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  1. The Right Coast

    Indefensible Kissinger – Gary J. Bass – POLITICO Magazine

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Of all the incidents in Kissinger s dark past, one of the least defensible must be his and President Richard Nixon s staunch support of Pakistan s military dictatorship while…

  2. The Right Coast

    The Benghazi Transcripts: Top Defense officials briefed Obama on attack, not video or protest | Fox News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on Sept. 11, 2012, the nation's top civilian and uniformed defense officials -- headed for a previously scheduled Oval Office…

  3. The Right Coast

    Our World: Kerry forces Israel s moment of decision

    By Thomas A. Smith

    There was a ghoulish creepiness to US Secretary of State John Kerry s visit to Israel last week. Here we were, beset by the greatest winter storm in a hundred…

  4. Capital Thinking

    Senate to Debate FY 2014 NDAA; Senator Levin Issues Letter to Obama on Afghanistan BSA

    By Stacy Swanson

    Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Defense Authorization The Senate returns to Washington this afternoon and is scheduled to resume its floor debate on the Fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act…

  5. The Right Coast

    The Goal of Obama’s Foreign Policy | RealClearPolitics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    His goal is not to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. It isn t even to facilitate a rapprochement between America and Iran. The goal of Obama s foreign…

  6. The Right Coast

    Bret Stephens: Worse Than Munich – WSJ.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    After World War II the U.S. created a global system of security alliances to prevent the kind of foreign policy freelancing that is again becoming rampant in the Middle East.…

  7. The Right Coast

    The Republican Task: No Obamacare, No Iran Nukes | The Weekly Standard

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Watching the Obama administration at work this week, a friend offered this judgment: Under Obama, Iran keeps its nuclear program and Americans lose their health insurance.via www.weeklystandard.com

  8. The Faculty Lounge

    Why the Pending Nuke Deal with Iran is a Bad Deal

    In the Foreign Policy Initiative, Robert Zarate details why the pending deal is not advantageous to the rest of the world. His article is here.

  9. The Right Coast

    American Ineffectualism | National Review Online

    By Thomas A. Smith

    As Iowahawk ingeniously summed it up, Putin is now just basically doing donuts in Obama s front yard. It s not just that he can stitch him up at the…

  10. International Law Prof Blog

    Guest Editorial: The Egyptian Coup, the United States, and the Threat of Terrorism

    By InternationalLaw Blogger

    Tom McDonnell, Professor at Pace University School of Law and author of United States, International Law, and the Struggle against Terrorism (Routledge 2010), wrote the following editorial on the anniversary of September…