Concerns Endure over President Obama’s “Flexibility” Comments

Heritage’s recent event “Open Microphone: What’s Behind President Obama’s Missile Defense Comments,” hosted by Kim R. Holmes, highlighted some of the concerns regarding President Obama’s recent comments to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he will have more “flexibility” after the election. Obama went on to say, “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this—this […]

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What Would Nixon Do?

By Ben Stein on 4.4.12 About Iran, that is. We face some extremely serious problems today in the foreign policy realm. But now we face a uniquely serious threat from Islamic Iran. They are belligerent. They sponsor terrorism and violent repression everywhere they can, currently on display in the bloodbath in Syria. Far, far worse, […]

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Hungary Denounces EU Double Standards and Pledges Independence

When the EU passed its budgetary stability pact, it wanted to convey the impression that sanctions against offenders would kick in automatically and the measures would be applied evenly with no favoritism. The current European Union standoff with Hungary is exposing Brussels to charges of double standards and even unwarranted intervention. Last Tuesday European Union finance […]

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Iran Banks Cut Off from SWIFT System

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, announced Thursday that it is cutting off some 30 Iranian banks and subsidiaries from its network, as part of global efforts to punish Iran for its nuclear weapons program. The banks punished are the ones that have already been hit by European Union sanctions. Some other […]

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Palestinian Authority Muslims to Radical anti-Zionist Gilad Atzmon: Don’t Help Us

Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon, who has made a career out of condemning Israel and rejecting his Jewish roots, fully identifying with and promoting the Arab position on the illegitimacy of Israel and Zionism, and affirming the most egregious of anti-Semitic allegations, has been rejected by the Arabs he advocates for. In a letter published by the […]

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