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And Good For Him Too

February 3, 2010 – 4:44 pm

Yesterday, we saw that Admiral Mike Mullen is unequivocally in favor of repealing Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Defense, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays In The Military, Law, Mike Mullen, National Security, Obama Administration | Comments

On Admiral Mike Mullen

February 3, 2010 – 1:59 am

Good for him.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Defense, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays In The Military, Law, Mike Mullen, National Security, Obama Administration | Comments

Obama’s Afghan Surge: Why He Told Us What We Already Know

December 2, 2009 – 2:08 am

The theatrics surrounding the President’s Afghanistan decision have at times bordered on the comical, particularly given the fact that Barack Obama committed to this surge and the troop levels in July. The truth is, this was not a new decision, just a new admission. But it is, nonetheless, an important one.

By Bruce Henderson | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, DOD, foreign policy, Iraq, military, Speech, surge, Taliban, West Point | Comments

Afghanistan: Back To Square One

November 12, 2009 – 1:54 pm

This is getting ridiculous:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Karl Eikenberry, National Security, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, surge, War | Comments

The Gulf Between Robert Gates And The Obama Administration

November 9, 2009 – 9:48 pm

It is reflected in the following passage from this profile by Michael Crowley:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, National Security, Obama Administration, War | Comments

McChrystal to Obama: More Troops Or I Quit!

September 22, 2009 – 11:58 pm

On Afghanistan, as we so often have reason to say of Obama’s campaign rhetoric, that was then and this is now. And we are learning that listening to requests from his commanders for more troops is not Obama’s strong suit as Commander-in-Chief.

By Dan McLaughlin | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bob Gates, Dan McLaughlin, Eric Shinseki, foreign policy, George W. Bush, Pentagon, Stanley McChrystal, Steny Hoyer, Winston Churchill | Comments

Potential Upheaval At The CIA

August 24, 2009 – 1:26 pm

So reports ABC News, indicating that Leon Panetta is tired of reporting through Admiral Dennis Blair, angry about reports that CIA officials may get prosecuted by the Obama Justice Department, and angry as well about other aspects of his job.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, CIA, Dennis Blair, Director of Central Intelligence, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence Reforms, James Jones, Leon Panetta, National Intelligence Director, National Security, Obama Administration | Comments

Rumsfeld on Bible Verses: Fires Back at GQ

May 20, 2009 – 12:19 am

The unsourced suggestion by GQ magazine that Donald Rumsfeld deployed slide images and Bible verses to crassly manipulate President Bush toward his ends is a significant one, and one designed to insult and offend. It makes up the bulk of what is notable about Robert Draper’s piece. But on further examination, it appears to reveal more about cliched media views of the personalities of Rumsfeld and of Bush than of anything resembling fact.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Bible verses, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, GQ, GQ Magazine, Iraq, President Bush, Robert Draper | Comments

The Centrist President

March 16, 2009 – 11:21 am

As liberal as his legislative solutions to the current economic crisis have been, if President Obama holds to his promises on other policy fronts, there are several areas where he could become a paradigm-busting figure who ignores unrepresentative opinion on both sides to offer centrist solutions to the American people.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Economics, enemy combatant, Gitmo, Lamar Smith, Merit Pay, National Security, rendition, Security | Comments

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