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A Different Kind of Surge in Afghanistan

John Boonstra at 10/6/2008 5:01PM

At the Vice-Presidential debate last week, Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin sparred over whether the "surge" strategy used in Iraq could be adeptly applied to Afghanistan. Today,

Diesel from Algae

Mark Leon Goldberg at 10/6/2008 12:55PM

A very interesting experiement. Via ReGeneration.Learm more at Aquatic Energy.

A Better National Security Budget

John Boonstra at 10/3/2008 4:07PM

(cross-posted at UN Dispatch) Foreign Policy in Focus, a think tank that promotes diplomacy and international cooperation, has released a "Unified Security Budget" in which they outline thei

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Have Congress Close Guantanamo Bay

Posted by Matt Stoller at 7/9/2008 2:27PM

Stoller thinks that the next president should submit a bill to Congress closing Guantanamo Bay. He should do it through Congress, rather than by executive order, as a sign of respecting Congress as a coequal branch of government, and he should shut down Guantanamo because it is a symbol of a failed and immoral American policy that we need to turn the page from.

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