U.S. sanctions on foreign institutions doing business with Iran's central bank. Japanese officials delivered the message to a visiting U.S. government delegation.

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Holy See and PLO meet in Ramallah

The Palestinian side handed to the Holy See Delegation the response to the draft agreement proposed by the Holy See in the previous meeting, and the talks took place in a positive atmosphere to strengthen further the special relations between the two sides.

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The NDAA: Just one more link in the chain of tyranny - Next Plan, Strip You of Your Citizenship (Enemy Expatriation Act)

Now, on the heels of the NDAA, a new bill is making its way through Congress: the Enemy Expatriation Act that would make the controversy about the NDAA null and void by simply stripping Americans of their American citizenship, should they be accused of associating with governme …

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United Nations Preparing to Manage Global Mental Health

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