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May 23, 2011

Defense and Security
Quick Takes: Obama Favors Congressional Action on Libya

President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on May 20, 2011. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) Last week’s Friday File noted that Congress has not acted either…

President Obama meets with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on May 20, 2011.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 21, 2009

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
A View from the Hill: U.S. National Security

Speaker:John M. McHughMember, U.S. House of Representatives (R-NY); Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee Presider:Thom ShankerPentagon Correspondent, The New York Times Writing in Roll Ca…

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September 11, 2012

United States
TWE Remembers: Charles Lindbergh’s Des Moines Speech

September 11 is a black day in American history. But six decades before the planes flew into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and crashed in a field in central Pennsylvania, it stood out as a shamefu…

Charles Lindbergh
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 11, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: Is Obama “Dithering” on Libya?

Anti-Qaddafi protesters attend Friday prayers today in Benghazi. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Is President Obama dithering on Libya? The president’s critics certainly think so and…

Anti-Qaddafi protesters attend Friday prayers in Benghazi
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 2, 2011

United States
TWE Remembers: The Destroyers-for-Bases Deal

President Obama caught a lot of flak earlier this year for ordering the U.S. military to carry out airstrikes against Libya without securing congressional authorization, even after the ninety-day clo…

FDR and Churchill
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge