Tag Archives: Afghanistan

R&D: Obama’s Abu Ghraib Moment, Key Dates in the 2012 Presidential Race, and Yemeni Commanders Defect

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Logan Scisco

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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R&D: Text of President Obama’s State of the Union & Paul Ryan’s Rebuttal and the U.S. Works to Secure Old Soviet Nuclear Sites

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for January 26th: Full text of the State of the Union speech Courtesy of the Miami Herald, here is the text of President Obama’s third State of the Union address last night. Text of Paul Ryan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Kazakhstan, nuclear issues, nuclear proliferation, Paul Ryan, President Obama, R&D, security, State of the Union, State of the Union rebuttal, terrorism, top five news stories, Toyota, U.S.-Russian relations | Comments Off

R&D: Anarchists Bomb Rome, Where President Obama’s Foreign Policy Stands, and Russia Holds Off Approving START

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for December 24th: Who Are The Anarchists Behind the Rome Embassy Bombs? from Time Italian anarchists claimed responsibility for two letter bombings yesterday in Rome. The Chilean and Swiss embassies experienced the attacks. Assessing Obama’s Foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, China, Duma, global economy, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Italy, James M. Lindsay, Middle East peace process, nuclear issues, nuclear proliferation, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, President Obama, R&D, Rome bombings, Russia, Saudi Arabia, START, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy | Comments Off

R&D: An Afghan Tet Offensive, Israel Can’t Defeat Hezbollah, and Vladimir Putin Takes a Shot at Liberals

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for December 16th: Could there be a Tet Offensive in Afghanistan? from the Washington Post In this op-ed column, George Will warns that a Tet Offensive might be brewing in Afghanistan after the war effort has … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Chicago, Chicago mayoral election, China, Chinese-Indian relations, energy, George Will, Hezbollah, India, Israel, Israeli-Lebanese relations, Lebanon, R&D, Rahm Emanuel, Russia, top five news stories, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks | Comments Off

R&D: Berlusconi Wins Confidence Vote, the Individual Mandate in the Healthcare Law is Struck Down, and Germany Contemplates a Return to the Deutschmark

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for December 14th: Berlusconi May Expand Majority, May Resign To Do So from the Wall Street Journal After surviving a vote on no confidence in the lower house of the Italian parliament, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, deutschmark, euro, European economy, German economy, Germany, healthcare, healthcare reform, Italy, President Obama, R&D, race issues, Richard Holbrooke, segregation, Silvio Berlusconi, top five news stories | Comments Off

R&D: Nestor Kirchner Passes Away, the Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan, and Gallup Predicts a GOP Wave

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for October 27th: Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies from the BBC Nestor Kirchner, the man who helped steer Argentina out of its economic meltdown in 2002, died of a heart attack today. Kirchner was rumored … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Argentina, campaign finance reform, election spending, Nestor Kirchner, R&D, Taliban, the Republican Party, top five news stories, U.S. economy | Comments Off

R&D: Chinese Version of WikiLeaks is on the Horizon, the Rise of the Coffee Party, and the G20s Trade and Currency Failures

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for October 26th: Chinese whistleblower faces hard road from the Asia Times Is a Chinese version of WikiLeaks in the making? If so, can it produce real change in China? This article seeks to find the … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, China, Coffee Party, currency, domestic politics, emissions targets, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, G20, Hamid Karzai, Iran-Afghan relations, R&D, tea party, top five news stories, trade, Wikileaks | Comments Off

R&D: Russia Agrees to Build Venezuela a Nuclear Reactor, Sarkozy Promises to Crack Down on Protests, and the Road to Negotiations in Afghanistan

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for October 19th: Russia to Build A Nuclear Power Plant in Venezuela from the Latin American Herald Tribune In a move that alarms U.S. diplomats and nuclear non-proliferation experts, Russia signed an agreement with Venezuela last … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, Bank of America, foreclosures, France, French pension reform, Germany, Great Britain, housing market, multiculturalism, Nicolas Sarkozy, nuclear issues, nuclear proliferation, R&D, Russia, Taliban, top five news stories, U.S. economy, Venezuela | Comments Off

R&D: Taliban in Talks with Afghan Government, The Impact of Prop. 19, and Intelligence Sharing in a Post-9/11 World

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for October 6th: Taliban in talks with Karzai government from the Washington Post Reports indicate that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting with Taliban representatives to negotiate an end to the war in the country. These … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, California, Dick Morris, drone strikes, Faisal Shahzad, Hamid Karzai, intelligence agencies, iran, Iranian nuclear program, marijuana, Proposition 19, R&D, Russia, Russian-Iranian relations, Taliban, terrorism, top five news stories, voter turnout | Comments Off

R&D: Pakistan Closes Afghanistan Border Crossing, McDonald’s Threatens to Drop Health Coverage, and the EU Launches Legal Action Against France

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for September 30th: Pakistan Halts NATO Supplies to Afghanistan After Attack from the New York Times After a NATO cross-border attack on a Pakistani security post, Pakistan has closed the most important border crossing that supplies … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Afghanistan, EU, European Union, Fasial Shahzad, France, healthcare, healthcare reform, Hugo Chavez, McDonalds, NATO, Pakistan, R&D, Roma, security, Times Square bomber, top five news stories, Venezuela, war on terrorism | Comments Off