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The United States of weakness – POLITICO.com
But the spotlight on Obama s so-far flaccid performance has obscured a larger reality; the Syria episode has revealed the weakness of multiple institutions and would-be leaders in American life.via…
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Obama cancels LA trip as ‘no’ votes on Syria pile up (Video) – The Hill’s Global Affairs
President Obama has scrapped a planned two-day trip to Los Angeles early next week ahead of a congressional vote on a military strike against Syria.The cancellation of the trip suggests…
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Obama is a smart politician
Of course it's obvious what he is doing. That's the reason Republicans are so mad at him. He just says, Congress, I need approval [to bomb Syria]! If Congress gives…
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Why the camels in Syria are frightened | AEIdeas
The Wall Street Journal reports:Pentagon officials have firmed up plans for military strikes against Syria that would likely use cruise-missile strikes to deter and degrade President Bashar al-Assad s security…
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Too Little, Too Late – By David Rothkopf | Foreign Policy
The pending action is as much intended to protect the president'scredibility as it is the people of Syria. via www.foreignpolicy.comTherefore it fits right into Obama's approach to governance.
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America’s Default Foreign Policy | The National Interest
Within this administration and indeed throughout official Washington, humanitarian interventionism is the inevitable default position for policy makers and political insiders. There is no intellectual counterweight emanating from either party…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Strikes Congressional Attempt to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Jerusalem
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The D.C. Circuit struck a congressional act that required the State Department to include "Israel" on the passport of any U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem. The court in Zivotofsky v.…
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George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin – The Washington Post
The question of whether Barack Obama s second term will be a failure was answered in the affirmative before his Berlin debacle, which has recast the question, which now is:…
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Obama Stands By Benghazi Response – WSJ.com
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Monday again defended his administration's response to an attack on a diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, and called a Republican-led investigation politically driven and a…
Global Trade Law Blog
OFAC Gets Hot, Bothered on Iran and Cuba: How Economic Sanctions Work Today
By: Scott Maberry and Mark Jensen People who practice U.S. economic sanctions law like to talk about how sanctions are policy-oriented, or an engine of U.S. foreign policy. Whereas some…