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Source: RealClearPolitics.com |
May 12, 2008
| Author: | Toni Johnson, Staff Writer |
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Sen. Hillary Clinton's foreign policy team includes veteran Clinton administration officials who seek to revive U.S. leadership through a balance of soft and hard power.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: May 12, 2008
| Author: | Toni Johnson, Staff Writer |
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Through the U.S. presidential nominating process, voters have offered a muddled view on foreign policy issues but they continue to generate heat on the campaign trail.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Business & Foreign Policy, Society and Culture, Immigration, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
May 12, 2008
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Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy team includes former State Department veterans and newcomers from academia who seek to reinvigorate U.S. diplomacy.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
May 12, 2008
| Author: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor |
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Sen. John McCain's Republican presidential campaign has a group of foreign policy advisers reflecting both realist and neoconservative views of the world.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
April 25, 2008
| Author: | Toni Johnson, Staff Writer |
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It is likely a new U.S. president will seek vigorous climate-change policy. Efforts to curb greenhouse gases pose considerable economic pitfalls, as well as opportunities.
See more in United States, Economics, Energy/Environment, Climate Change
March 18, 2008
| Authors: | Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor Toni Johnson, Staff Writer |
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Heavy healthcare costs have some U.S. corporations fearing for their future competitiveness in the global marketplace.
March 3, 2008
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Party caucuses, which date to the 1800s, have declined in importance but they could be decisive in choosing the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate.
See more in United States, Elections
Updated February 12, 2008
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Close Republican and Democratic presidential nominating contests are focusing attention on the role of delegates, who ultimately will be choosing their party’s nominees.
See more in United States, Elections, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: December 21, 2007
| Author: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor |
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Democrats in the 110th Congress failed to alter Bush administration policy on Iraq, but made an impact on trade and energy legislation.
See more in United States, Congress
June 25, 2007
| Author: | Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor |
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The looming expiration of U.S. fast-track trade promotion authority could trip up momentum toward trade liberalization, but experts say it won’t necessarily be a step backwards.
See more in United States, Trade
Updated: July 11, 2007
| Author: | Lionel Beehner |
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Experts point to a number of postwar models, from Bosnia to Vietnam to South Korea, for Iraq to follow once U.S. forces leave.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
May 18, 2007
| Author: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor |
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Public disapproval of the Iraq war is starting to create fissures among Republicans and posing challenges for Democrats seeking to balance national security and political gains .
Updated: March 11, 2008
| Authors: | Lionel Beehner Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
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The U.S. government has set a number of benchmarks on security, economic performance, and governance for the Iraqi government to determine progress.
See more in Iraq, Civil Reconstruction
February 13, 2007
| Author: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor |
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Backgrounder: The new Congress shares President Bush's reform approach but new legislation is by no means assured.
See more in Border and Ports, Homeland Security, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Labor, Immigration, Population, Congress
January 4, 2007
| Author: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor |
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The Democrats now leading both houses of Congress will exercise strong influence on U.S. trade matters. Experts expect a slowdown in action on trade deals and a tough battle for renewal of the presidential trade promotion authority.
See more in United States, Trade, Congress
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