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Obama's Foreign Policy Vision Not So New Age

Posted on 2009/10/08 by The Heritage Foundation

President Obama’s speeches often claim “the time has come” for something, or “the days” of this or that “are over.” It’s as if his presidency has introduced a new epoch. Continue reading →

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Obama's French Lesson

Posted on 2009/10/06 by Washington Post

When France chides you for appeasement, you know you’re scraping bottom. Continue reading →

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While all eyes were on the rantings of Ahmadinejad at the United Nations, the United States — under President Barack Obama — was surrendering its economic sovereignty at the G-20 summit. The result of this conclave, which France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed as “revolutionary,” was that all the nations agreed to coordinate their economic policies and programs and to submit them to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for comment and approval. While the G-20 nations and the IMF are, for now, only going to use “moral suasion” on those nations found not to be in compliance, talk of sanctions looms on the horizon. Continue reading →