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Tag Archives: 2012 presidential election
R&D: OPEC Fails to Agree on Production Targets, Huntsman Campaigns in New Hampshire, and Obama and Merkel Hash Out U.S.-German Relations
Here is your R&D for June 8th: Oil Rises the Most in Three Weeks as OPEC Fails to Reach Accord from Business Week In Vienna, OPEC failed to agree on production targets for the first time in 20 years, as … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, budget deficit, China, Chinese economy, electoral college, energy, euro zone debt crisis, India, Iowa caucus, iran, Jon Huntsman, Libyan war, national debt, New Hampshire primary, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, President Obama, R&D, Saudi Arabia, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-German relations, Venezuela, world economy
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R&D: Israel’s Ambassador Reflects on the Six Day War, Democrats Are Angry with Anthony Weiner, and the Economist Talks About Peru
Here is your R&D for June 7th: Remembering Six Days in 1967 from Foreign Policy Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, writes this article, which presents the case for why Israel cannot go back to pre-1967 borders. Congressman … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Michael Oren, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, Ollanta Humala, OPEC, Peru, Peruvian presidential election, President Obama, R&D, Saudi Arabia, Six Day War, top five news stories, world economy
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R&D: Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law on Illegal Immigrant Workers, Christians Worry in Egypt, and South Korea Endorses Lagade’s IMF Candidacy
Here is your R&D for May 27th: Supreme Court upholds Arizona illegal-worker law from the San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-3 margin upheld an Arizona “business death penalty” law that requires employers to check with E-Verify … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Arizona, Barack Obama, BRIC, Chamber of Commerce, Christine Lagarde, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, illegal immigration, IMF, International Monetary Fund, President Obama, R&D, South Korea, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Pakistani relations, women's rights
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CFL R&D Part One: U.S. Politics, World Environmental Issues, and International Areas in Conflict
Here is a special CFL R&D that provides articles for three of the nine CFL extemp topic areas. The second CFL R&D will come out tomorrow evening. U.S. Politics Daniels Decides Against Presidential Run from the Wall Street Journal Indiana … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Afghanistan, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arctic, Australia, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, environment, environmental issues, EU, European Union, Food, global warming, Great Britain, Iowa caucus, Iraq, Iraq war, Jon Huntsman, Michelle Bachmann, Mitch Daniels, New York House election, NY-26 election, oil, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, plastic bags, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, Ron Paul, Somalia, Syria, Syrian protests, tea party, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Pakistani relations, U.S.-Yemeni relations, World Food Program, Yemen
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R&D: Haley Barbour Decides Not to Run for President, the Arab Spring Puts Washington on the Defensive, and a Look at President Obama’s Re-Election Strategy
Here is your R&D for April 26th: How Haley Barbour’s move shakes up 2012 from Politico Yesterday, Misssissippi Governor Haley Barbour announced that he would not be running for president. Barbour was considered as one of the favorites to win … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, Haley Barbour, Israel, Jim Messina, Middle East protests, Nigeria, Nigerian elections, President Obama, R&D, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian protests, top five news stories, Turkey, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: Gary Johnson Enters the 2012 GOP Primary, Obama’s OK’s the Use of Drones in Libya, and the Gulf Council Offers a Political Settlement to Yemen’s Saleh
Here is your R&D for April 21st: What Gary Johnson Brings to the GOP Presidential Race from the Atlantic Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson announced a bid for the Republican presidential nomination today. Johnson was a two-term governor in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Barack Obama, Gary Johnson, Gulf Cooperation Council, Haiti, Haitian presidential election, Libya, Libyan war, Michel Martelly, Mike Huckabee, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, Robert Gates, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, Yemen, Yemeni protests
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Major R&D: Profile of Ai Weiwei, Spain Says it Will Not Seek a Bailout, and the Libyan War Exposes the African Union
Here is a major R&D for April 7th: Profile: Ai Weiwei from the BBC Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist who has been vocal about human rights abuses in China. Weiwei has been arrested by the Chinese government for economic … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, African Union, Al Sharpton, Allassane Ouattara, AU, Barack Obama, budget, budget deficit, China, Chinese human rights, Clean Air Act, David Prosser, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EU, EU bailout, euro, euro zone, European immigration, European issues, European Union, France, French foreign policy, French-Ivory Coast relations, gas prices, Gaza war, government shutdown, greenhouse gas emissions, housing industry, human rights, International Monetary Fund, Iraq war, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Italy, Japan, Japanese earthquake, Japanese nuclear disaster, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Laurent Gbagbo, Libya, Libyan war, major R&D, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, oil, Paul Ryan, Portugal, Portuguese economy, President Obama, R&D, Richard Goldstone, small businesses, Spain, Spanish bailout, Spanish economy, taxes, the Ivory Coast, Tunisia, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court race
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R&D: Timeline for Arab Protests, Gaddafi Faces a Coalition of the Unwilling, and Portugal Creates a New Headache for the EU
Here is your R&D for March 24th: The Arab Powder Keg from Slate This is a link to an animated map from Slate Magazine, which diagrams the spread of unrest across the North Africa and Middle East since December. ‘Gadhafi … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Arab protests, Barack Obama, EU, EU bailouts, European Union, Libya, Libyan civil war, Moammar Gaddafi, Portugal, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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R&D: Experts Nervous About Egypt’s Move to Democracy, McCaskill Admits Back Taxses, and America’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East Has Complications
Here is your R&D for March 22nd: Egypt’s Referendum: Nervous Steps Forward from the Council on Foreign Relations Egyptian voters approved several constitutional amendments in a national referendum over the weekend and paved the way for free elections later this … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Claire McCaskill, Egypt, Egyptian constitutional referendum, Egyptian elections, Hamid Karzai, Libya, Libyan civil war, NATO, neoconservatives, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, President Obama, R&D, Tim Pawlenty, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: Obama’s Abu Ghraib Moment, Key Dates in the 2012 Presidential Race, and Yemeni Commanders Defect
Here is your R&D for March 21st: US Army ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians from the Guardian In what is being called President Obama’s Abu Ghraib moment, pictures have surfaced of a rogue U.S. army … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Afghanistan, Ali Abdullah Saleh, bailouts, banking, Barack Obama, Brazil, BRIC, China, financial crisis, India, Libya, Libyan war, President Obama, R&D, Russia, the Federal Reserve, the Supreme Court, top five news stories, U.S. economy, UN, United Nations, Yemen, Yemeni protests
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