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April 26, 2011

Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Ron Paul, GOP Presidential Candidate

Rep. Ron Paul visits a polling station in Manchester, New Hampshire on January 8, 2008. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) The third time is the charm. That’s at least what Ron Paul hopes. An unsuccessful…

Republican presidential candidate Texas Rep. Ron Paul visits a polling station in Manchester, New Hampshire January 8, 2008. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 20, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: Has Congress Abandoned Its War Power?

Capitol Hill seen at sunrise. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters)   Above the Fold. The ringing you heard today is the timer expiring on the War Power Resolution’s sixty-day clock. Back on March 20, Presi…

Capitol Hill seen at sunrise.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 24, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: Afghanistan and Argument by Epithet

President Barack Obama speaks to soldiers from the tenth Mountain Division during his visit to Fort Drum in New York on June 23, 2011. Above the Fold. The reactions this week by proponents of the Af…

President Barack Obama speaks to soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division during his visit to Fort Drum in New York on June 23, 2011.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 7, 2011

You Might Have Missed: The Missile Gap, Overclassification, and a Secret Panel

- Joan and John Bird, “Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap Through Technology,” CIA Historical Collections Edition, September 22, 2011. “The “missile gap” was in essence a growin…

Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

November 4, 2011

You Might Have Missed: Cyber Espionage, Somali Piracy, and a Letter from the Cold War

President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and senior advisors gather around a television set. - Daily Press Briefing, “Kenya: Request for Blockade on Kismayo,” Department of State, N…

President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, and other advisors gather around a television.
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action