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2 Days of Executive Orders: Obama's salute to the failures of modern Conservative thought

Yesterday, President Obama signed Executive Orders that allowed people an unparalleled access to their government and prevented cronyism and secrecy to prevail in service of the people. What’s the common thread here?  In my opinion, in two days, Obama ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Best Wishes, Mr. President...and a sign of the times

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From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Arsenal Football Club,  TypePad

Think Tank Industrial Complexities…

Both Steve and Matt make some excellent points here about the way the military and defense contractors keep their piece of the pie in the big federal budget. I’d only disagree with Matt on one point. He says: if people and firms who profit from high ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  6 Jan 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

Panetta's Experience

One thing to remember about Leon Panetta, if he is confirmed as CIA Director, is that he’ll bring an interesting asset to the intel community. He knows how brains work inside the West Wing because he was there as White House Chief of Staff, and ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  5 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Leon Panetta,  Central Intelligence Agency,  White House,  TypePad,  Arsenal Football Club

Latin America Thought of the Day

I've been mulling this over for a few weeks and just want to throw it out there... I'm not diminishing the importance of these developments, but I am saying that the Russian and Iranian presence may be ripe for neocon overreaction, while the fact that ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  22 Dec 2008

Telling

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From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  22 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Arsenal Football Club,  TypePad

John Holdren as Science Advisor

John Judis labels him "the Mick Jagger of Climate Change" and I'd have to agree. Within moments of meeting John I felt guilty for not knowing everything about the topic and doing everything I could to work for the issue.  John is an adviser to business ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  19 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Mick Jagger,  Paul Revere

Napolitano Goes to Homeland

She’s a governor. Both Obama and Biden bring national security credibility, but unlike administrations in recent memory, the top of the ticket lacks gubernatorial experience. Here Napolitano can play a major role. One of the Bush Administration’s ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

NIC Global Challenges 2025 report

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From MOIRA WHELAN, Democracy Arsenal,  21 Nov 2008
Related Topics: NIC Inc.,  Arsenal Football Club,  TypePad

Moira Whelan: The National Intelligence Council report shows why leadership is the key

Moira Whelan: Progressive leadership and cooperation among states can reverse the decline of US ...

From MOIRA WHELAN, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  NIC Inc.,  John McCain,  United Nations,  World Bank

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