Tag Archives: Barack Obama

R&D: NSA Still Collecting Telephone Records, Mexico’s Drug War Continued, Susan Rice is Chosen as the National Security Adviser, and More

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily from The Guardian In this exclusive story, which will stir privacy advocates, The Guardian reveals that the National Security Agency is collecting telephone records of Verizon customers and has been doing … Continue reading

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R&D: Drone Strikes in Pakistan, Who’s to Blame for the IRS Scandal, Rob Ford’s Cocaine Issues, and Other News

Drones: Myths And Reality In Pakistan from The International Crisis Group President Obama’s drone policy has been one of the most controversial parts of his foreign policy. This executive summary, and full report, discusses America’s drone policy in the 21st … Continue reading

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R&D: The U.S. Postal Service Proposes Cuts, David Cameron Promises Strick Measures Against Looters, and the UN Needs More Money to Help Somalia

Here is your R&D for August 12th: Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan from the Washington Post The U.S. Postal Service is proposing a plan that would slash its workforce by 20% and withdraw from … Continue reading

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R&D: Obama and Bernanke Running Out of Options on the Economy, Italy Faces Record Bond Yields, and the FAA Works Under a Partial Shutdown

Here is your R&D for August 4th: Obama, Bernanke out of ammo to boost jobs, growth from Reuters According to this analysis piece, President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke do not have any more tools at their disposal … Continue reading

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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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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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R&D: Severe Conditions Prepared for New Greek Bail Out, Shinawatra Watches Thai Politics Closely, and Military Personnel Give President Obama Low Marks

Here is your R&D for May 30th: Greece set for severe bail-out conditions from the Financial Times European leaders are currently negotiating a deal that would allow international involvement in tax collection and privatize state assets in exchange for a … Continue reading

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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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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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R&D: Possible Shakeup in America’s National Security Apparatus, South Africa Seventeen Years After Apartheid, and Ron Paul Opens an Exploratory Committee for 2012

Here is your R&D for April 27th: AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA from the Associated Press According to sources within the Obama administration, current CIA Director Leon Panetta will replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates and General David … Continue reading

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