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Tag Archives: Pakistan
R&D: Obama’s Political Position in Jeopardy, Pakistan’s Nuclear Buildup, and China Uses its Diplomatic Muscle Against Norway
Here is your R&D for October 11th: Why Obama Is Losing the Political War from Time Why has President Obama’s political position declined over the last year two years? This article in Time magazine analyzes that issue and ponders whether … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Chamber of Commerce, China, Chinese-Norwegian relations, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Norway, nuclear disarmament, nuclear issues, Pakistan, President Obama, R&D, Robert Mugabe, top five news stories, U.S.-Pakistani relations, Zimbabwe
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R&D: New Jobs Report is Bad News for Obama, James Jones Leaves the NSC, and Does the Global Economy Need Structural Reform?
Here is your R&D for October 8th: Analysis: Jobs report is bad news for Democrats from the Associated Press The last jobs report before the midterm elections is not good for President Obama or the Democratic Party. The Labor Department … Continue reading →
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Tagged al-Qaeda, Bank of America, Barack Obama, foreclosures, housing market, James Jones, National Security Council, Obama administration, Pakistan, President Obama, terror alerts, terrorism, Thomas Dinilon, U.S. economy, unemployment, world economy
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R&D: Pakistan Closes Afghanistan Border Crossing, McDonald’s Threatens to Drop Health Coverage, and the EU Launches Legal Action Against France
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 →
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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
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R&D: Obama Hints at Changes to His Economic Team, Netanyahu Details Plans for a Military Presence Near a Palestinian State, and Jerry Brown’s Possible Strategy in California
Here is your R&D for September 21st: Obama Hints at High-Level Changes from the Wall Street Journal With bad results forecast for the 2010 midterms, President Obama is looking to shake up his economic team. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and … Continue reading →
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Tagged al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, California governor's race, Hugo Chavez, India, Israel, Israeli military, Jerry Brown, Kashmir, Lawrence Summers, Meg Whitman, Middle East peace process, Pakistan, Palestinian state, President Obama, R&D, Timothy Geithner, top five news stories, U.S. economy, Venezuela, Venezuelan elections
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R&D: Krugman Urges America to Get Tough on China, Boehner Hints at Tax Concession, and South Korea Issues Final Report on Warship Sinking
Here is your R&D for September 13th: China, Japan, America from the New York Times America’s trade relationship with China has been a contentious political issue for quite some time. In this New York Times op-ed piece, Paul Krugman writes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bush tax cuts, China, Chinese economy, Japan, John Boehner, media, North Korea, Pakistan, Pakistan flooding, Paul Krugman, President Obama, Republican party, Sino-U.S. relations, South Korea, South Korea-North Korea relations, taxes, U.S. economy, yuan
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R&D: Gallup Discusses GOP Membership, the World Bank Increases Aid to Pakistan, and the CBO’s Stimulus Analysis is Scrutinized
Here is your R&D for September 2nd: Republicans Remain Disproportionately White and Religious from Gallup Although the GOP leadership has tried to enhance the ethnic diversity of the party over the last several years, Gallup’s latest breakdown of the Democratic … Continue reading →
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Tagged CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Democratic Party, education, GOP, Pakistan, Pakistan floods, R&D, Republican party, South Africa, state budgets, stimulus package, the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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R&D: State Bankruptcy Reform, Cuba’s Failing Economy, and Pakistan’s Flooding
Here is your R&D top five for August 11th: Why we need to let states go broke from the New York Post Political strategist Dick Morris argues that federal bailouts to states send the wrong message and that a new … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Cuban economy, Dick Morris, Georgia, judicial issues, Minnesota, Pakistan, Pakistan floods, public employee unions, R&D, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, state budget deficits, state economies, Supreme Court, top five news stories
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R&D: Poll Data, the American Auto Market, and the ‘Blame Bush’ Strategy
Here is your R&D for August 4th: Earmarks Could Help Candidates in Midterms; Palin and Tea Party Connections Could Hurt from the Pew Research Center In a useful poll, the Pew Research Center evaluates the willingness of voters to back … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asif Zardari, Barack Obama, Chrysler, George W. Bush, GM, Great Britain, Pakistan, President Bush, President Obama, R&D, Sarah Palin, Taliban, tea party, top five news stories, U.S. economy, unemployment, war on terrorism
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R&D: News You Can Use
Here is your R&D top five for August 2nd: Raise My Taxes, Mr. President! from Newsweek Columnist Fareed Zakaria argues that the country can’t afford the Bush tax cuts. Corrupt or just clueless? You decide from the Chicago Tribune Editorial … Continue reading →
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Tagged budget, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, Charlie Rangel, David Cameron, Great Britain, Iowa caucus, Middle East peace, Pakistan, R&D, taxes, Tim Pawlenty, top five news stories, war on terrorism
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R&D: Nukes in Tehran, Axelrod defends Obama, and Pakistan Without Zardari
Here is your R&D for January 25th: Intelligence from Tehran Elevates Concern in the West from Der Spiegel Axelrod: voter backlash against Obama was unavoidable from the Christian Science Monitor In disrepute: The countdown to the post-Zardari era begins from … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asif Zardari, Barack Obama, campaign finance reform, iran, Pakistan, R&D, Supreme Court, top five news stories
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