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Tag Archives: Iraq war
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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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: President Obama Addresses the Chamber of Commerce, Palestinians Schedule Local Elections, and the ETA Establishes a New Political Party
Here is your R&D for February 8th: Obama says businesses must hire, invest to grow economy from the Washington Post President Obama addressed one of his harshest detractors, the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday and urged them to hire workers and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Egypt, Egyptian politics, ETA, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hosni Mubarak, Iraq war, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian elections, President Obama, R&D, Spain, the Chamber of Commerce, the ETA, top five news stories, U.S. economy, West Bank
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R&D: U.S. Might Stay Longer in Iraq, Muslims Want More from Obama, and Black is Named as the New Chancellor for the New York City Public School System
Here is your R&D for November 10th: Gates: US open to request from Iraq to stay from the Associated Press Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that it was a possibility that the U.S. would remain in Iraq after 2011 if … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaskan Senate Race, Barack Obama, Cairo speech, Cathie Black, education, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iraq war, Joe Miller, Joel Klein, Lisa Murkowski, Michael Bloomberg, military, Muslim world, New York City public schools, President Obama, R&D, Robert Gates, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Indian relations, war on terrorism
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R&D: U.S. Backs off Chinese Currency Dispute, Netanyahu Warns of Lebanon Becoming an Iranian Satellite, and GOP Fundraising Surges
Here is your special R&D weekend edition for October 17th: U.S. backs off in currency dispute with China from Reuters On Friday, the Obama administration backed away from a showdown with China over its currency as the Treasury Department delayed … Continue reading →
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, British politics, Democratic Party, dollar, GOP, Great Britain, iran, Iraq, Iraq war, Labour Party, Lebanon, Liberal Democratic Party, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mexican drug war, Mexico, Nick Clegg, R&D, Republican party, Sunnis, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S.-Chinese economy, yuan
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R&D: Australia Won’t Have New Elections, Obama’s Risk on Iraq, and a Review of the UN Climate Panel
Here is your R&D for August 31st: Australia PM Rejects Fresh Election Call from the Wall Street Journal Despite Australia’s crazy election result, Prime Minister Julia Gillard refuses to call for a new election. The alternative, a gridlocked parliament, could … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Australia, Australian parliamentary elections, Barack Obama, climate change, global warming, Iraq war, Iraq withdrawal, Israel, Israeli-Lebanese relations, Julia Gillard, Lebanon, Obama Iraq speech, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, UN, UN climate panel, United Nations
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R&D: GM Offers Massive IPO, 100 Facts About Britain’s Governing Coalition, and Chad’s Stability
Here is your R&D for August 19th: General Motors Files for an Initial Public Offering from the New York Times General Motors has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) so that it can repay taxpayers for the bailout that … Continue reading →
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Tagged BP, BP oil spill, British Petroleum, British politics, General Motors, GM, Great Britain, Gulf oil spill, Iraq, Iraq war, Liberal Democratic Party, R&D, top five news stories
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R&D: Afghanistan, Lebanon, and an Interesting Israeli-Iran Solution
Here is your R&D top five for August 3rd: The No-Win War by the Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson discusses the frustrations of the Afghan war and how the U.S. has no real definition of victory. Planned Arrest Warrants Create … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Amazon, Apple, Connecticut, Hezbollah, iran, Iranian nuclear program, Iraq, Iraq war, Israel, Lebanon, media, R&D, Rafik Hariri, top five news stories
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