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Nicolaus Mills: The Bush administration should not censor photographs of fallen US soldiers

guardian.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

From the beginning of the Iraq war, the Bush administration and the military have done their best to stop photographers from taking pictures of American war dead. Their first big controversy arose in 2004 when the Seattle Times...                    

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West baffled by 2 heads for Russian government

kavkazcenter.com     4 hrs ago   8 related          

When Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, rushed to Moscow earlier this month to mediate the crisis over Georgia, he found the new Russian president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, to be calm, even sanguine about prospects for a solution.                    

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U.S. closer to missile defense base in Poland

chicagotribune.com     19 hrs ago   379 related          

WASHINGTON— The ongoing and increasingly sharp rhetorical exchange between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday as the Bush administration moved one step closer to completing a deal to build an American missile shield...                    

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kansascity.com: With a portrait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a backdrop, Russian soldiers manned a tank in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian province of South Ossetia, on Wednesday. kansascity.com

Conflict in Georgia may force U.S. to rethink military strategy

sacbee.com     21 hrs ago   424 related          

By NANCY A. YOUSSEF - For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the United States is contemplating a Russia that has used military force against a neighbor and wondering what, if anything, it must do to...                    

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A critical pick

baltimoresun.com     18 hrs ago   1 related          

The next secretary of state faces huge challenges; McCain or Obama must choose wisely PROVO, Utah - Mr. McCain is a confident practitioner of politics and foreign policy. They include such experts as Susan E. Rice, a former...                    

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Monroe Price: Practicing Paper Tigerism: Threatening to Boycott Russia's 2014 Sochi Olympics

huffingtonpost.com     19 hrs ago   3 related          

The lights are about to go out on Beijing 2008, and -- guess what -- there's already talk of a Georgia-related U.S.-organized boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. That's because 2014 is set for Russia and its resort city...                    

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Video Fix: Assault Ship's 'Soft Power' Mission

wired.com     23 hrs ago   1 related          

Earlier this month I accompanied the USS Kearsarge on a medical mission to Latin America. It's all part of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' "soft power" strategy. Now World Politics Review has the video! ALSO: Video Fix:...                    

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Muhammad Cohen: Georgian conflict may cause China to reevaluate relations with Taiwan

guardian.co.uk     yesterday   2 related          

One extremely interested observer in the war between Russia and Georgia hasn't vocally taken sides in the conflict. China's relationship with Taiwan resembles Russia's ties to Georgia. The Caucuses conflict offers China a...                    

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Mark Your Calendars...

formerspook.blogspot.com     yesterday   2 related          

...The USAF's next, controversial acquisition decision is scheduled for this fall, with selection of a contractor to build its new combat search-and-rescue helicopter (CSAR-X).According to Air Force Times, the service is on...                    

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Defense budget doesn't stretch as far as it used to

govexec.com     yesterday          

By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com August 20, 2008 In early July, the Defense Department reached a major acquisition milestone with the purchase of its 10,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle; by...                    

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