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...former infantry Marine who served under Newbold's broad command from '95 to '99, I would like to express my deepest respect and gratitude for his speaking out publicly. I supported the war in Afghanistan and was considering going back to the corps until the Administration started rattling the saber for Iraq. Now if people ask me how I can be a Marine and not support the war, I can say, "Ask General Newbold that same question...
...expand its activities and perhaps even export its know-how to other countries. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei told the Security Council on Friday that Iran had not answered the questions that would satisfy concerns over its nuclear intentions. But Iran's defiance, which has included saber-rattling about how it would respond to any potential U.S. military action , may actually be based on a sober diplomatic calculation: The U.S. has been unable to forge a U.N. consensus behind any steps to pressure Iran, partly because of skepticism over Washington's own intentions...
...business models adapt to find the solutions we need to deal with the changes," says Harrington. Indeed, Krikorian hopes that rights owners and broadcasters will soon strike deals with Sling Media that increase the chance that their audience will both tune in and interact. "There's been lots of saber rattling," says Krikorian. "But when you completely dive into this, you realize we're helping the industry.'' If nothing else, Sling has media titans in its corner. Its financial backers include moguls John Malone and Charlie Ergen, who respectively run Liberty Media Corp., the Colorado-based international media and cable...
Iran's rhetoric on the nuclear standoff may be sounding increasingly confrontational, but the headline-grabbing saber-rattling of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad often masks an important reality: Ahmadinejad is not in charge of Iran's foreign or security policy, and his sentiments may not be entirely shared by those...
...Larijani rather than Ahmadinejad who is managing the negotiations over the nuclear program. Ahmadinejad has only one vote - out of around a dozen - on the Security Council. So as much as he rattles his saber at the West, the President is in no position to act on any of this threats. He has to lobby for his position within a power structure in which his is not the dominant voice. And while Ahmadinejad thunders against compromise, Larijani and other elements of the regime have made clear that Iran still seeks a deal, preferably in direct face-to-face talks with...