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O's China Kowtow

If you were troubled by President Obama's "Wow Bow" in Japan, you won't be any happier with the "kowtow" during his just-concluded trip to the People's Republic of China. In the latest chapter of Team Obama's at-best-mediocre, ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Robert Gibbs

Why We Can't Walk Away

There is certainly a lot of hand-wringing, chin-rubbing and forceful exhaling going on these days over the increasingly challenging war in Afghanistan, where nearly 70,000 U.S. troops are duking it out with the Taliban, al-Qaida and war lords. Now into ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Barack Obama,  NATO,  U.S. Congress

CIA Clash: The Left Assaults Langley--Again

You would think with hot wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and on Terror, the Left would rule out declaring war on the Central Intelligence Agency, too, one of this country's key intelligence collection and analysis organizations. But, in fact, it has not. The ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Central Intelligence Agency,  White House,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Congress

We’re Still Not Safe from Long Range Missiles

Last week, I wrote a column in the New York Post, questioning the Obama administration’s proposed plan for missile defense in Eastern Europe which will replace the Bush-era ground-based interceptors (GBI) in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic. I ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  New York Post

Visit the War Zone, Mr. President

Despite all the Obama administration's chin- rubbing and hand- wringing about how to proceed in Afghanistan, the president hasn't been to the war-torn country since entering the White House. Actually, it's worse: He hasn't been to Afghanistan in almost ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Joe Biden,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  John Kerry

Biden's missile-defense missteps

Vice President Joe Biden's trip last week to Poland and the Czech Republic may have helped soothe rattled allies after Team Obama pitched overboard the W-era, anti-Iran missile shield that was to be deployed in both countries. But the new ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  The Pentagon,  Barack Obama,  White House,  NATO

Why China Won't Help Stop Tehran

So why did President Obama opt last week to become the first presi dent since 1991 to not meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to Washington? Most figure Obama dissed the Dalai Lama in order to curry favor with leaders in Beijing, who view the Tibetan ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dalai Lama,  U N Security Council

Son of START   

Early in his tenure, President Barack Obama outlined a broad nonproliferation agenda in a Prague speech. Obama told the assembled ears, and the world: "The Cold War has disappeared, but thousands of those [nuclear] weapons have not. In a strange turn ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  Dmitry Medvedev,  Vladimir Putin

Why China Worries the Pentagon

Replete with Olympian fanfare, China just a few days ago "celebrated" the 60th anniversary of the founding and achievements of the People's Republic. Unfortunately, not everyone is celebrating -- especially not military analysts. They're not alone: ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Dennis Blair

Seven Things to Note on Iran   

1. An additional enrichment facility allows Iran to make more enriched uranium faster.  2. If this facility is up and running, this means that previous estimates on when Iran could achieve a nuclear weapons breakout are now inaccurate. 3. ...

From PETER BROOKES, The Heritage Foundation,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

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