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    <title><![CDATA[Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgresearch/commentary</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
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      <title><![CDATA[50% of the 99%]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99#When:10:13:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The movement of the 99 percent that began in the United States made visible the human beings who suffer the brutal inequality and injustice of an economic system that, in crisis, required them to sacrifice even more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T10:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Biggest Climate Decision]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-biggest-climate-decision</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-biggest-climate-decision#When:16:43:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is poised to make one of the biggest climate policy decisions of its entire administration]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-16T16:43:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Posturing on Plutonium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium#When:14:49:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There have been so many bad proposals on defense issues thrown around in the House of Representatives lately it's hard to know where to start]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T14:49:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery#When:09:44:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T09:44:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster#When:14:32:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T14:32:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five#When:09:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-29T09:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s False Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma#When:13:41:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:41:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEC Now a Year Late on Crucial Transparency Rules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec-now-a-year-late-on-crucial-transparency-rules</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec-now-a-year-late-on-crucial-transparency-rules#When:13:48:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is the one-year anniversary of the deadline for the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue the final rules for Section 1504 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T13:48:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Dodging Jeopardizes Society at Home and Abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad#When:13:11:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Highways, schools and law enforcement. Firefighters, courts and national security. These are just some of the many, essential public services that are funded by our tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T13:11:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control#When:11:11:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T11:11:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two cases where a will to act is lacking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking#When:17:03:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harry Blaney responds to two items published in the Financial Times about the future of Syria and of the future of Europe]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[National Security Project, Middle East, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:03:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out#When:14:43:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T14:43:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: RE: Tax Me If You Can]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-editor-tax-me-if-you-can</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-editor-tax-me-if-you-can#When:15:00:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[James B. Stewart does such an entertaining job of illustrating the effort many of New York’s richest non-residents put into avoiding city taxes that a reader might be excused for cheering them along, just as I did with Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the similarly named movie]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-09T15:00:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Flying Under the Radar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar#When:10:24:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Sotol Story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story#When:00:14:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry explores the story of sotol, a classic Mexican liquor, on a trip to the U.S. - Mexican borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T00:14:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Industry Scare Tactics Won’t Create Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs#When:17:03:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As indicated by the recent rollout of the House Republican budget strategy, the gloves are off in the battle to define the country’s spending priorities in the run-up to the November elections]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-29T17:03:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney&#8217;s Foreign Policy Fantasies: &#8220;Breathtaking Weakness?&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies#When:16:31:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a blog post at the web site of Foreign Policy magazine, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney attempts to paint the Obama administration as "soft" on Russia, and on security issues more broadly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-28T16:31:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMPACT Speaker - Raymond Baker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker#When:17:57:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker addresses Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff, discussing the flow of money across international borders]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T17:57:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predators on the Border, Hawks Across the Border and a Homeland of Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones#When:18:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones are proliferating. First, the Pentagon joined with military contractors to breed fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as airborne drones are formally called]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:02:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Republican Plan: Throw Money at the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon#When:17:38:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Washington debates about how to reduce the U.S. budget deficit, one agency is trying to get a free ride: the Pentagon. The arms lobby has been running a fear campaign designed to stave off cuts in military spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:38:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency#When:17:45:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-16T17:45:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity#When:21:29:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Honduras on March 6 with a double mission: to quell talk of drug legalization and reinforce the U.S.-sponsored drug war in Central America, and to bolster the presidency of Porfirio Lobo]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T21:29:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Is Securing the Texas Border? How Private Contractors Mislead the Public, Then Get Rich Off Taxp]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border#When:16:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Roy “Mac” Sikes wasn’t wearing a white 10-gallon like the other top Texas Rangers attending the 2010 Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition meeting in El Paso. Mac, as the Texas Rangers and sheriffs call him, was going hatless. But that may have been because it’s not entirely clear which hat Mac should have been wearing – ranger, cop, or consultant? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-12T16:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Doing Biden’s Bidding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding#When:14:27:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-06T14:27:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Genocide on Trial in Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala#When:12:26:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Victims and human rights activists cheered when, on January 26, a Guatemalan court charged Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt with genocide and crimes against humanity. The decision to bring the 85-year-old former dictator to trial is the latest stage in a long odyssey, stretching back to the early 1980s, when Guatemala experienced the bloodiest repression of its thirty-six-year civil war.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:26:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Announces Backing for Maldives Junta That Ousted Climate Hero Mohamed Nasheed in Coup d’Etat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-announces-backing-maldives-junta</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-announces-backing-maldives-junta#When:15:07:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has announced its support for the junta that ousted democratically elected Maldives president and climate hero Mohamed Nasheed in a military coup.
Even though President Nasheed was apparently forced to resign at gunpoint, the State Department has continued to address the coup-makers as the “legitimate government”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T15:07:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Oil Exporting Countries Need Transparency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-oil-exporting-countries-need-transparency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-oil-exporting-countries-need-transparency#When:22:58:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Corruption and secrecy in the oil, gas and mining industries takes a serious toll on developing and emerging economies. It negatively affects human rights, governance, global development and security. A provision of the new Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation shines a light on the deals that oil, gas and mining companies make with foreign governments, however oil executives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T22:58:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Reform Can Fuel Economic Revival]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival#When:14:01:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 13 the Obama administration will release the full details of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. Advocates of higher military spending are already spreading cries of alarm]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-10T14:01:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vietnam and Afghanistan: The more things change&#8230;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/vietnam-and-afghanistan-more-things-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/vietnam-and-afghanistan-more-things-change#When:13:37:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[  Two lengthy and devastating wars separated by three decades.   One fought in the jungles of Vietnam and one in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T13:37:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lieutenant-colonel-davis-death-deception-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lieutenant-colonel-davis-death-deception-afghanistan#When:10:19:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In late December, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta assured Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) that the United States was "making undeniable progress" in its war in Afghanistan and that a congressionally mandated, independent assessment of the war was "not necessary." However, recent media reports of internal Department of Defense and Intelligence Community assessments of the war contradict, again, claims of progress]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-06T10:19:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nukes for the Troops? - The Absurdity of Uncritical Support for the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon#When:13:04:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought there were enough arms industry front groups pushing for higher Pentagon spending, there's a new kid on the block: the Coalition for a Common Defense]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T13:04:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Bonanza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza#When:14:31:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Antelope Wells is the place to go if you want to see the Obama administration's economic stimulus package at work. Three years after the administration launched the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the stimulus funds committed to Hidalgo County are still working. But some may question whether the investment in this tiny, unincorporated dot on the map — where the population apparently totals two people living in trailers — is the best use of tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-31T14:31:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War’s Invisible Victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims#When:15:07:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many kinds of war. The classic image of a uniformed soldier kissing mom good-bye to risk his life on the battlefield has changed dramatically. In today’s wars, it’s more likely that mom will be the one killed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T15:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Fantastic&#8221; Drone Technology Comes to Rescue on the Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border#When:16:21:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Candice Miller, the Republican chair of the House Border and Marine Security Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, is effusive in her praise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), referring to the drones at a March 15, 2011, hearing on Capitol Hill as "fantastic technology" that have proved "incredibly, incredibly successful in theater." As the new chair of the subcommittee that oversees the air operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Miller has become one of the leading Congressional advocates of increased domestic drone deployment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:21:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Missed Opportunity on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense#When:16:01:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration's defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6, is under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naive and dangerous, while numerous independent experts have rightly criticized the plan for being too timid  in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-23T16:01:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Curve and the Conjuncture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture#When:15:52:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the United States has led the way in drone proliferation, Americans are not alone in addressing the issues and challenges associated with the new weapons, surveillance, and intelligence systems. This Cato Unbound forum is stirring “strong passions” and “vigorous debate” about the morality and strategic value of drones—passions and debate that Cortright contends are already spreading in America]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T15:52:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney&#8217;s Bermuda (tax) Holiday]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday#When:12:11:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney’s direction of Bain Capital’s tax avoidance activities now threaten to become a major campaign issue. But how questionable are his actions? We need to ask: “What would I do if I could legally avoid paying income tax?”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T12:11:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Proliferation: Other Chapters and Other Challenges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges#When:15:47:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the “accelerating use of drone weapons has opened a new chapter in the history of warfare,” as David Cortright contends in “License to Kill.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-17T15:47:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Government Agencies Falsely Report Meaningless Deportations and Drug Seizures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation#When:15:22:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S. borders in the hunt for unauthorized immigrants and illegal drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:22:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Obama Defense Plan: Roadmap for Continuing Global Hegemony]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony#When:12:41:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration’s defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6th, is already under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naïve and dangerous. Independent experts such as Russell Rumbaugh of the Washington, DC-based Stimson Center have criticized the plan for being too timid in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T12:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Plans for Big Cuts in Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending#When:16:27:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: “A Shrinking Military Budget May Take Neighbors With It” (“The Next War” series, front page, Jan. 7) overstates the importance of Pentagon]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Afghanistan Study Group, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-12T16:27:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government, Big Fence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence#When:17:31:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Time has worn down embossed lettering on the bronze plaque on the 6-ft. obelisk marking the U.S.-Mexico border. My friend and I had stopped to look at the boundary monument, and were trying to decipher the lettering]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T17:31:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Outflows, Not Aid, Must Be Curtailed to Fight Poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty#When:12:43:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We learned some devastating news last month. A new study from Global Financial Integrity revealed that despite the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008, the developing world still suffered nearly $1 trillion in illicit financial outflows in 2009]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T12:43:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Readers Respond to Leaner Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending#When:00:52:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If The Post is going to use President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s maxims to challenge President Obama’s “strategic guidance” on defense spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-08T00:52:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Make tax evasion criminal offence, push for other reforms to combat black money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo#When:17:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is encouraging to see the zealous enthusiasm that has surfaced in India over the past few years on eliminating black money or illicit financial flows. While many other countries are taking modest steps to curtail illicit flows, India has gone ahead to make the issue one of pressing national importance. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T17:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Military Strategy Review: Seeking Real Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform#When:17:10:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning the Obama administration will present the findings of its latest national security strategy review. The review has been undertaken with an eye towards scaling back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the defense of the country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-04T17:10:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bush/Obama War Against Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth#When:15:41:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Pvt. Bradley Manning appeared in a military courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland, last week, it was his first public appearance in more than 19 months. Manning has been held without trial for the past year and a half; only now is a hearing being conducted to determine if there is sufficient evidence to refer his case to a general court martial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T15:41:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War Transformed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed#When:01:11:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is a terrorist insurgency,” says Connie Mack, the Republican who chairs the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mack, who introduced the Enhanced Border Security Act in mid-December, believes that the Merida Initiative has failed and that the administration needs to revamp the counterdrug assistance program to include a “counterinsurgency plan"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T01:11:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Should We Care About Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico#When:16:15:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The cold, hard numbers of the poor and the dead are familiar. Instead we are told that we should care—or rather, worry—about Mexico for a very different reason. The State Department, the Pentagon, the press and members of Congress tell us, with increasing shrillness]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:15:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence#When:15:13:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is facing a major human rights and humanitarian crisis. Fifty thousand people have been murdered in the war on drugs just since 2007. Thousands more have been displaced, orphaned and forcibly disappeared]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:13:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALERT: Spate of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders and Activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists#When:15:54:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexican human rights defenders have been under attack over the past weeks. The murders of Nepomuceno Moreno of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), whose son was forcibly disappeared apparently by government security forces in Sonora]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Asia Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-13T15:54:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones are Coming to a Theater Near You]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you#When:14:22:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, are coming.”  So says Candice Miller, the Republican congresswoman from northern Michigan borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-08T14:22:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiddling on Climate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate#When:15:33:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The image of Nero fiddling as Rome burned—albeit apocryphal-- has stuck as the metaphor for willfully irresponsible government.  Government representatives, gathered at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, have been fiddling for the past week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-07T15:33:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Obama&#8217;s Other Wars - on Immigrants and Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs#When:14:16:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama came to office promising immigration reform in his first term. As a candidate and as president, Obama also made it clear that he stood firmly in supporting the “rule of law,” even if the law was overdue for reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T14:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Decade of Mistakes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes#When:11:48:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Francesc Vendrell on the missed opportunities in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-03T11:48:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:13:53:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones play an increasing role in foreign wars, on the border, and in Congress]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T13:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Nuclear Options]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options#When:11:55:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: Michael O'Hanlon is right to target nuclear weapons projects for budget cuts. But there is more that can be done to save money in this area without compromising our security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:55:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stay Tuned: New Ad Calls for Debate on Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons#When:11:36:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the first Republican presidential debate on national security issues, held on November 12th, the closest the Republican candidates came to holding a discussion on nuclear weapons]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:36:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms and the Super Committee]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee#When:18:01:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Congressional super committee moves towards its deadline for developing a deficit reduction plan, we need to make sure that its decisions reflect the national interest, not special interests]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-18T18:01:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense spending on the chopping block]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block#When:09:29:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung's letter to the editor: Automatic cuts to military spending are not an ideal approach because they interfere with rational planning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T09:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunday Dialogue: Ideas for Cutting Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending#When:11:50:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Korb cites key areas of the defense budget that could be cut or eliminated, but he doesn’t go far enough.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T11:50:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense budget alarmism necessitates journalistic skepticism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism#When:15:58:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense expert Bill Hartung offers ways to put the Pentagon's cries of poverty into a little context]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T15:58:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Return of States&#8217; Rights]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights#When:14:19:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry rose from dirt-poor origins on the desolate plains of northern West Texas to become the state’s longest-serving governor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T14:19:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Warriors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors#When:11:08:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As a border state, New Mexico has been blessedly free of the anti-immigrant vigilantism and the ranting of border hawks that have agitated Texas and Arizona]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-01T11:08:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms Industry Job Claims: Don&#8217;t Be Scared, Be Skeptical]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung#When:15:41:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Military spending should not be seen as a jobs program. To paraphrase President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we should spend everything]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-26T15:41:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NAFTA Is Starving Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico#When:12:29:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) became the law of the land, millions of Mexicans have joined the ranks of the hungry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T12:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rick Perry Is Just Fine with &#8220;Big Government&#8221; When It Gives Him the Power to Crack Down on Immigrant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down#When:11:39:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More than other border hawks, Rick Perry has infused border security with a populist rage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:39:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jack Hanna Defends Wildlife Slaughter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jack-hanna-defends-wildlife-slaughter</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jack-hanna-defends-wildlife-slaughter#When:12:14:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Late last night, sheriffs' deputies in Muskingum County, Ohio responded to reported sightings of tigers, lions and bears by descending on]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-19T12:14:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cockamamie Iran-Mexico Terrorist Plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Oct. 12 the New York Times, USA Today and other papers ran front-page stories about the discovery of a plot by Iranians allegedly associated with the Quds Revolutionary Forces of the government to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. by hiring the Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, to do the job]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Misleading Job Claims Cloud Defense Spending Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/misleading-job-claims-cloud-defense-spending-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/misleading-job-claims-cloud-defense-spending-debate#When:15:22:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Boeing Corporation Vice-President James Albaugh, and House Armed Services Committee Chair Howard P. “Buck” McKeon have something in common: they are all arguing that scaling back the Pentagon’s spending plans will cost large numbers of jobs. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-06T15:22:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CNAS Report Underscores Need for a New Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cnas-report-underscores-need-for-a-new-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cnas-report-underscores-need-for-a-new-strategy#When:10:46:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) summarizes its new report on defense spending as follows: “U.S. Global Engagement Strategy at Risk If Defense Cuts Exceed $550 Billion Over Ten Years.”  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-06T10:46:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness: Raymond Baker attacks world&#8217;s &#8220;shadow&#8221; financial system]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system#When:11:34:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, speaking at a Christian Aid campaigning event in Manchester, said the world's "shadow" financial system of illicit deals was costing the developing world an estimated $1.2 trillion a year. He said this was the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-01T11:34:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness: Raymond Baker attacks world&#8217;s &#8220;shadow&#8221; financial system (full)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system-full</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system-full#When:11:34:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, speaking at a Christian Aid campaigning event in Manchester, said the world's "shadow" financial system of illicit deals was costing the developing world an estimated $1.2 trillion a year. He said this was the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-01T11:34:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government Breaks Bad in Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war#When:16:26:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry and the other Republican presidential candidates are right. Americans are fed up, as Perry writes in his book Fed Up!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-30T16:26:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guitar Antihero: How Gibson Guitars made illegal logging a conservative cause celebre]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-gibson-guitars-made-illegal-logging-conservative-cause</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-gibson-guitars-made-illegal-logging-conservative-cause#When:17:18:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you've tuned into any of the major jobs speeches recently or the conservative media's political coverage surrounding them, you've heard about newly minted Tea Party hero, Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T17:18:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Unaccountable Private Contractors Pocket Your Tax Dollars Militarizing the Texas Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border#When:15:11:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heavy on outsourcing and lacking documented success, the "Texas model"of border security's features are not original, but borrowed directly from the DHS or the military.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T15:11:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Security After 9/11: Ten Years of Waste, Immigrant Crackdowns, and New Drug Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years#When:10:02:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the term "border security" was rarely used. Today, however, it is both a fundamental goal of US domestic security and the defining paradigm for border operations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-11T10:02:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ground Zero in the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war#When:10:11:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Arizona and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands are the “ground zero in the war on drugs.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-09T10:11:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drug War Madness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness#When:16:15:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1936, a church group commissioned a film to strike fear in the hearts of young people tempted to smoke marijuana. The film portrayed the supposed dangers of marijuana in wildly exaggerated scenes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T16:15:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Failure of Vision US Drug War Turns to International Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat#When:10:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, released in late July by the White House, offers the strategic context for the increasing rhetorical focus of the Obama administration on “transnational crime,” “transnational threats,” and “transnational criminal organizations.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T10:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Davids: The WPost’s Ignatius, Broder Compete For Biggest CIA Apologist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-broder-compete-for-biggest-cia-apologist</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-broder-compete-for-biggest-cia-apologist#When:13:00:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[David Broder, the senior op-ed writer at the Washington Post, has joined his colleagues (Fred Hiatt, David Ignatius, and Richard Cohen) in condemning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-03T13:00:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Think Tank Behind Rick Perry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/think-tank-behind-rick-perry</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/think-tank-behind-rick-perry#When:10:21:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Rick Perry goes to Washington, it's likely that he will bring with him the conservative policies and principles of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-01T10:21:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Everything You’ve Heard About the Tar Sands and Energy Security is Wrong]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/everything-youve-heard-about-tar-sands-energy-security-wrong</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/everything-youve-heard-about-tar-sands-energy-security-wrong#When:11:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If there’s a single idea that the oil industry has peddled to persuade the Obama administration to approve the controversial Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline, it’s this: Tar-sands oil might be more polluting than even dirty old regular oil, but it’s better to get our energy from our ally Canada than from unstable oil suppliers in the Middle East or elsewhere]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-29T11:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Do We End America’s Longest War?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-we-end-americas-longest-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-we-end-americas-longest-war#When:11:52:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Hoh will discuss the current conditions in Afghanistan, the impact of President Obama’s withdrawal of U.S. forces over the next year and alternative options for the U.S. and international communities. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-26T11:52:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Motivations Are Plain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/motivations-are-plain1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/motivations-are-plain1#When:11:29:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen months ago, President Bush proclaimed a "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. When that proved to be a mirage, he then promised Iraq "full sovereignty" on June 30.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-24T11:29:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Neocons In High Dungeon Over European Missile Shield]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-in-high-dungeon-over-european-missile-shield</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-in-high-dungeon-over-european-missile-shield#When:17:05:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past several months, the editorial and oped writers of the Washington Post have railed against Russia as expansionist and assertive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-23T17:05:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking Sunlight: The End Tax Haven Abuse Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-sunlight-the-end-tax-haven-abuse-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-sunlight-the-end-tax-haven-abuse-act#When:11:24:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Almost 100 years ago a Harvard-trained attorney by the name of Louis Brandeis wrote a series of articles in ‘Harper’s Weekly’ magazine which focused on the problems related to what was then referred to as the “money trust.” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-11T11:24:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hollow Arguments on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense#When:11:20:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Opponents of proposed reductions in the Pentagon's spending plans have increasingly settled on one frightening phrase to sum up their arguments: the danger of a "hollow military."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T11:20:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What If We Really Cut the Pentagon Budget?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget#When:11:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks. But it will take a lot more hard work to ensure that it is truly reduced as part of ongoing negotiations over the size and shape of the federal budget.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T11:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Simmering Discord in the Tribal Badlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/simmering-discord-in-the-tribal-badlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/simmering-discord-in-the-tribal-badlands#When:15:32:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The alarming growth of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Pashtun tribal region of northwest Pakistan and southern Afghanistan is usually attributed to the popularity of their messianic brand of Islam and to covert help from Pakistani intelligence agencies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-01T15:32:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Brightest Beacon: Reflections on the Tragedy in Norway]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-brightest-beacon-reflections-on-the-tragedy-in-norway</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-brightest-beacon-reflections-on-the-tragedy-in-norway#When:11:11:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On September 11, 2001, I was in London. The television images of massive destruction and certain death were no less real for being an ocean away]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-29T11:11:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Groups to Push Back on Attempt to Weaken FCPA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/groups-to-push-back-on-attempt-to-weaken-fcpa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/groups-to-push-back-on-attempt-to-weaken-fcpa#When:11:05:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A coalition of U.S.-based advocacy organizations will soon begin an international petition drive to preempt introduction of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would water-down the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-21T11:05:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Change Course in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-course-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-course-in-afghanistan#When:10:53:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, President Obama outlined his strategy for Afghanistan, which included a drawdown of 10,000 troops by the end of this year and an additional 23,000 by the end of next year. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T10:53:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking Defensive Savings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings#When:13:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The president’s proposed reduction of $400 billion in Pentagon spending over a decade should not be referred to as a “cut"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T13:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop Aiding Human Rights Abusers in Bahrain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain#When:13:17:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While Congress has debated the merits and political legitimacy of the Obama administration's intervention in Libya, other Mideast democracy struggles have received far less scrutiny than they deserve.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-18T13:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Return of the Dinosaurs in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico#When:13:38:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The first question I get from the foreign press on these elections is: why would the Mexican people choose to return to a party known for authoritarian rule? It isn't a question I can answer completely, but here are a few considerations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:38:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements#When:13:52:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Reform Act Deserves Implementation Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now#When:13:48:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was an anti-corruption game-changer tucked into a historic, comprehensive piece of legislation aimed primarily at overhauling the nation's financial regulatory structure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:48:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The High Prices of Nukes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes#When:13:41:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As President Obama and Republicans in Congress go down to the wire in negotiations over a package of budget cuts that would clear the way for raising the debt ceiling, we shouldn't lose sight of one key source of reductions: military spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T13:41:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Relationship Could Not Have Been Cozier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/relationship-could-not-have-been-cozier</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/relationship-could-not-have-been-cozier#When:11:38:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is poetic justice (though a macabre form of poetry, to be sure). Just as President Bush and Vice President Cheney are assuring us that John Edwards must be a low-life because he's a lawyer, Ken Lay, their erstwhile closest buddy and associate, is indicted for crimes related to the Enron scandal.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T11:38:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prevention as the Best Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense#When:14:13:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama and key members of Congress have finally acknowledged that any deal on the deficit must include reductions in Pentagon spending. The figures being discussed are far too small, but the principle has been accepted.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:13:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[FCPA Under Attack as Court Case Concludes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes#When:14:09:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the UK Bribery Act went into effect this month the U.S. Congress, at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, considers whether to dilute the landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:09:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense Cuts Aren&#8217;t All That Deep]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep#When:14:04:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld misses the mark in "The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts" (op-ed, July 1). The $400 billion in cuts proposed by the president are far from deep.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:04:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Squeezing Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba#When:11:44:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to encouraging more open societies in other countries, one can usually accomplish more by setting an example of adherence to democratic principles and of respect for human rights than by dictating rules for others to follow.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T11:44:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217; Disappointing Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy#When:14:36:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about the "military-industrial complex," it is time to address the "undue influence" of the Pentagon and the "misplaced power" of the military-congressional lobby.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:36:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How America just lost 1 million green(ish) jobs to Europe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe#When:14:26:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most underplayed economic story of the week: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus "trounced" the traditional U.S. behemoth Boeing at the Paris Air Show, booking a record $50 billion more in orders for new planes. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:26:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should US Quicken Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan#When:14:20:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Barack Obama ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:20:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal#When:14:41:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-awaited announcement of atroop drawdown in Afghanistan was in part driven by budgetary ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-28T14:41:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Has Obama Lost Environmental Voters?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters#When:14:57:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Al Gore’s Rolling Stone critique of President Obama’s failure to act on the climate crisis is further evidence of ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:57:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: A Tough Act to Follow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow#When:14:51:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA director Leon Panetta soon will become secretary of defense, taking over Washington's largest and most powerful bureaucracy with a budget that amounts to nearly 60 percent of discretionary federal spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:51:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Plan Has Not Worked in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan#When:15:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Obama promised ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush And The U.S. Descent Into Torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-us-descent-into-torture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-us-descent-into-torture#When:11:50:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not in memory has the image of the United States been so stained in the eyes of the world. Now, when most people think of our invasion of Iraq, they think not of happy liberated people, but of that hooded Iraqi prisoner with electrodes hooked to his fingers and penis.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-19T11:50:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Jonathan&#8217;s meeting with Obama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama#When:15:16:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in Nigerian history a southern minority was declared the President, in the April 2011 elections. In ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:16:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Number One - In Weapons Trafficking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking#When:15:09:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My colleague Jeff Abramson of the Arms Control Association calls it the Obama arms bazaar -- tens of billions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memo to White House: Closing coal plants is a good thing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing#When:15:20:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration announced the latest in a series of delays on rules that would cut pollution from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog#When:15:25:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the worst days of the cold war, the United States and the Soviet Union learned that their third-world clients ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-14T15:25:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement#When:15:34:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At last Thursday's confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta's nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:34:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyl Gone Wild]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild#When:15:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is a long-time opponent of efforts to reduce global nuclear arsenals. Kyl has rarely met a]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Finally, a Legitimate Nigerian Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election#When:15:28:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the vast majority of Nigeria’s 73 million voters, cynicism and resignation are the trademarks of Nigerian politics]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:28:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corporate Corruption: The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak#When:15:42:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two recently published surveys on corporate corruption indicate that while progress is being made toward a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:42:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Measuring Quick Sand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand#When:15:39:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Autumn of 2006, in the western part of Iraq's Anbar Province, US Marine and Army units were taking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:39:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of War Hit Home Politically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically#When:15:45:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Independent Institute has released a timely report on the costs of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-04T15:45:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in Mideast Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade#When:15:48:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama’s evolving policy towards the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa has one glaring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T15:48:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[For Gaddafi, a Home in St. Helena]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena#When:15:54:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam, who certainly belong in The Hague — but at what cost?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-02T15:54:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Corruption Views: Suspicious Activity Reports &amp; Activity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity#When:15:56:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate will on Thursday debate the pros and cons of extending key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-26T15:56:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Horror and Hope Meet Hand in Hand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand#When:16:15:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:15:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strangelove Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again#When:16:10:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the messages of Stanley Kubrick's anti-nuclear classic Dr. Strangelove is that policy makers can become ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:10:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates&#8217; Swan Song: Rhetoric Vs. Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality#When:16:04:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gates, who often talks a good game when it comes to disciplining defense spending, overstated his accomplishments in this realm while understating what needs to be done to get runaway military spending under control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:04:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian HR Defenders Endure Threats, Attacks, Harassment and Illgeal Surveil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment#When:16:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Santos Administration must not only embrace the language of human rights, but also take effective action to guarantee the legitimate work of human rights defenders, essential for freedom of expression and a thriving democratic society]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-23T16:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Envoy Mitchell Sent on Israeli Task that Proved Impossible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible#When:16:18:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's "Special Envoy on Middle East Peace," former Sen. George W. Mitchell, has resigned]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-19T16:18:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Benazir Bhutto Knew About Bin Laden]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden#When:16:33:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto was a friend of mine. I met her in the 1980s, when I was serving on the House Foreign Affairs ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-13T16:33:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Texas, Obama Faces Test on Border-Wall Promise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise#When:16:44:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico. Although ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:44:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Operation Fast and Furious Threatens Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal#When:16:51:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels – overseen by US government agents – threatens ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-09T16:51:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tortured Logic, Continued]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued#When:16:54:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration got Osama bin Laden through a combination of persistent intelligence gathering, extensive ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-06T16:54:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts Censor Facebook Criticism of Palm Oil Cookies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies#When:16:57:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking for a lesson of how not to respond to green consumer demand in the internet age? Check out Girl Scouts USA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-05T16:57:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Encroachment Infuriates, Radicalizes Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis#When:17:04:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bin Laden raid is just the latest unilateral encroachment on Pakistani territory. Reports of official pushback are ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T17:04:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now That We&#8217;ve Killed Bin Laden, Let&#8217;s Kill Oil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil#When:10:54:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. military's success in finding and killing Osama bin Laden is a gigantic victory in the war against terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T10:54:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blame Italy for Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya#When:11:12:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bombs will no doubt still be dropping next year when Libya marks the passing of a century since its ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:12:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? You&#8217;ll LOVE this!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this#When:11:04:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then you’ll love what Senator John McCain and Congressman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistani Terrorists Eye U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us#When:11:20:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current crisis between Pakistan and the United States centers on one key little-discussed issue: Will Islamabad disarm its most formidable Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) which staged the 2008 attack on Mumbai and now openly threatens to carry its jihad to America?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T11:20:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Solidarity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity#When:11:33:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In our work, our travels, our crossborder families and friendships, we learn to transit between languages, cultures and contexts to support something deeply human–the will to assert life in the face of violence and brutality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:33:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Obama Snuffleupagus?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus#When:11:23:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the Power Shift 2011 climate youth conference, no one expects President Obama to show. If he did, he'd probably get booed by activists angry about his tightening embrace of the oil, coal, gas, and nuclear industries.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Playing Nice with North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea#When:11:56:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea can make concessions to a visiting ex-president without losing face. This was dramatically illustrated ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-15T11:56:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Funding Nuclear Security: Finding the Money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money#When:12:02:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A year ago this week, the Obama administration brought together 47 world leaders in Washington - the largest ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T12:02:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Budget Plan: A Scorecard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard#When:11:58:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your article about President Obama’s 12-year deficit reduction plan says that it will cut military spending by $400 bil]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T11:58:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons and the Libyan Intervention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention#When:13:42:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he faces the US-NATO onslaught in the weeks ahead, will Muammar Qaddafi conclude that he made a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T13:42:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Endangered Wolves Sacrificed in Budget Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal#When:12:12:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama stood firm against Republican attempts to repeal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T12:12:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libyan Intervention Started a Dialogue About Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending#When:13:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T13:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Heritage of Exaggeration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration#When:14:40:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there they go again. Even as the key players in the budget debate, from Pres]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-06T14:40:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Costliest War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war#When:14:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-05T14:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Environmentalists Stand up to Obama, Win Big]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big#When:15:00:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under intense pressure from green groups and their members, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-01T15:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[White House Insisting on Clean Air, Clean Water Rollbacks to Pass Budget]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback#When:15:10:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that the White House is insisting to congressional Democrats that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-30T15:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Averting an Indo-Pak Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster#When:15:16:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[January 1989. That was the brief interlude of hope when Benazir Bhutto and Rajiv Gandhi, the then-Prime ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-24T15:16:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Massive Coal Mining Expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion#When:15:34:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday an enormous expansion in coal mining that threatens to increase U.S. climate pollution by an amount equivalent to more than half of what the United States currently emits in a year]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:34:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons in Japan? Not in the Wake of Tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy#When:15:29:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important consequences of the tsunami tragedy in Japan has received no attention. Japan's ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:29:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[#Winning in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan#When:16:40:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus is in Washington, D.C., this week and, as expected, we are hearing claims of success ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:40:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Chinese Cozy Up to the Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis#When:10:10:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[China’s expanding reach is a natural and acceptable accompaniment of its growing power—but only up to a point.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T10:10:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Policy Props Up Cuba&#8217;s Autocracy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-policy-props-up-cubas-autocracy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-policy-props-up-cubas-autocracy#When:10:07:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Cuba's conviction of Alan Gross for subversive activities underscores the absurdity of U.S. policy toward the island.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T10:07:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Two 15-year-old Girl Scouts Changed Kellog&#8217;s]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs#When:10:13:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Kellogg’s announced this week that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-14T10:13:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: USIP: Worth having, Worth Funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding#When:15:26:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Colman McCarthy would like to make the U.S. Institute of Peace more effective, he should initiate a campaign ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-13T15:26:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zardari&#8217;s Courage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zardaris-courage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zardaris-courage#When:12:50:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To promote a détente, the U.S.should support Pakistan's embattled president, Asif Ali Zardari, in his escalating struggle with the generals in Islamabad over the terms of peace with New Delhi.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-05T12:50:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Futile Message to Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang#When:08:36:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[South Korea's air force has been dropping balloons with leaflets into North Korea describing the struggle to oust ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-04T08:36:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America Builds Pashtunistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan#When:08:40:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pressures to stop drone attacks on suspected terrorist hideouts in the tribal border regions of Pakistan focus properly ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-28T08:40:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fire Lt General Caldwell Now &amp; End &#8220;Psy-Ops&#8221; Against Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress#When:08:55:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-25T08:55:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[General Engaged in &#8216;Psy-Ops&#8217; Against Senators Should Be Fired Immediately]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme#When:07:52:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-24T07:52:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Principled&#8221; Hawks Risk North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea#When:08:58:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With North Korea facing an acute food shortage, the United States should offer a long-term food aid commitment to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:58:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Case Against Luis Posada Carriles Takes Welcome Turn]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn#When:09:00:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Astonishing! And just when many of us were convinced that the trial of Luis Posada Carriles was simply a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-22T09:00:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are Girl Scout Cookies Killing Orangutans?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans#When:09:05:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's Girl Scout cookie season, but Michigan scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva are finding other ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T09:05:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memorial to Purposelessness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness#When:09:09:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the one-year anniversary of the US military offensive into Marjah in Helmand Province in southern]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T09:09:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesian Oil Giant Promises Zero Deforestation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation#When:09:25:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T09:25:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selling the Forests that Saved Britain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain#When:08:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England’s national ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T08:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why America&#8217;s Sputnik Moment Should Include Trees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week the President unveiled his “Strategy for American Innovation” which details his approach to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drugs, Guns and Gold]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold#When:10:24:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rumors spread today about the potential departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but just last week, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:24:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Shouldn&#8217;t Interfere with man&#8217;s trial in Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-shouldnt-interfere-with-mans-trial-in-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-shouldnt-interfere-with-mans-trial-in-pakistan#When:10:36:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A pistol-packin' private American security contractor on a motorcycle kills two Pakistani civilians allegedly attempting ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-08T10:36:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Chinese Civil War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-chinese-civil-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-chinese-civil-war#When:12:08:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When China recently unveiled a radar-evading stealth fighter jet and an anti-ship ballistic missile that could hit US aircraft carriers, a century of U.S. military dominance in the Pacific ended.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-07T12:08:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget for Rainforests Puts Obama&#8217;s $1 Billion Pledge At Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk#When:09:18:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both President Obama’s proposed budget and especially House Republican proposals fall significantly short of the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-06T09:18:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Baluchistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan#When:09:07:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Islamist nightmare envelops Pakistan, the Obama administration ponders what the United States should do. But the bitter reality is that the United States is already doing too much in Pakistan. It is the American shadow everywhere, the Pakistani feeling of being smothered by the U.S. embrace, that gives the Islamists their principal rallying cry.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-01T09:07:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Lead Latin America&#8217;s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements#When:09:11:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After hopes of a something closer to FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy of (relative) non-intervention, we find ourselves facing a new wave of militarization in Latin America–supported and promoted by the Obama administration.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-25T09:11:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mumbai&#8217;s American dead continue to go unavenged]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged#When:09:58:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the days of the Barbary pirates, the infant U.S. Navy swiftly avenged attacks on American lives and property. But after six Americans were among the more than 160 killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, America's leaders wrung their hands and did nothing.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-21T09:58:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Murdered Women of Juarez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez#When:10:12:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump -- 39 pieces of charred bone.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ike&#8217;s Warning Resonates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates#When:10:41:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[50 years later, Obama should learn Eisenhower's lesson about the military-industrial complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-17T10:41:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter from A Serviceman in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-from-a-serviceman-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-from-a-serviceman-in-afghanistan#When:10:50:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The below is an email I received last week from a friend of mine in the Army on his second combat deployment to Afghanistan. In addition to his two Afghan deployments, he has fought for our country in both Iraq wars.
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-12T10:50:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In 2011 Remember the Wounded]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-2011-remember-the-wounded</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-2011-remember-the-wounded#When:11:01:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the numbers of Americans killed in service in Afghanistan are often reported, the numbers of the wounded are under-reported
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-06T11:01:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China&#8217;s North Korean Calculations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations#When:10:12:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When President Obama hosts the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, in Washington later this month, North Korea is certain to be high on the agenda. But as in the past, Beijing is likely to use its leverage with Pyongyang only if a major war threatens.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-06T10:12:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Perhaps a Good Step in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perhaps-a-good-step-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perhaps-a-good-step-in-afghanistan#When:10:59:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At this time details are limited, so it is impossible to know the particulars or the underpinnings of the deal, but there are a few reasons to be optimistic.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-05T10:59:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drawing a Line in the Water]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drawing-a-line-in-the-water</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drawing-a-line-in-the-water#When:08:55:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[THE crisis in the Yellow Sea, which was set off by the North Korean shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island last month, is probably mystifying to many Americans. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-12T08:55:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia, the Saudi Arabia of Obstruction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bolivia-the-saudi-arabia-of-obstruction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bolivia-the-saudi-arabia-of-obstruction#When:21:15:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The delegates at Cancun have approved a deal that makes important progress on forest protection, clean technology, adapting to global warming, measurement ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-10T21:15:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona&#8217;s Immigration Debate Gets Dirtier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arizonas-immigration-debate-gets-dirtier</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arizonas-immigration-debate-gets-dirtier#When:13:09:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arizona backlash story needs to be told.  Arizona is a social and economic cauldron. The state’s unusual demographics, boom-bust conditions, and home-grown 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-10T13:09:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Climactic in Cancun]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti-climactic-in-cancun</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti-climactic-in-cancun#When:11:32:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic. There will be no major agreement to stop global warming this week
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T11:32:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce Attempt to Weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chamber-of-commerce-attempt-to-weaken-the-foreign-corrupt-practices-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chamber-of-commerce-attempt-to-weaken-the-foreign-corrupt-practices-act#When:10:07:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Passed in 1977, the FCPA was a response to eroded public trust in government following the Watergate scandal and the admission by Lockheed and some 400 other American companies that bribery to foreign officials was a commonplace practice in international commerce.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T10:07:51+00:00</dc:date>
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