The Nuclear Button U.S. Presidents Can Push at Will – Bloomberg
The Nuclear Button U.S. Presidents Can Push at Will – Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/ As President Barack Obama counts down his last months in office, he has returned to one of his earliest and most ambitious promises, one he fully articulated in Prague in 2009: “I state clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and […] more…
Chilcot report: Tony Blair’s Iraq War case not justified – BBC News
Chilcot report: Tony Blair’s Iraq War case not justified – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36712735 Sir John Chilcot: “The UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted” Tony Blair overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, sent ill-prepared troops into battle and had “wholly inadequate” plans for the aftermath, […] more…
Russia Rearms for a New Era – The New York Times
Russia Rearms for a New Era – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/world/asia/100000004109710.mobile.html Russia is reinvesting in its bases in the Arctic: building new ones, expanding old ones and deploying personnel to operate them. Analysts say Russia’s efforts in the Arctic are driven in part by climate change, as the country seeks to exploit and defend […] more…
Malcolm Gladwell: the Snapchat problem, the Facebook problem, the Airbnb problem | VentureBeat | Marketing | by John Koetsier
Malcolm Gladwell: the Snapchat problem, the Facebook problem, the Airbnb problem | VentureBeat | Marketing | by John Koetsier http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/24/gladwell-on-data-marketing-the-snapchat-problem-the-facebook-problem-the-airbnb-problem/ Last night futurist, journalist, prognosticator, and author Malcolm Gladwell told pretty much the most data-driven marketing technologist crowd imaginable that data is not their salvation. In fact, it could be their curse. “More data increases […] more…
U.S. bombers on standby as Iran nuclear talks near end – CNNPolitics.com
U.S. bombers on standby as Iran nuclear talks near end – CNNPolitics.com http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/politics/military-options-bunker-busting-bomb-iran-talks/ Washington (CNN)Gathered around conference tables in Vienna, diplomats are working feverishly to hammer out the terms of a long-elusive nuclear deal with Iran. The official deadline for an agreement is Tuesday, but the parties have all but declared that talks will not […] more…
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law – NYTimes.com
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/us/politics/house-republican-budget-overhauls-medicare-and-repeals-the-health-law.html House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a proposed budget for 2016 that partly privatizes Medicare, turns Medicaid into block grants to the states, repeals the Affordable Care Act and reaches […] more…
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law – NYTimes.com
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/us/politics/house-republican-budget-overhauls-medicare-and-repeals-the-health-law.html House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a proposed budget for 2016 that partly privatizes Medicare, turns Medicaid into block grants to the states, repeals the Affordable Care Act and reaches […] more…
Crises Cascade and Converge, Testing Obama – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/world/crises-cascade-and-converge-testing-obama.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 Crises Cascade and Converge, Testing Obama Photo A mosque in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. As President Obama tries to corral Europeans on Russia, he must manage discontent over Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times WASHINGTON — Not long after a passenger jet exploded in midair and […] more…
America’s Secret War in 134 Countries
http://www.thenation.com/article/177964/americas-secret-war-134-countries America’s Secret War in 134 Countries A US Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. (Reuters/Andreea Campeanu) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. They operate in […] more…
In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports – ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/article/in-big-win-for-defense-industry-obama-rolls-back-limits-on-arms-export In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates say could increase the flow of American-made military parts to the world’s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions. […] more…
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