“RETREAT!” Just-obtained excerpts of tonight’s Afghanistan strategy speech by President Barack Obama seem to indicate the strategy is no strategy at all. As evidenced in the sentence below, it’s both a withdrawal and an announcement of a timetable for beating feet out of the stone-age nation: “Taken together, these additional American and international troops will [...]
Obama Announces Retreat from Afghanistan!
December 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today. Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed: SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. [...]
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