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February 14, 2012

United States
Guest Post: The Case for U.S. Foreign Aid

Yesterday, the Obama administration released its highly anticipated $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, and will begin the process of obtaining Congressional approval for how to alloc…

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January 19, 2012

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Obama’s State of the Union

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed President Obama’s State of the Union address next Tuesday; the growing debate over cuts to U.S. defense spending; the GOP primary in Sou…

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December 9, 2011

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Appeasement, Apologies, and Accuracy

President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House on December 8, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) Three weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, and the campaign rhetoric is h…

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the extension of the payroll tax cut and the Republican obstruction of Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the briefing room of the White House in Washington December 8, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

December 1, 2011

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012: Is Huntsman’s 70 Percent Rule Right?

Jon Huntsman at a Republican debate in November. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) The U.S. government’s debt-to-GDP is ratio is 63 percent if you look at the amount of marketable debt that is publi…

Jon Hunstman at a Republican debate in November. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)

December 12, 2011

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Huntsman Hits the Sunday Talk Shows

Jon Huntsman waits to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Republican Presidential Candidates Forum on December 7, 2011. (Molly Riley/courtesy Reuters) One familiar face missing from Saturday …

epublican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman waits to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum in Washington December 7, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)