Foreign policy played a minor role in a presidential election that focused on jobs, jobs, jobs. But like it or not, the United States is part…
Foreign policy played a minor role in a presidential election that focused on jobs, jobs, jobs. But like it or not, the…
Having recently returned from Pakistan meeting with drone victims, on November 4 my partner Tighe Barry and I were having a leisurely…
When are we, as a nation, going to have a frank discussion about drones and remote-controlled killing? One might think that such…
One could be forgiven for thinking there's anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more than two decades now the Washington…
On May 29, The New York Times published an extraordinarily in-depth look at the intimate role President Obama has played in authorizing US drone attacks overseas,…
Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington DC on April 30 to mark the one-year anniversary…
When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret drone strikes? Sure, most of them can’t…
On Friday, March 30, First Lady Michelle Obama received an unusual request at her San Francisco fundraiser. Instead of “Can I have…
“Stripping Protestors In Pink Bras Crashed Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan's Speech,” declared Business Insider on March 8, showing Moynihan’s stern photo with a pink…
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