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...members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to take on mandatory carbon cuts. The OECD includes such nations as South Korea and Mexico, which were exempted from Kyoto targets. Dimos also promised billions in aid to developing countries as an enticement to agree to a new deal at Copenhagen - though in a possible sign of how difficult such programs might be in a global recession, he refused to put a specific amount on the aid offer. But together with the Obama Administration's naming of Todd Stern as its special envoy for climate change, and with Gore...
Would a more powerful Maliki be good for the U.S.? The withdrawal deal served the interests of Barack Obama last year; both he and Maliki wanted a firm timetable, whereas President Bush opposed the idea. Officials close to Maliki say he was impressed with Obama when they met last summer. But the Prime Minister is no fan of the new U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Two years ago she expressed concerns about Maliki's sectarian sensibilities and called on the Iraqi parliament to replace him with a "less divisive and more unifying figure." Furious, Maliki said that Democrats such...
...There is no question that military projects involve a great deal of time, money, and other resources. This is especially true of the F-22 program, which began in 1991. But, more often than not, the equipment procured by the Department of Defense has proven invaluable when the United States or its allies are under threat. The Raptor is not just another Cold War relic—it is a much-needed replacement for older equipment that will provide our soldiers and airmen with the tools they need to keep us safe. President Obama and Secretary Gates would do well...
...rest of Iraq. The Kurds complained that the Iraqi army might interfere with their votes and insisted on matching its deployment with Peshmerga forces. After a flurry of helicopter shuttles between Kurdistan and Diyala and well over 40 hours of stubborn negotiation, U.S. commanders last week brokered a deal that will see area security provided by a joint force of Iraqi-army and Peshmerga fighters, with U.S. troops present to make sure everyone stays calm. (See images of Iraq's northern border zone...
...moment, the Obama Administration is being careful to publicly distance the Special Envoy from the region's most intractable problem. State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters on Tuesday that "it's not in [Holbrooke's] mandate...to deal with the subject of Kashmir." And the White House has also been careful to deny that India's lobbying played any role in the formation of Holbrooke's diplomatic charge; not only has it insisted that it held no meetings with foreign governments or their representatives with respect to the assignment, but it has also claimed that Obama never actually intended...