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  1. The Right Coast

    Samantha Power Is a Dangerous Ideologue – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Samantha Power is a dangerous ideologue, and the ideology she promotes within the Biden administration is what Pat Buchanan calls democratism. In his book Day of Reckoning, Buchanan described the…

  2. The Right Coast

    20 Years Later, Has the U.S. Learned Any Lessons From the War in Iraq?

    By Thomas A. Smith

    On March 20, 2003, what was officially one of America's shorter wars began with an airstrike on Saddam Hussein's presidential palace in Baghdad. U.S. armed forces, 160,000 strong, moved out…

  3. ImmigrationProf Blog

    Republicans oust Congress Member Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee

    By immigrationprof

    Official House PhotoRather than seeking to pass legislation, Congress has begun its new session with political maneuvering.  As the BBC reports, congressional Republicans have ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from the…

  4. The Right Coast

    U.S. to send Ukraine more advanced Abrams tanks but no secret armor – POLITICO

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The U.S. is planning to send Kyiv the Abrams main battle tank in its more advanced M1A2 configuration, rather than the older A1 version that the military has in storage,…

  5. Capital Thinking

    US Executive Branch Update – October 11, 2022

    By Squire Patton Boggs

    This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Schedule* 7:00 a.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT receives the…

  6. The Right Coast

    Karine Jean-Pierre confuses Russia’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline with Nordstrom

    By Thomas A. Smith

    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre received social media scorn Tuesday after she accidentally called Russia s Nord Stream 1 pipeline Nordstrom as in the department store.The slip of the…

  7. The Right Coast

    The MacGyvered Weapons in Ukraine s Arsenal – The New York Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    WASHINGTON The billions of dollars in military aid the United States has sent Ukraine includes some of the most advanced and lethal weapons systems in the world. But Ukraine has…

  8. The Right Coast

    Afghanistan Strike, Pelosi Visit to Taiwan Put Foreign Policy Back on Center Stage for Biden – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In Mrs. Pelosi s visit to Taiwan, the president is coping with a foreign-policy challenge that his administration s military leadership didn t want. The speaker landed in Taipei Tuesday…

  9. Capital Thinking

    Executive Branch Update – June 29, 2022

    By Squire Patton Boggs

    This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Tuesday Schedule* 4:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. local) –…

  10. The Right Coast

    Biden tries to climb down from Ukraine ledge – Asia Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    It s possible that Biden s instincts for political survival may take precedence over the ideological priorities of his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland,…