Obama Officially Announces Intelligence Staff

(New York) – President Elect Obama today announces his picks to lead his intelligence staff. Rertired Admiral Dennis Blair will be his Director of National Intelligence. Leon Panetta is scheduled to be his Central Intelligence Agency director.
The President Elect described both men as “public servants with unquestioned integrity, broad experience, strong management skills and the [...]

The Green Zone Is Now Under Iraqi Control

(New York) – January 1, 2009. A new year has come and an old one has gone, in a sign of the progress in Iraq the United States has made it has handed over control of the Green Zone to Iraqi forces. The 5.6-square-mile area in the heart of Baghdad also known as the International [...]

After Guantanamo… part 2

This is part two of a two part series on Guantanamo Bay. The first part can be found here.
Previously we answered the question about where detainees who are set free can go. Now we address the rest of the detainees….
So what about the rest of the detainees? Well most of them will face trails under [...]

After Guantanamo…

This is part one of a two part series covering the future of Guantánamo Bay.
(NEW YORK) Guantánamo Bay is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba. Most people however know the bay by the U.S. Naval base there. The land granted to the United States was granted to them in [...]

Poland Ends Military Draft

After 90 years Poland has ended its program of conscription into the military. All men 18 years and older must serve 9 months in Poland’s military.
Poland for most of its history was under threat of invasion. Recently these threats have loomed large yet again. These threats coming mostly from its neighbor to the east with [...]

British To Withdraw From Iraq

According to the latest BBC reports UK forces are scheduled to leave Iraq early next year. They are reporting the troops are scheduled to begin leaving in March of 2009.
Most British soldiers are in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Currently the UK has 4,100 of the few Non-American coalition troops left in Iraq. This [...]

Obama’s Cabinet… so far

Today Barack Obama named his latest additions to the staff naming Clinton, Holder, Napolitano, and Rice to his team. This is his team so far:
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Attorney General [...]

Renewing American Leadership

In an article published in the July/August 2007 article of Foreign Affairs President Elect Obama wrote about his plan for the future of American foreign policy. I encourage you to read the article and learn how an Obama Presidency will change the course set by the last 8 years of Republican and Neo-Conservative thinking.
Hopefully the [...]

Hate to Say I Told You So

Well well well…after being laughed at and disrespected in public by both John McCain and George Bush, Barack Obama has proven (once again) to be correct: Diplomacy is indeed the best option. The Bush Adminstration has decided that they will send diplomats to Switzerland where they will meet Iranian diplomats the discuss the escalating tensions [...]

The Blue Review

Yes it’s that time again where we use a theme and a cheesy phrase to complete an objective piece of writing. Welcome to the Blue Review where I will review movies, books, anything with a political spirit to it. Today I am here to give the greatest of praise to the book, “The Post-American World” [...]