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							<title><![CDATA[No Way To Launch a War in Syria...or a Punitive Action]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[President Obama&rsquo;s August 31 decision to seek Congressional support for military action against Syria caught nearly everyone by surprise. Many in the Middle East and elsewhere see it as a sign of White House indecision&mdash;or worse, that the president would not mind being able to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Edward Snowden in Moscow: Irony, Hyperbole and Silliness]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Pifer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s be clear at the outset: Edward Snowden betrayed his country and his country&rsquo;s trust. A genuine whistle-blower concerned that the National Security Agency (NSA) was overstepping its bounds would have found a path other than that chosen by Snowden, whose revelations go...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine at a Crossroads with Europe?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Kyiv Security Forum, held in the Ukrainian capital on April 18-19, brought together Ukrainians, Europeans and Americans to discuss the current challenges facing Ukraine. Much of the discussion centered on Ukraine&rsquo;s relationship with the European Union, in particular on whether...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SORT vs. New START: Why the Administration is Leery of a Treaty]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/15/sort_vs_new_start_why_the_administration_is_leery_of_a_treaty_117475.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&rsquo;s blog&mdash;&ldquo;Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate&rdquo; &mdash; described how presidents over the past 40 years have sought to limit or reduce nuclear weapons by means other than a treaty requiring two-thirds majority approval in the Senate. Why would the...]]></description>
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