Russia Tag
Legislation By Crisis Still Works For Obama
on December 24, 2010
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Remember how important it was to pass New START during the lame duck session, rather than waiting until January? We were told that anything less would have angered the Russians and, in Harry Reid's words, put nukes in the hands of terrorists. Any attempt to...
Harry Reid Must Want Terrorists To Have Nukes
on December 20, 2010
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The lame duck session has seen Harry Reid at his best or worst, depending upon your perspective.Reid held back a slew of substantial legislation to the last two weeks in order to try to ram through measures which, in a rational world, would have had...
Another Phony Crisis, Another Rush To Vote
on November 19, 2010
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Once again, Barack Obama is creating a phony crisis to rush a major legislative vote without having done the preliminary legwork to address Republican concerns.Think Stimulus and Obamacare. This time, it arguably is the most important vote, the Senate ratification of the new START Treaty...
History Started On January 20, 2009
on April 26, 2010
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President Obama's outreach to Russia constitutes a "strategic reset," according to Spencer Ackerman.The proof? The recent Joint Statement issued by the U.S. and Russia commemorating the meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops at the Elbe River during WWII (emphasis mine): Now this is something you...
Guess What – We Agreed To Trade Nukes For Non-Nukes
on April 22, 2010
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So reports The New York Times regarding a new conventional weapons system under development.In the recent arms control treaty signed with the Russians we agreed to count each of these new conventional weapons towards the nuclear weapons limits in the treaty, meaning that for each...
