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N. Korea Announces More Production of Nuclear Weapons Material

By Kurt Achin November 3, 2009 @ 9:59am

North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, and comes a little more than a week before President Obama arrives in Asia.

 

Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency announced Tuesday the country has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods, and has made substantial progress i…

UN Envoy to Iraq Investigates Foreign Support for Terrorism

By Edward Yeranian November 3, 2009 @ 9:48am

A U.N. special envoy has met with top Iraqi officials to discuss government complaints of outside involvement in the recent wave of terrorism. Official figures, just released, show the number of terror casualties doubled for the month of October.

 

Iraqi officials are praising the mission of U.N. envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to Baghdad to investigate allegations of foreign involvement in recent bloody suicide bombings. Ta…

To Drill or not to Drill

By Mark Renehan October 30, 2009 @ 8:20am

Today in Florida a debate rages over whether the state should drill or not drill for oil and natural gas off the coast. Both sides are passionate and have strong arguments. Today the United States receives its oil from many places that are sponsors of terrorism. Alternate fuel sources are a must for our country, but exploring our own oil capabilities should be at the very least discussed.

 

The pro-drilling side is lead …

Why Energy Independence Must Become the Next Republican Rallying Cry

By Kerry Healey October 29, 2009 @ 10:40am

America sends almost a billion dollars per day overseas to buy oil. When we do, we are directly or indirectly bankrolling dictators who despise us, who reinvest our money to support terrorist groups and who spread anti-American sentiment throughout South America and the Middle East. Our dollars buy their high-tech weapons arsenals, help them destabilize our allies and fund their anti-American propaganda efforts. We are literally giving our …

FIAT LUX ("Let There Be Light") Beyond the Hype: A Quick & Dirty Guantanamo Bay Primer

By Andrew Wiggin October 7, 2009 @ 3:30pm

The military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has become a magnet for praise and criticism, and has been pronounced a "symbol" of everything that is wrong with the way the United States conducts wartime anti-terrorist operations around the globe. In the raucous debate, though, there has generally been more heat than light. Herewith a few facts that can help us get to square one: a reasonable debate over the way forward. …