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U.S. Taps Oil Reserves for Relief at the Pump
KickingTiresThe United States is part of a larger international group that is tapping 60 million barrels of oil globally, with about half of that coming from U.S. strategic oil reserves. The release of oil is to offset a disruption in......Tags: AAA, Petroleum Industry, The New York Times
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McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Robert Ford, John McCain, Central Intelligence Agency
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Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama?
"If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a lump o' dirt,...Tags: Arizona, Libya, The Washington Post, Elections, Concord (Merrimack, New Hampshire)
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Figuring out professor Obama's war
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is proud of how he put together the Libyan operation. A model of international cooperation. All the necessary paperwork. Arab League backing. A Security Council resolution. (Everything but a resolution from the...Tags: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Germany, France, Government
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McManus: Susan Rice, done in by the 'fiscal cliff'
It's no secret that Senate Republicans, led by John McCain, took aim at Susan Rice. The only question is, why? It wasn't primarily her views on foreign policy; Rice and McCain actually aren't that far apart on many issues. (They both pressed for U.S....
Tags: Libya, Bob Corker, Republican Party, Susan Rice, Elections
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McManus: Will there be a Libya bounce for Obama?
Twenty years ago this summer, American cities staged noisy, flag-waving parades to celebrate the U.S. victory in a war we've almost forgotten: the Persian Gulf War against Iraq. The president at the time, George H.W. Bush, saw his poll ratings soar in the...Tags: Libya, United Kingdom, Muammar Gaddafi, Elections, International Military Interventions
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A Libya war fit for a king
Remember back in your high school civics class when you were taught about the constitutional division of authority in matters of war? When you learned that the president has all the powers of an emperor, and Congress has all the powers of a potted plant?...Tags: Defense, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Steve Chapman, Lawyers
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In Libya, 'mission creep' sets in
In the think-tank argot popular in foreign policy circles, "mission creep" is an idiom for one of the garden-variety mistakes most people were warned against at their mother's knee. Think "don't throw good money after bad" and you've pretty well got the...Tags: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, History, France, Civil Unrest
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Should the U.S. intervene in Libya?
Steve ChapmanOne lamentable characteristic of many people in Washington and the foreign policy establishment is an impulse to send American warplanes, aircraft carriers or Marines anytime anything bad happens in the world. One of those is Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz.,... -
Fractious Syrian opposition says it has formed a united coalition
World NowThe deeply divided Syrian opposition said Sunday that its myriad factions had reached an initial agreement to form a new coalition -- the Syrian National Coalition -- to oversee a push to oust the government of President Bashar Assad.... -
Alleged anti-Muslim filmmaker taken to 'voluntary' talk with feds
L.A. NOWThe alleged filmmaker behind the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" movie was taken early Saturday morning to a "voluntary interview" with federal probation authorities, sheriff's officials said.... -
Clinton praises ambassador to Libya, calls attackers 'savage group'
World NowSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said officials are investigating the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and other Americans....
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