Category: Foreign Policy
The Senate Showdown | Russia’s Loose Nukes | Ford Moving Up? | Counting Votes in Miami
by WS Editors | Jun 1, 2005 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsFilibusters Aren’t Busted—At least not yet. When Senate Democrats proposed a cloture motion to stop debate on, and block the confirmation of, the controversial John Bolton to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, it passed 56 to 42. That was 4 votes short of the 60 needed under Senate rules to end the […]
In the Bush Administration, Treaties Ain’t Sweeties
by Patricia Jurewicz | May 1, 2005 | Foreign PolicyHe’s never encouraged Washington’s payment of United Nations dues, supported American participation in the International Criminal Court or suggested the strengthening of international disarmament treaties. So it was no surprise when President George W. Bush nominated Undersecretary of State John Bolton to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. If John Bolton, a […]
Home From the War: The 200-Year Struggle of Returning Soldiers for Their Rights
by Paul Dickson, Tom Allen | Apr 1, 2005 | Books, Foreign PolicyThe next time you see one of those yellow “Support Our Troops” ribbons on a passing car think about what happens after the soldiers come home from war. They become veterans, and supporting veterans usually costs more money than a supposedly grateful nation cares to spend. This seems to happen after every war, but now […]
Knight Ridder’s Verdict: Iraq Is a Wreck
by WS Editors | Feb 1, 2005 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsDays after the president’s second term acceptance speech, which was full of optimism for the blessed success of democracy and freedom in Iraq, the Middle East and the world, the White House revealed that, on top of the $25 billion in “emergency spending” in Iraq already approved for this year, it will ask Congress for […]
Aid for Tsunami Victims | Good Election News | U.S. to “Disappear” Suspected Terrorists
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2005 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsOff the Air—It took President Bush three days from the time of the tsunami disaster to meet with reporters at his Texas ranch. He told them that the United States would send $15 million in foreign aid to help the victims of the earthquake and tidal wave in southern Asia, a historic cataclysm that has […]
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