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    <title><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgresearch/commentary</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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 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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[#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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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.
]]></description>
      <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[CIA Dodges Guilt for Peru Tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-dodges-guilt-for-peru-tragedy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-dodges-guilt-for-peru-tragedy#When:12:05:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In this guest essay, former CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman recounts another example of how senior CIA officials dodged accountability for a trigger-happy program]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-04T12:05:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta and Obama Gut CIA Oversight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-and-obama-gut-cia-oversight</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-and-obama-gut-cia-oversight#When:15:57:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and CIA Director Leon Panetta have managed to accomplish what the Bush administration and three CIA directors failed to do over a five-year period ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-29T15:57:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[It is Much Easier to Proclaim Progress than Conduct Oversight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/much-easier-to-proclaim-progress-than-conduct-oversight</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/much-easier-to-proclaim-progress-than-conduct-oversight#When:21:46:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When we launched the Afghanistan Study Group project and presented our first report in September, I read the following quote from one of America's commanding generals ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-23T21:46:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selig S Harrison: US Role and Indo-Pak Ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-s-harrison-us-role-and-indo-pak-ties</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-s-harrison-us-role-and-indo-pak-ties#When:14:46:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Obama Mission: Billions to Pakistan, Billions From India” — This screaming headline in the Times of India ahead of President Obama’s visit to New Delhi explains why]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-11T14:46:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Veterans&#8217; Trust Fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-veterans-trust-fund</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-veterans-trust-fund#When:08:17:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What are you doing on Veterans Day? Taking the day off? Sleeping in? Catching a parade? Going shopping? How about taking five minutes to make a difference in the lives 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-11T08:17:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Still in Afghanistan in 2014? Obama Say it Ain&#8217;t So!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-still-in-afghanistan-2014-obama-say-it-aint-so</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-still-in-afghanistan-2014-obama-say-it-aint-so#When:20:42:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If the administration decides to continue the current strategy through 2014, it would directly contradict President Obama's own directive, which states that there should be an "accelerated transition to Afghan authorities beginning in July 2011" ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-10T20:42:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support, Don’t Promote, Democracy Abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-dont-promote-democracy-abroad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-dont-promote-democracy-abroad#When:14:49:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debate rages over what and how much world leaders and other senior officials should and should not say in public about the actions and policies of countries other]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-10T14:49:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wartime Interagency Collaboration: A Tale of Two Articles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wartime-interagency-collaboration-a-tale-of-two-articles</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wartime-interagency-collaboration-a-tale-of-two-articles#When:18:51:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[From November 2002 to April 2004 I was the junior Marine officer on the personal staff of the Secretary of the Navy. My duties primarily related to correspondence]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-09T18:51:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Divides U.S. and India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistan-divides-us-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistan-divides-us-india#When:09:09:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Obama Mission: Billions to Pakistan, Billions From India" — This screaming headline in the Times of India ahead of President Obama's visit to New Delhi explains why a quiet crisis is developing in what seems, on the surface, to be an increasingly promising relationship between the world's two largest democracies.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-08T09:09:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[110 Months in Afghanistan: How Do You Say Hubris in Russian?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-you-say-hubris-in-russian</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-you-say-hubris-in-russian#When:08:12:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a few weeks the US will mark its 110th month of combat operations in Afghanistan -- the same length of time as the Soviet Union's own military presence in that country.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-08T08:12:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Midterms and the Role of Domestic Politics in Foreign Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/midterms-and-role-of-domestic-politics-in-foreign-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/midterms-and-role-of-domestic-politics-in-foreign-policy#When:01:51:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[By the time this is posted the polls for America's 2010 midterm elections will have closed. This year's midterm elections bore many similarities to our nation's last midterm ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-03T01:51:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reconciliation and Women&#8217;s Rights in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reconciliation-and-womens-rights-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reconciliation-and-womens-rights-in-afghanistan#When:12:42:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure last week of being interviewed alongside noted author and human rights advocate Ann Jones. The conversation focused on the reports of negotiations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T12:42:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cautious Optimism for Talks in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cautious-optimism-for-talks-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cautious-optimism-for-talks-in-afghanistan#When:12:02:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday's reports by the New York Times and the Associated Press provide a few reasons for cautious optimism that US policy may be shifting towards a more sensible]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-21T12:02:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence in Four US Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-uses-and-misuses-of-intelligence-in-four-us-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-uses-and-misuses-of-intelligence-in-four-us-wars#When:17:17:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Harry S. Truman created the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947 to ensure that the policy community would have access to independent intelligence analysis ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-15T17:17:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Faces of Reform in North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-new-faces-of-reform-in-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-new-faces-of-reform-in-north-korea#When:17:23:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[KIM JONG-IL’S bold moves to strengthen his grip on the Workers Party, the Army, and the bureaucracy in North Korea mark an important victory for the advocates of economic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-13T17:23:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bob Woodward&#8217;s &#8220;Obama&#8217;s Wars&#8221; and the Importance of Reportage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-wars-and-importance-of-reportage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-wars-and-importance-of-reportage#When:12:41:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars" offers a disturbing account of President Barack Obama's lack of leadership and the flawed decision-making practices of his national security team.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-06T12:41:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Inside Look at the Afghan Debacle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-inside-look-at-afghan-debacle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-inside-look-at-afghan-debacle#When:13:00:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Woodward never explicitly says so, he makes a strong case that President Obama has redefined and expanded a war that neither he nor his leading advisers believe ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-05T13:00:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Stabilize Chinese Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations#When:12:25:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As fears of a prolonged recession grow, so does the need to stabilize U.S. economic relations with China. 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-09-30T12:25:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Discrete Hold on Pakistan&#8217;s Northern Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-discreet-hold-on-pakistans-northern-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-discreet-hold-on-pakistans-northern-borderlands#When:12:29:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley, a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan, where Islamabad is handing over de facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northwest corner of disputed Kashmir to China.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-26T12:29:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Leave Afghanistan Without Losing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing#When:12:40:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As prospects for an early U.S.-NATO military victory in Afghanistan fade and pressures for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces grow, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-25T12:40:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Most Inexplicable Failure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-most-inexplicable-failure</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-most-inexplicable-failure#When:16:36:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment to a liberal community that rallied to his call for genuine change. His administration has made no attempt to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-15T16:36:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[These Myopic Cuts will Only Lead to a Global Depression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/these-myopic-cuts-will-only-lead-to-a-global-depression</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/these-myopic-cuts-will-only-lead-to-a-global-depression#When:16:17:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sir, Martin Wolf’s lucid and compelling article, “Three years on, fault lines threaten the world economy” (July 14) was right on about the precarious elements in our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-12T16:17:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Military-Industrial Complex&#8217;s Win]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-military-industrial-complexs-win</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-military-industrial-complexs-win#When:16:47:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s crippling inheritance as President of the United States is the near-five-decade failure of the nation’s political leadership to heed President Dwight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-10T16:47:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Bungled Military Strategies - Part III]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-bungled-military-strategies-part-iii</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-bungled-military-strategies-part-iii#When:16:47:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama inherited a difficult national security situation — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; an exaggerated and counterproductive war on terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-08T16:47:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Smart Pashtun Play: Why Washington Should Back Karzai]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-washington-should-back-karzai</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-washington-should-back-karzai#When:20:00:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the U.S. struggles to get its act together in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai, widely ridiculed as corrupt and ineffectual, is consolidating his power ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-05T20:00:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Eisenhower Could Teach Obama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-eisenhower-could-teach-obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-eisenhower-could-teach-obama#When:16:46:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower told his senior advisers in the Oval Office of the White House, “God help this country when someone sits in this chair]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-05T16:46:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Aid Fuels Dangerous Deal in Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-aid-fuels-dangerous-deal-in-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-aid-fuels-dangerous-deal-in-pakistan#When:10:46:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With one hand, Pakistan scoops up its multiplying millions in US aid. With the other, it buys nuclear reactors from China that will give it the capability to add 24 nuclear weapons per year to its estimated existing arsenal of 70 to 90]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-29T10:46:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon Threat to the Republic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-threat-to-the-republic</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-threat-to-the-republic#When:13:28:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The New York Times' David Brooks minimized General Stanley McChrystal's remarks in Rolling Stone magazine as "kvetching."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-28T13:28:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon&#8217;s Threat to the Republic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagons-threat-to-the-republic</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagons-threat-to-the-republic#When:10:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The New York Times' David Brooks minimized General Stanley McChrystal's remarks in Rolling Stone magazine as "kvetching." For the Times' Maureen Dowd, McChrystal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-28T10:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Tightens Grip on the Obama Administration and the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-tightens-grip-on-obama-administration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-tightens-grip-on-obama-administration#When:11:02:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's appointment of retired Gen. James Clapper as the director of national intelligence (DNI) demonstrates the Pentagon's enormous influence]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-08T11:02:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Ignatius: CIA&#8217;s Senior Apologist Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/david-ignatius-cias-senior-apologist-strikes-again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/david-ignatius-cias-senior-apologist-strikes-again#When:11:30:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[David Ignatius, The Washington Post's self-appointed apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, has struck again. Last year, Ignatius argued that it was "just ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-25T11:30:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Ethnic Fault Line]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line#When:11:26:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To American eyes the struggle raging in Pakistan with the Taliban is about religious fanaticism. But in Pakistan it is about an explosive fusion of Islamist zeal and ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-11T11:26:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Self-Importance of Being Robert M. Gates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/self-importance-of-being-robert-gates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/self-importance-of-being-robert-gates#When:11:40:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The leak of a sensitive policy memorandum from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the president's national security adviser points to both a serious lack of discipline within the Obama administration as well as the defense secretary's effort to steal a march on his national security colleagues]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-29T11:40:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama’s Nuclear Policy:&nbsp; No Sign of Audacity; Some Sign of Hope]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-nuclear-policy-no-sign-of-audacity-some-sign-of-hope</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-nuclear-policy-no-sign-of-audacity-some-sign-of-hope#When:13:39:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The good news is that President Barack Obama has ended the Bush administration's campaign against disarmament and has returned to traditional approaches toward arms control.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-19T13:39:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barack hasn&#8217;t Banned the Bomb]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb#When:13:27:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the Nobel peace prize committee believed Barack Obama is passionately committed to nuclear downsizing, if not disarmament, the US president may be no more successful in controlling the hawks than he was with the banks and, for a long time, the health insurers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T13:27:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should U.S. Keep &#8216;First Use&#8217; Option?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should-us-keep-first-use-option</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should-us-keep-first-use-option#When:12:03:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When should the U.S. use nuclear weapons? Most Americans would no doubt reply: when and if it is attacked with nuclear weapons. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T12:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bomb Wasn’t Banned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bomb-wasnt-banned</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bomb-wasnt-banned#When:11:50:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the Nobel peace prize committee believed Barack Obama is passionately committed to nuclear downsizing, if not disarmament, the US president may be no more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-01T11:50:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu the Intransigent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/benjamin-netanyahu-the-intransigent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/benjamin-netanyahu-the-intransigent#When:12:07:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Well, the same can be said for the Israelis
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-23T12:07:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Too Much Bang, Bang: The Need to Demilitarize US National Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-demilitarize-us-national-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-demilitarize-us-national-security#When:15:32:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a provocative and even dangerous speech at the National Defense University (NDU) last week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-17T15:32:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq, Iran, and the United States]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-iran-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-iran-united-states#When:13:41:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2003 American invasion of Iraq aroused both anxiety and hope in Iran. The advent of U.S. military forces and bases on its western border posed a potential threat to its security.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-17T13:41:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Lies of Karl Rove]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-lies-of-karl-rove</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-lies-of-karl-rove#When:16:19:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Joseph Goebbels, the leading propagandist of the Third Reich, believed in the power of the lie; the greater the lie, the greater the power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T16:19:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Secret History of Gen. Alexander Haig]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secret-history-gen-alexander-haig</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secret-history-gen-alexander-haig#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The obituaries in the mainstream media failed to capture the full extent of the controversy and confrontation that marked Gen. Alexander M. Haig’s political career]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-intelligence-community-mythologies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-intelligence-community-mythologies#When:11:58:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month's operational and intelligence failures led to the deaths of seven CIA officers in Afghanistan and might have resulted in nearly 300 deaths on a Northwest Airlines plane headed for Detroit.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-23T11:58:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Pick to Investigate Northwest Bomb Attempt Assures Failure Won&#8217;t Be Punished]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cover-ups-continue1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cover-ups-continue1#When:16:20:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has made many mistakes in his handling of the CIA that could be attributed to his inexperience and his reliance on intelligence officials]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-13T16:20:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama, the CIA and the Master of the Cover-Up]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-cia-and-master-of-cover-up</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-cia-and-master-of-cover-up#When:13:31:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration quietly announced Friday the appointment of John McLaughlin, former deputy CIA director, to head the internal investigation of the 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-11T13:31:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Goodness Gracious, David Ignatius]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodness-gracious-david-ignatius</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodness-gracious-david-ignatius#When:10:26:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under the stewardship of neoconservative Fred Hiatt, the editorial and op-ed pages of The Washington Post have steadily moved to the right; the paper's key writers ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-11T10:26:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Foreign Policy Report Card: A Gentleman&#8217;s &#8220;C&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-foreign-policy-report-card-a-gentlemans-c</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-foreign-policy-report-card-a-gentlemans-c#When:13:09:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly a year into the Obama presidency, it is time to gauge Barack Obama's performance in the foreign and national security arena, assessing his policy, personnel]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-08T13:09:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[To Stop a Terrorist: No Lack of Ideas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-stop-a-terrorist-no-lack-of-ideas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-stop-a-terrorist-no-lack-of-ideas#When:13:15:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[You correctly demand a ''clearheaded, nonpoliticized assessment of what went wrong'' in the Christmas Day terrorism plot and ''nonhysterical remedies'' to prevent]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-05T13:15:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[9/11 and Christmas 2009: Two Examples of a Failure of Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-11-and-christmas-2009</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-11-and-christmas-2009#When:13:17:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One week after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told the press corps, "This isn't Pearl Harbor."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T13:17:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tehran&#8217;s Biggest Fear]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tehrans-biggest-fear</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tehrans-biggest-fear#When:13:55:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The biggest threat to the ruling ayatollahs and generals in multi-ethnic Iran does not come from the embattled]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-27T13:55:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Exit Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-exit-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-exit-afghanistan#When:12:57:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With the Taliban growing steadily stronger, 30,000 more US troops will not lead to the early disengagement from the Afghan quagmire envisaged by President Obama]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-22T12:57:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[High Noon in the White House]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high-noon-in-the-white-house</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high-noon-in-the-white-house#When:14:14:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama noted last week after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize that the United States]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-14T14:14:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Logistical Nightmares May Doom U.S. Surge in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/logistical-nightmares-may-doom-us-surge-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/logistical-nightmares-may-doom-us-surge-afghanistan#When:14:20:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-08T14:20:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed Thinking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strategy-and-logistics-in-afghanistan-flawed-thinking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strategy-and-logistics-in-afghanistan-flawed-thinking#When:14:24:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-04T14:24:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama and the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-and-intelligence-community</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-and-intelligence-community#When:14:27:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has had nearly a year to make necessary changes in the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-24T14:27:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig Harrison, Director, Asia Program, Center for International Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-selig-harrison-director-asia-program-center-for-international</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-selig-harrison-director-asia-program-center-for-international#When:14:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Scripture for me on the subject of Pakistan is an important book called the Shadow of the Great Game: the Untold Story of India’s Partition, by Narendra Singh Sarila, a retired Indian diplomat who was the ADC to Mountbatten.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-21T14:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Kabul to Kashmir]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from-kabul-to-kashmir</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from-kabul-to-kashmir#When:15:20:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[By all rights, the United States and India should be bound together by the shared tragedies of 9/11 and last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-13T15:20:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revisiting the Rehabilitation of Defense Secretary Robert Gates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/revisiting-rehabilitation-of-defense-secretary-robert-gates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/revisiting-rehabilitation-of-defense-secretary-robert-gates#When:15:13:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-13T15:13:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Timid Use of the &#8220;Reset Button&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-timid-use-of-the-reset-button</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-timid-use-of-the-reset-button#When:15:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents, squandering diplomatic]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-05T15:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Choices in the Afghan War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-choices-in-the-afghan-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-choices-in-the-afghan-war#When:16:34:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The issue is not whether President Obama is stubborn enough to stick to an earlier ill-advised judgment that the United States]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-30T16:34:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Gates is Not a Diplomat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat#When:16:39:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has played the "ugly American" in Tokyo, cast in a role he should not be given]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T16:39:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Washington Post Creates Its Own Facts to Support Afghan Nation-Building]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-creates-own-facts-to-support-afghan-nation-building</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-creates-own-facts-to-support-afghan-nation-building#When:16:50:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is creating its own facts in order to support its argument for US nation-building in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-22T16:50:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Ethnic Split]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-ethnic-split</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-ethnic-split#When:16:52:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Alexander the Great, the British Raj and the Red Army all learned the hard way that the Pashtuns, Afghanistan's largest and historically dominant ethnic group]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-21T16:52:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Urgent Need to Demilitarize the National Security State]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-urgent-need-to-demilitarize-the-national-security-state</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-urgent-need-to-demilitarize-the-national-security-state#When:16:55:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The national security policy inherited by President Barack Obama has been increasingly militarized over the past two decades despite the collapse of the Berlin Wall]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-20T16:55:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Overcoming Our Failed Strategy Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/overcoming-our-failed-strategy-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/overcoming-our-failed-strategy-afghanistan#When:16:57:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[THE KEY to getting out of Afghanistan without turning Kabul over to the Taliban lies in replacing the failed US “Af-Pak’’ strategy with a new regional approach]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-12T16:57:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why President Obama Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-president-obama-deserved-the-nobel-peace-prize</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-president-obama-deserved-the-nobel-peace-prize#When:16:59:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s willingness to confront the lawlessness and the calumnies of the Bush administration makes him a worthy and obvious]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-11T16:59:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Prospect of Change in US Relations with Russia, Iran and Afghanistan Alarms the Washington Post]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prospect-of-change-in-relations-with-russia-iran-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prospect-of-change-in-relations-with-russia-iran-afghanistan#When:17:00:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is running scared these days with its editorial writers having great difficulty coming to terms with the possibility of improved US relations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T17:00:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Five Myths on Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/five-myths-on-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/five-myths-on-afghanistan#When:16:59:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is entering a crucial decision-making phase on Afghanistan at a time when geopolitical mythology is dominating the debate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-02T16:59:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Neocons Aim Their Editorial Guns At Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-aim-their-editorial-guns-at-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-aim-their-editorial-guns-at-iran#When:11:24:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The neocon editorial writers at the Washington Post used the run-up to the Geneva meetings between the United States and Iran to marginalize]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-02T11:24:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intelligence Vets Back Torture Probe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-vets-back-torture-probe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-vets-back-torture-probe#When:17:20:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We write you, Mr. President, as former intelligence professionals to voice strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder’s authorization of a wider]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-27T17:20:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven Former CIA Directors Want To Bury The Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seven-former-cia-directors-want-to-bury-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seven-former-cia-directors-want-to-bury-truth#When:17:03:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, who made their own contributions to the CIA’s low esteem over the past 35 years]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-23T17:03:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[One More Feckless Study on Intelligence Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/one-more-feckless-study-on-intelligence-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/one-more-feckless-study-on-intelligence-reform#When:14:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The prestigious Brookings Institution has joined the ranks of various government and public institutions to suggest reform steps for the Central Intelligence Agency ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-17T14:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exaggeration of the Threat: Then and Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/exaggeration-of-the-threat-then-and-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/exaggeration-of-the-threat-then-and-now#When:15:11:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A recently declassified study on Soviet intentions during the Cold War identifies significant failures in U.S. intelligence analysis on Soviet military intentions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-14T15:11:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two More Obstacles to Intelligence Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-more-obstacles-to-intelligence-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-more-obstacles-to-intelligence-reform#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The appointment of former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden to the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) and former senator Warren Rudman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-10T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Media Beats the War Drums for Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/media-beats-the-war-drums-for-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/media-beats-the-war-drums-for-afghanistan#When:15:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is currently facing the most two important decisions of his young presidency. On Wednesday, we will learn whether he has the intestinal fortitude ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-08T15:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Unanswerable&#8217; Questions on Torture are Actually Answerable]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/unanswerable-questions-on-torture-are-actually-answerable</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/unanswerable-questions-on-torture-are-actually-answerable#When:15:23:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Richard Cohen argued that "no one can possibly believe that America is now safer because of the new restrictions on enhanced interrogation and the subsequent appointment ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-06T15:23:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA IG Describes Interrogation Crime Scene and Becomes a Major Victim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-ig-describes-interrogation-crime-scene-becomes-major-victim</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-ig-describes-interrogation-crime-scene-becomes-major-victim#When:15:31:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is permitting CIA Director Leon Panetta to weaken the Agency’s’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG has produced the only official ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T15:31:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Three E&#8217;s]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-three-es</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-three-es#When:10:41:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This volume is likely to be among the most important books of the 21st century, both for its trenchant analysis of the impact of climate change]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-01T10:41:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Washington Post Redux: Going from the Sublime to the Ridiculous]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/going-from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/going-from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous#When:16:49:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It only took 24 hours for the Washington Post to go from the sublime to the ridiculous. On Saturday morning, the newspaper described the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheik 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-31T16:49:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exposed: The WPost’s One-Sided Account of Torture and Abuse]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-one-sided-account-of-torture-and-abuse</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-one-sided-account-of-torture-and-abuse#When:16:47:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The lead story in today’s Washington Post, headlined “How a Detainee Became An Asset,” provides a one-sided and distorted account of the torture and abuse of Khalid Sheikh ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-29T16:47:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Ignatius Forgives the CIA Again and Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-forgives-the-cia-again-and-again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-forgives-the-cia-again-and-again#When:17:26:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius simply cannot get off the wheel he spins for the Central Intelligence Agency. Only two days after the release of the 2004 CIA study]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-26T17:26:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Washington Post Goes Judge Shopping in the Courthouse]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-goes-judge-shopping-in-the-courthouse</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-goes-judge-shopping-in-the-courthouse#When:17:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post continues to campaign against any accountability for the detentions policies of the Central Intelligence Agency, using its own editorials and ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-25T17:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time For The CIA’s Chief Apologist to Apologize]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-the-cias-chief-apologist-to-apologize</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-the-cias-chief-apologist-to-apologize#When:17:24:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past two decades, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius has been the mainstream media’s most active apologist for the transgressions of the Central Intelligence ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-23T17:24:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan&#8217;s Tyranny of the Minority]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistans-tyranny-of-the-minority</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistans-tyranny-of-the-minority#When:14:49:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[AS the debate intensifies within the Obama administration over how to stabilize Afghanistan, one major problem is conspicuously missing from the discussion: the growing alienation of the country’s largest ethnic group, the Pashtun tribes, who make up an estimated 42 percent of the population of 33 million]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-16T14:49:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Where Our Defense Money Goes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/where-our-defense-money-goes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/where-our-defense-money-goes#When:15:03:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[BY THREATENING to veto the defense appropriations bill if it included money for more F-22 stealth fighter planes, President Obama signaled that he was going to put an end to the way business has been done in Washington. We applaud the president’s announcement, but so far it is more symbolic than real]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-05T15:03:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secrets and the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secrets-and-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secrets-and-the-cia#When:14:59:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To the Editor: Re “Obama Administration Weighs In on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left,” by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Aug. 4): My 24 years as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (1966-90) taught me that national security is only the ostensible reason for using the state secrets privilege in cases before the court
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-04T14:59:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta’s Pathetic Attempt to Get Lawmakers to Ignore CIA Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panettas-pathetic-attempt-to-get-lawmakers-to-ignore-cia-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panettas-pathetic-attempt-to-get-lawmakers-to-ignore-cia-crimes#When:15:07:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The ideological partnership between the Washington Post and the Central Intelligence Agency is becoming despicable. For the past several weeks, the Post has carried a series of editorial and op-eds that were designed to prevent the release of the Justice Department]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-01T15:07:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Pens Another Exculpatory Brief for CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wps-david-ignatius-pens-another-exculpatory-brief-for-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wps-david-ignatius-pens-another-exculpatory-brief-for-cia#When:16:13:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A week ago, Ignatius argued that it was “just plain nuts” to have an investigation and that CIA operatives would refuse assignments in counterterrorism in the wake of any investigation. What Ignatius doesn’t do is discuss the legal and moral implications of a secret assassination program or the CIA’s tortured history in this field]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-23T16:13:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Ignatius: The Mainstream Media’s Chief Apologist for CIA Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mainstream-medias-chief-apologist-for-cia-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mainstream-medias-chief-apologist-for-cia-crimes#When:16:43:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius has become the mainstream media’s apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency. In Thursday’s column, he has lambasted Attorney General Eric Holder for even considering the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes by CIA officers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-16T16:43:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jane Mayer and the New Yorker Give CIA Director Panetta A Pass]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jane-mayer-and-new-yorker-give-cia-director-panetta-a-pass</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jane-mayer-and-new-yorker-give-cia-director-panetta-a-pass#When:17:37:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past several years, we have been indebted to tough-minded reporters such as Jane Mayer, whose articles in the New Yorker and her excellent book]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-23T17:37:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta Continues the CIA&#8217;s Culture of Covering Up Abuses and Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-continues-cias-culture-covering-up-abuses-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-continues-cias-culture-covering-up-abuses-crimes#When:16:51:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA Director Leon Panetta is continuing the culture of cover-up that has plagued the Agency for the past three decades, ever since William Casey and Robert Gates collaborated in the 1980s to hide the crimes of Iran-contra and to politicize sensitive intelligence]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T16:51:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Other Islamist Threat in Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-other-islamist-threat-in-pakistan1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-other-islamist-threat-in-pakistan1#When:14:39:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The danger of an Islamist takeover of Pakistan is real. But it does not come from the Taliban guerrillas now battling the Pakistan Army in the Swat borderlands.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T14:39:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The U.S. and North Korea: The Need for an About Face]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face#When:16:59:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current drift in U.S. policy toward North Korea is exposing the weakness of President Obama’s foreign policy team, specifically the absence of both a lead strategic voice and an advisor with North Korean expertise. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-05T16:59:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s Retreat Will Put the World At Greater Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/britains-retreat-will-put-the-world-at-greater-risk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/britains-retreat-will-put-the-world-at-greater-risk#When:18:24:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sir, James Blitz’s article (“Testing waters ahead”, May 21), which focuses on Britain’s military choices, also raises the question of rethinking of “Britain’s global role”. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-26T18:24:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The CIA&#8217;s History of Bamboozling the Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cias-history-of-bamboozling-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cias-history-of-bamboozling-congress#When:17:08:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this,” CIA director Leon Panetta told his troops last week, “it was not CIA policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values.” Of course, Panetta is entitled to his opinions, but he cannot create his own facts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-22T17:08:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Richardson or Al Gore?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore#When:14:54:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Diplomatic scenarios for negotiating the release of two captured U.S. journalists now held in North Korea focus on proposed visits by Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, and former Vice President Gore, who founded Current TV, which the journalists represent.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-15T14:54:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Ethnic Fault Line]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line1#When:17:10:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To American eyes the struggle raging in Pakistan with the Taliban is about religious fanaticism. But in Pakistan it is about an explosive fusion of Islamist zeal and simmering ethnic tensions that have been exacerbated by U.S. pressures for military action against the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-11T17:10:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA and the Washington Post: Joined at the Hip]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-washington-post-joined-at-the-hip</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-washington-post-joined-at-the-hip#When:18:31:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under the stewardship of Fred Hiatt, the editorial and op-ed pages of the Washington Post have gradually moved to the right.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-26T18:31:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Action Memo for Obama: Recommendations for dealing with Torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/recommendations-for-dealing-with-torture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/recommendations-for-dealing-with-torture#When:15:28:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is displaying ambivalence in handling the issue of torture and abuse]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-25T15:28:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Search for a Moral Compass]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-search-for-a-moral-compass</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-search-for-a-moral-compass#When:16:27:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some countries never acknowledge their crimes. It has been 95 years since the Turkish genocide against its Armenian population, but the Turkish government will not confess to any role in crimes that were committed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-13T16:27:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Gates Doctrine: Caveat Emptor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-doctrine-caveat-emptor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-doctrine-caveat-emptor#When:16:36:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has learned very little from the military trials and tribulations of the United States over the past 50 years. During that period, the United States has lost three costly and avoidable wars in Southeast Asia]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-07T16:36:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Needs to Walk the Walk On Arms Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-needs-to-walk-the-walk-on-arms-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-needs-to-walk-the-walk-on-arms-control#When:17:32:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is successfully taking the rhetorical high ground on the key issue of arms control and disarmament, but it is time for actions to supplement his words. President Eisenhower’s warnings about the military-industrial complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T17:32:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama is Talking the Talk on Arms Control, But It&#8217;s Time to Walk the Walk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-talking-talk-on-arms-control-but-time-to-walk-the-walk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-talking-talk-on-arms-control-but-time-to-walk-the-walk#When:10:23:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is successfully taking the rhetorical high ground on the key issue of arms control and disarmament, but it is time for actions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T10:23:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Colossal Failure of The Office of The Director of National Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colossal-failure-of-office-of-director-of-national-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colossal-failure-of-office-of-director-of-national-intelligence#When:11:06:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Like its counterpart, the office of Homeland Security, the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has been a colossal failure. Both offices were created in the wake of 9/11 as part of the nervous and unnecessary overreaction to the terrorist attacks on 9/11]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-02T11:06:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Face Down Pakistani Army]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/face-down-pakistani-army</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/face-down-pakistani-army#When:11:09:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Unless the Obama administration can get Pakistan's army to stop supporting the Taliban with weapons and logistical support, the insurgency will continue to threaten the U.S.-supported Kabul government — no matter how many more troops the U.S. sends to Afghanistan.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-01T11:09:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Briar Patch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-briar-patch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-briar-patch#When:11:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Alexander the Great couldn’t do; Queen Victoria couldn’t do it; three successive Soviet general-secretaries from 1979 to 1985 couldn’t do it. Both his writings and his first two months in office indicate that President Obama is a man of great confidence and persistence.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-29T11:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The CIA and Director Leon Panetta: Plus Ca Change, Plus C&#8217;est La Meme Chose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plus-ca-change-plus-cest-la-meme-chose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plus-ca-change-plus-cest-la-meme-chose#When:10:51:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s CIA director, Leon Panetta, needed only one month to establish that he lacks the courage, contrariness, judgment, and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-18T10:51:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217;s Big Lie On The Iraq War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war#When:11:48:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Gates to be director of central intelligence (DCI), but he was denied confirmation because a majority of members on the Senate intelligence committee believed he was lying about his knowledge and role in Iran-contra]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-13T11:48:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217;s Big Lie On The Iraq War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war1#When:10:55:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Gates to be director of central intelligence (DCI), but he was denied confirmation because]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-13T10:55:27+00:00</dc:date>
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