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...passed by a 2-to-1 vote. "Term limits sever from time to time the natural comfortable tie between members and special interests in their district. They bring government closer to the people and improve citizen access to the process," says Philip Blumel, president of U.S. Term Limits, the largest advocacy group in the field. (See "Washington's Time for Bipartisanship: Retirement...
...strategic relationship between America and Israel is the cold war against Iran and its allies - Hamas, Hizballah and Syria - for Middle East supremacy that began after the invasion of Iraq. On a military level, ties between America and Israel have never been stronger - the two countries staged their largest ever joint military exercise last year. But most Americans don't really want to be part of a war for Middle Eastern supremacy - they want the U.S. out of Iraq and Afghanistan as quickly as possible and for their government to spend that money creating jobs at home...
...then there's Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's staid big brother has re-exerted political and financial control over its profligate sibling, mostly because it has an interest in Dubai's success. Dubai's port and airport are among the largest in the world, and serve the UAE's economic needs without Abu Dhabi - a 45-minute drive away - having to expand its own infrastructure...
...what is being billed as the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, 20,000 coalition troops are set to invade Marja, a Taliban stronghold in the country's southern Helmand province. The offensive will target Taliban fighters who for years have holed up with the area's narcotics traffickers, planning and carrying out suicide and roadside bomb attacks. U.S. officials took the unusual step of announcing the mission ahead of time, saying the element of surprise was not as important as reassuring citizens that the Afghan government will be there for them once...
...Dutch represent just 2.3% of the 86,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, but they have the eighth largest national contingent in the country and one of the highest contributions as a proportion of both their population and overall national army. While Uruzgan province does not face a security threat as severe as the threats in Helmand and Kandahar, it is still volatile: 21 Dutch soldiers have been killed since the mission was first deployed in 2006. The deployment was initially scheduled to end in 2008 but was extended by two years because no other NATO member state offered a replacement...