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Washington, D.C. 15 November 2011
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Washington, D.C. 9 November 2011
Less than one year from today, Americans will choose their commander-in-chief. A world that poses an array of complex foreign policy challenges awaits. Yet conservative challengers for the presidency have sidestepped the tough issues and reflexively opposed a range of policies with broad bipartisan support. Despite the veneer of anti-establishment sentiment in this year's field and the fiscal pressures on U.S. spending abroad, the dominance of neoconservative advisors suggests a return of the first-term George W. Bush approach to the world.
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27 October 2011
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Washington, D.C. 21 October 2011
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7 October 2011
Today, Mitt Romney gave his "major foreign policy address" at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The National Security Network compared his policy suggestions against the experts in a fact-check and a press call.
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7 October 2011
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Washington, D.C. 5 October 2011
The Budget Control Act of 2011 is driving a focused budgetary review throughout the federal government, including the Department of Defense. Next week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will testify before the House Armed Services Committee, where he is
expected to discuss the Pentagon's budget and describe elements of the department's upcoming strategy review. As lawmakers look for savings, they must also reevaluate our national security priorities, the way America conducts its business in the world and the role the military plays in accomplishing those objectives.
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23 September 2011
Thursday night's Fox News-Google debate offered presidential hopefuls the chance to present their vision on a range of important issues in foreign affairs. The discussion also revealed several surprising misconceptions about U.S. national security at odds with the views of nonpartisan defense and military experts.
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Washington, D.C. 21 September 2011
Today President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly, expressing his vision of America's role in the world and reflecting on changes in the international landscape since he last addressed the General Assembly. The president pointed to progress on terrorism; democracy movements in the Middle East and Africa; transitions in Iraq and Afghanistan; efforts to promtoe open government and human rights; and strengthened alliances aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. "[I]t has been a remarkable year," President Obama said. "Something is happening in our world. The way things have been is not the way they will be."
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Washington D.C. 14 September 2011
Yesterday, the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors convened for its second day, and reports out of Iran suggested modest yet significant progress on human rights and nuclear talks. Against this backdrop, the National Security Network and the Project on Middle East Democracy hosted a panel discussion of how the democracy movements sweeping the Arab world are interacting with regional dynamics to create new opportunities and challenges for the U.S. - and how this is playing out at the United Nations.
