No Quick Fix for Securing Syria’s Chemical Weapons
April 29th, 2013 | by Guest
by Dina Esfandiary In a letter to Congress last week, the White House confirmed “with varying degrees of confidence” that
Browsing the "Chuck Hagel" Tag
Kerry in the Mideast: Tilting at Windmills
April 29th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick Who is John Kerry trying to fool? His repeated trips to the Middle East have produced no
US Arms Sale Sends Mixed Messages to Israel
April 24th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel may have insisted that the latest sale of US arms to
More Diplomacy, Less Pressure for Iran Settlement: Report
April 17th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its
The F-Word: Plane Speaking and the Sequester
April 11th, 2013 | by Marsha B. Cohen
by Marsha B. Cohen The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a black hole in the federal budget
The Emergency Committee For Israel Speaks For Itself And Not Much Else
April 5th, 2013 | by Eli Clifton
by Eli Clifton & Jim Lobe The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) is having a rough six months. Last year, ECI and
Ten Years After Iraq War, Neo-Cons Struggle to Hold Republicans
March 20th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News Ten years after reaching the height of their influence with the invasion of Iraq,
Iron Dome, “Iron Dumb”?
March 14th, 2013 | by Marsha B. Cohen
by Marsha B. Cohen Americans will soon get to see their taxpayer dollars at work when Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket
AIPAC on the Defensive
March 7th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
The 2013 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference wasn’t quite the same show of arrogant power that it
Chuck Hagel Friend Requests Ehud Barak
March 4th, 2013 | by Marsha B. Cohen
by Marsha B. Cohen Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to meet with Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud
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