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January 16, 2008 12:54 AM EST -- Last Wednesday, President Bush departed the U.S. on a trip that was scheduled to involve six countries in the Middle East. Could the timing have been any better.  Tensions had been increasing . . . more
August 31, 2008 05:27 PM EDT -- Like bickering siblings, charges and counter charges flew back and forth between Russia and the U.S. this week.  And, as every parent of bickering siblings knows, the truth in such situations is . . . more
August 15, 2007 04:08 AM EDT -- A combination of factors have come together to create a possible combustible situation in Pakistan, a country that sits on the eastern edge of the volatile Middle East.  Briefly, the significant . . . more
September 08, 2008 03:49 AM EDT -- Vice president Dick Cheney was in Italy this weekend continuing his efforts to annoy the Kremlin by supporting NATO membership for the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine. Meanwhile, it . . . more
August 10, 2008 12:19 PM EDT -- All-out war has broken out between Georgia and Russia, threatening the stability of the region. Georgia, a small country about one-sixth the size of California, is located just east of the . . . more
June 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT -- Steven McDowell will never forget this Father's Day. Either will 12-year old Joshua McDowell. They are both mourning the recent death of Steven's only son and Joshua's dad, Army Sgt. 1 st . . . more
IT'S A TOPSY TURVY WORLD
by Dave McGill
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June 05, 2007 04:37 PM EDT -- Congress is filtering back into Washington, only to find that its principle effort, the immigration bill, seems to have taken two steps backward during its spring break. Libby was sentenced to 30 months . . . more
June 20, 2007 10:07 AM EDT -- Outside of the assembly instructions on a purchase made in the Orient, few things are more confusing than the haphazard patchwork quilt that represents the various factions and political groups of the . . . more
January 13, 2008 06:23 PM EST -- Last week, the Department of Defense released the obituaries of 13 military personnel, ranging in age from 19 to 30. Eight of the deaths were caused by improvised explosive devices, including six soldiers . . . more
March 16, 2008 10:08 PM EDT -- The news out of the Middle East has been hot and heavy during this, the final week of year five in the Iraq war. And it comes at a time when interest in the war is waning, according to a survey by . . . more
August 03, 2008 03:35 PM EDT -- Conditions in the Middle East this week could perhaps best be summed up as uneventful. A double flap with Pakistan seems to be subsiding. Earlier in the week, the U.S. had accused Pakistan's spy . . . more
August 24, 2008 04:36 PM EDT -- The world was reminded, this week, of the need to end nuclear proliferation and to initiate disarmament agreements - but will it listen?   The departure of Pervez Musharraf . . . more
November 18, 2007 08:26 PM EST -- No, it wasn’t the president, or the secretary of defense, or General Petraeus, but at least someone finally stepped up and pointed out what had become obvious to many Americans. It was Major . . . more
August 17, 2008 02:58 PM EDT -- As Russian troops pulled within 25 miles of the Georgian capital, the war of words between Washington and Moscow continued to escalate. On Friday, for example, President Bush said: "Bullying and . . . more
November 11, 2007 06:18 PM EST -- Veterans Day followed a week that saw the U.S. death tolls in both Iraq and Afghanistan reach their deadliest levels for any year since the war on terrorism began. So far, in 2007, 857 military deaths . . . more
November 25, 2007 04:05 PM EST -- The Bush administration’s remaining allies in Iraq are rapidly becoming the coalition of the unwilling. In Australia, yesterday, Labor Party candidate Kevin Rudd was elected to be that nation’s . . . more
November 04, 2007 02:24 PM EST -- Conditions within Iraq continue to show the improvement which started shortly after Iran pledged to assist the Iraqi government in reducing its level of violence. However, recent events within the region . . . more
October 05, 2008 08:59 PM EDT -- It was reported last week that Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hami Karzai, is believed to be involved in drug trafficking, and American officials have repeatedly warned the leader that . . . more
 
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