Things no one saysThings everyone supports Empty promisesPleading for votes I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy. I neverhave. You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. Youelected me to tell you
Remarks as prepared for delivery: In this campaign, we have a fundamental choice. Will we protect our country and our allies, advance our interests and ideals, do battle where we must and make peace where we can? Or will we
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BruneiU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that her talks in China this week were useful despite highlighting sharp differences between Washington and Beijing over key international issues from Syria’s civil war to
By JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Vladimir Putin says Russia can work with Mitt Romney if he’s elected U.S. president, even though Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” In an interview broadcast Thursday by the Kremlin-funded Russia
(AP) Survey finds US competitive ranking down againBy PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONThe United States’ ability to compete on the global stage has fallen for the fourth year running as confidence in the country’s politicians continues to decline, an annual survey
By ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressPARISWestern powers are preparing a tough response in case Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war, France’s foreign minister said Monday. Syria’s leadership has said the country, which is believed
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: World food prices jump another 10% in July Putin’s spokesman criticizes Romney for toughness on Russia Money continues to flood out of Spain World food prices jump another 10% in July After a big
By ANGELA K. BROWN.Associated PressFORT WORTH, TexasRenowned classical pianist Van Cliburn has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer and is resting comfortably at his Texas home, his publicist said Monday. The 78-year-old Cliburn is under excellent care and his spirits
(AP) Iran opens nonaligned summit with nuclear appealsTEHRAN, Iran Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons, even as Tehran
(AP) MOSCOW – Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have fled Russia to avoid prosecution for a protest against Vladimir Putin that sent three of their band mates to prison, the group said Sunday. Five members of the
Apparently the most left-wing, government-supported media conglomerate in all of the British Empire, The British Broadcasting Corporation, has refused permission to place a statue of George Orwell at its new facilities in London. Why? Because George Orwell, famed as the
The latest reports from international nuclear inspectors will say that Iran has considerably accelerated its pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Iran has installed hundreds of new centrifuges and possibly begun production of nuclear fuel. The new centrifuges and accompanying machinery have
Despite the news and pictures from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, America’s once great space program is on life support because we no longer have a serious manned space exploration program. We now pay the Russians $65 million per seat to
Although President Obama’s current defense cuts are so drastic that even Rep. Nancy Pelosi is scared they might cost Democrats more seats in the House, State Dept. advisers are reportedly encouraging further cuts and even the all-out elimination of the
It’s going to be a powder-keg in Tampa at the RNC if George Soros has anything to say about it. Soros bankrolled the 69-page ACLU report titled Rights and Wrongs at the RNC after the 2004 Republican Convention in New York City
China will give 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. The aid will go to refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to “show Chinese people’s
(AP) Syrian minister warns US against interventionBy LYNN BERRYAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Barack Obama’s warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian government official said Tuesday following talks in Moscow.
(AP) Intense fighting rages in Syria’s Aleppo, DaraaBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian government forces heavily shelled the cities of Aleppo and Daraa and a suburb of Damascus on the second day of a major Muslim holiday Monday, killing up to 30
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been accused of ruling that country with an iron fist. And the recent sentencing of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot provided the perfect stage on which to see Putin’s methods writ large.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Lakhdar Brahimi to replace Kofi Annan as Syria peace envoy Arrest of minister in Lebanon may signal weakening power of Hizbollah For one brief, shining Olympic moment, Russians loved North Caucasians Relations between South
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWThree punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the
(AP) Pussy Riot found guilty for stunt against PutinBy NATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressMOSCOWA Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian
According to reports coming out of Russia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is prepared to step down. The reports indicate the turning point came when Assad’s brother suffered significant injuries “in the blast that killed several key regime officials in Damascus last
China said Tuesday it signed agreements with North Korea pushing forward their joint development of economic zones, as the new leader in Pyongyang seeks to improve his country’s impoverished economy. The agreements cover the setting up and operation of management
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s neighbors pick sides in South China Sea dispute Egypt’s Morsi fires the army chief and announces a Constitutional Declaration Egypt forces fight Sinai militants, in biggest battle since 1973 China’s neighbors pick sides
