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    <title><![CDATA[Policy Research |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s False Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma#When:13:41:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:41:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMPACT Speaker - Raymond Baker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker#When:17:57:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker addresses Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff, discussing the flow of money across international borders]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T17:57:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predators on the Border, Hawks Across the Border and a Homeland of Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones#When:18:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones are proliferating. First, the Pentagon joined with military contractors to breed fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as airborne drones are formally called]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:02:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency#When:17:45:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-16T17:45:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War’s Invisible Victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims#When:15:07:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many kinds of war. The classic image of a uniformed soldier kissing mom good-bye to risk his life on the battlefield has changed dramatically. In today’s wars, it’s more likely that mom will be the one killed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T15:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[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[Drone Proliferation: Other Chapters and Other Challenges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges#When:15:47:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the “accelerating use of drone weapons has opened a new chapter in the history of warfare,” as David Cortright contends in “License to Kill.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-17T15:47:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Government Agencies Falsely Report Meaningless Deportations and Drug Seizures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation#When:15:22:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S. borders in the hunt for unauthorized immigrants and illegal drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:22:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Obama Defense Plan: Roadmap for Continuing Global Hegemony]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony#When:12:41:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration’s defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6th, is already under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naïve and dangerous. Independent experts such as Russell Rumbaugh of the Washington, DC-based Stimson Center have criticized the plan for being too timid in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T12:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government, Big Fence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence#When:17:31:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Time has worn down embossed lettering on the bronze plaque on the 6-ft. obelisk marking the U.S.-Mexico border. My friend and I had stopped to look at the boundary monument, and were trying to decipher the lettering]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T17:31:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[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[Why Should We Care About Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico#When:16:15:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The cold, hard numbers of the poor and the dead are familiar. Instead we are told that we should care—or rather, worry—about Mexico for a very different reason. The State Department, the Pentagon, the press and members of Congress tell us, with increasing shrillness]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:15:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence#When:15:13:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is facing a major human rights and humanitarian crisis. Fifty thousand people have been murdered in the war on drugs just since 2007. Thousands more have been displaced, orphaned and forcibly disappeared]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:13:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones are Coming to a Theater Near You]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you#When:14:22:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, are coming.”  So says Candice Miller, the Republican congresswoman from northern Michigan borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-08T14:22:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiddling on Climate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate#When:15:33:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The image of Nero fiddling as Rome burned—albeit apocryphal-- has stuck as the metaphor for willfully irresponsible government.  Government representatives, gathered at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, have been fiddling for the past week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-07T15:33:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Obama&#8217;s Other Wars - on Immigrants and Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs#When:14:16:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama came to office promising immigration reform in his first term. As a candidate and as president, Obama also made it clear that he stood firmly in supporting the “rule of law,” even if the law was overdue for reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T14:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Decade of Mistakes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes#When:11:48:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Francesc Vendrell on the missed opportunities in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-03T11:48:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:13:53:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones play an increasing role in foreign wars, on the border, and in Congress]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T13:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms and the Super Committee]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee#When:18:01:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Congressional super committee moves towards its deadline for developing a deficit reduction plan, we need to make sure that its decisions reflect the national interest, not special interests]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-18T18:01:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense spending on the chopping block]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block#When:09:29:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung's letter to the editor: Automatic cuts to military spending are not an ideal approach because they interfere with rational planning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T09:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunday Dialogue: Ideas for Cutting Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending#When:11:50:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Korb cites key areas of the defense budget that could be cut or eliminated, but he doesn’t go far enough.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T11:50:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense budget alarmism necessitates journalistic skepticism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism#When:15:58:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense expert Bill Hartung offers ways to put the Pentagon's cries of poverty into a little context]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T15:58:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Return of States&#8217; Rights]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights#When:14:19:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry rose from dirt-poor origins on the desolate plains of northern West Texas to become the state’s longest-serving governor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T14:19:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Warriors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors#When:11:08:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As a border state, New Mexico has been blessedly free of the anti-immigrant vigilantism and the ranting of border hawks that have agitated Texas and Arizona]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-01T11:08:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms Industry Job Claims: Don&#8217;t Be Scared, Be Skeptical]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung#When:15:41:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Military spending should not be seen as a jobs program. To paraphrase President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we should spend everything]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-26T15:41:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NAFTA Is Starving Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico#When:12:29:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) became the law of the land, millions of Mexicans have joined the ranks of the hungry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T12:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rick Perry Is Just Fine with &#8220;Big Government&#8221; When It Gives Him the Power to Crack Down on Immigrant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down#When:11:39:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More than other border hawks, Rick Perry has infused border security with a populist rage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:39:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[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[Big Government Breaks Bad in Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war#When:16:26:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry and the other Republican presidential candidates are right. Americans are fed up, as Perry writes in his book Fed Up!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-30T16:26:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Unaccountable Private Contractors Pocket Your Tax Dollars Militarizing the Texas Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border#When:15:11:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heavy on outsourcing and lacking documented success, the "Texas model"of border security's features are not original, but borrowed directly from the DHS or the military.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T15:11:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Security After 9/11: Ten Years of Waste, Immigrant Crackdowns, and New Drug Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years#When:10:02:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the term "border security" was rarely used. Today, however, it is both a fundamental goal of US domestic security and the defining paradigm for border operations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-11T10:02:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ground Zero in the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war#When:10:11:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Arizona and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands are the “ground zero in the war on drugs.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-09T10:11:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Failure of Vision US Drug War Turns to International Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat#When:10:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, released in late July by the White House, offers the strategic context for the increasing rhetorical focus of the Obama administration on “transnational crime,” “transnational threats,” and “transnational criminal organizations.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T10:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Everything You’ve Heard About the Tar Sands and Energy Security is Wrong]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/everything-youve-heard-about-tar-sands-energy-security-wrong</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/everything-youve-heard-about-tar-sands-energy-security-wrong#When:11:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If there’s a single idea that the oil industry has peddled to persuade the Obama administration to approve the controversial Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline, it’s this: Tar-sands oil might be more polluting than even dirty old regular oil, but it’s better to get our energy from our ally Canada than from unstable oil suppliers in the Middle East or elsewhere]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-29T11:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Do We End America’s Longest War?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-we-end-americas-longest-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-do-we-end-americas-longest-war#When:11:52:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Hoh will discuss the current conditions in Afghanistan, the impact of President Obama’s withdrawal of U.S. forces over the next year and alternative options for the U.S. and international communities. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-26T11:52:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Motivations Are Plain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/motivations-are-plain1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/motivations-are-plain1#When:11:29:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen months ago, President Bush proclaimed a "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. When that proved to be a mirage, he then promised Iraq "full sovereignty" on June 30.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-24T11:29:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking Sunlight: The End Tax Haven Abuse Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-sunlight-the-end-tax-haven-abuse-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-sunlight-the-end-tax-haven-abuse-act#When:11:24:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Almost 100 years ago a Harvard-trained attorney by the name of Louis Brandeis wrote a series of articles in ‘Harper’s Weekly’ magazine which focused on the problems related to what was then referred to as the “money trust.” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-11T11:24:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hollow Arguments on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense#When:11:20:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Opponents of proposed reductions in the Pentagon's spending plans have increasingly settled on one frightening phrase to sum up their arguments: the danger of a "hollow military."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T11:20:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What If We Really Cut the Pentagon Budget?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget#When:11:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks. But it will take a lot more hard work to ensure that it is truly reduced as part of ongoing negotiations over the size and shape of the federal budget.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T11:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Simmering Discord in the Tribal Badlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/simmering-discord-in-the-tribal-badlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/simmering-discord-in-the-tribal-badlands#When:15:32:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The alarming growth of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Pashtun tribal region of northwest Pakistan and southern Afghanistan is usually attributed to the popularity of their messianic brand of Islam and to covert help from Pakistani intelligence agencies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-01T15:32:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Groups to Push Back on Attempt to Weaken FCPA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/groups-to-push-back-on-attempt-to-weaken-fcpa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/groups-to-push-back-on-attempt-to-weaken-fcpa#When:11:05:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A coalition of U.S.-based advocacy organizations will soon begin an international petition drive to preempt introduction of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would water-down the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-21T11:05:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Change Course in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-course-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-course-in-afghanistan#When:10:53:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, President Obama outlined his strategy for Afghanistan, which included a drawdown of 10,000 troops by the end of this year and an additional 23,000 by the end of next year. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T10:53:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Return of the Dinosaurs in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico#When:13:38:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The first question I get from the foreign press on these elections is: why would the Mexican people choose to return to a party known for authoritarian rule? It isn't a question I can answer completely, but here are a few considerations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:38:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements#When:13:52:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[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[FCPA Under Attack as Court Case Concludes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes#When:14:09:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the UK Bribery Act went into effect this month the U.S. Congress, at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, considers whether to dilute the landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:09:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense Cuts Aren&#8217;t All That Deep]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep#When:14:04:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld misses the mark in "The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts" (op-ed, July 1). The $400 billion in cuts proposed by the president are far from deep.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:04:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Squeezing Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba#When:11:44:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to encouraging more open societies in other countries, one can usually accomplish more by setting an example of adherence to democratic principles and of respect for human rights than by dictating rules for others to follow.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T11:44:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217; Disappointing Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy#When:14:36:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about the "military-industrial complex," it is time to address the "undue influence" of the Pentagon and the "misplaced power" of the military-congressional lobby.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:36:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How America just lost 1 million green(ish) jobs to Europe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe#When:14:26:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most underplayed economic story of the week: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus "trounced" the traditional U.S. behemoth Boeing at the Paris Air Show, booking a record $50 billion more in orders for new planes. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:26:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should US Quicken Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan#When:14:20:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Barack Obama ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:20:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal#When:14:41:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-awaited announcement of atroop drawdown in Afghanistan was in part driven by budgetary ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-28T14:41:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Has Obama Lost Environmental Voters?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters#When:14:57:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Al Gore’s Rolling Stone critique of President Obama’s failure to act on the climate crisis is further evidence of ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:57:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: A Tough Act to Follow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow#When:14:51:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA director Leon Panetta soon will become secretary of defense, taking over Washington's largest and most powerful bureaucracy with a budget that amounts to nearly 60 percent of discretionary federal spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:51:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Plan Has Not Worked in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan#When:15:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Obama promised ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Jonathan&#8217;s meeting with Obama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama#When:15:16:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in Nigerian history a southern minority was declared the President, in the April 2011 elections. In ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:16:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Number One - In Weapons Trafficking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking#When:15:09:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My colleague Jeff Abramson of the Arms Control Association calls it the Obama arms bazaar -- tens of billions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memo to White House: Closing coal plants is a good thing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing#When:15:20:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration announced the latest in a series of delays on rules that would cut pollution from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog#When:15:25:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the worst days of the cold war, the United States and the Soviet Union learned that their third-world clients ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-14T15:25:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement#When:15:34:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At last Thursday's confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta's nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:34:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyl Gone Wild]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild#When:15:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is a long-time opponent of efforts to reduce global nuclear arsenals. Kyl has rarely met a]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Finally, a Legitimate Nigerian Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election#When:15:28:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the vast majority of Nigeria’s 73 million voters, cynicism and resignation are the trademarks of Nigerian politics]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:28:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corporate Corruption: The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak#When:15:42:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two recently published surveys on corporate corruption indicate that while progress is being made toward a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:42:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Measuring Quick Sand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand#When:15:39:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Autumn of 2006, in the western part of Iraq's Anbar Province, US Marine and Army units were taking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:39:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of War Hit Home Politically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically#When:15:45:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Independent Institute has released a timely report on the costs of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-04T15:45:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in Mideast Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade#When:15:48:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama’s evolving policy towards the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa has one glaring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T15:48:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[For Gaddafi, a Home in St. Helena]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena#When:15:54:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam, who certainly belong in The Hague — but at what cost?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-02T15:54:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Corruption Views: Suspicious Activity Reports &amp; Activity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity#When:15:56:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate will on Thursday debate the pros and cons of extending key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-26T15:56:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Horror and Hope Meet Hand in Hand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand#When:16:15:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:15:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strangelove Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again#When:16:10:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the messages of Stanley Kubrick's anti-nuclear classic Dr. Strangelove is that policy makers can become ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:10:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates&#8217; Swan Song: Rhetoric Vs. Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality#When:16:04:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gates, who often talks a good game when it comes to disciplining defense spending, overstated his accomplishments in this realm while understating what needs to be done to get runaway military spending under control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:04:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian HR Defenders Endure Threats, Attacks, Harassment and Illgeal Surveil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment#When:16:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Santos Administration must not only embrace the language of human rights, but also take effective action to guarantee the legitimate work of human rights defenders, essential for freedom of expression and a thriving democratic society]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-23T16:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Envoy Mitchell Sent on Israeli Task that Proved Impossible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible#When:16:18:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's "Special Envoy on Middle East Peace," former Sen. George W. Mitchell, has resigned]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-19T16:18:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Benazir Bhutto Knew About Bin Laden]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden#When:16:33:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto was a friend of mine. I met her in the 1980s, when I was serving on the House Foreign Affairs ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-13T16:33:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Texas, Obama Faces Test on Border-Wall Promise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise#When:16:44:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico. Although ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:44:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tortured Logic, Continued]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued#When:16:54:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration got Osama bin Laden through a combination of persistent intelligence gathering, extensive ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-06T16:54:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts Censor Facebook Criticism of Palm Oil Cookies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies#When:16:57:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking for a lesson of how not to respond to green consumer demand in the internet age? Check out Girl Scouts USA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-05T16:57:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Encroachment Infuriates, Radicalizes Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis#When:17:04:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bin Laden raid is just the latest unilateral encroachment on Pakistani territory. Reports of official pushback are ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T17:04:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now That We&#8217;ve Killed Bin Laden, Let&#8217;s Kill Oil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil#When:10:54:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. military's success in finding and killing Osama bin Laden is a gigantic victory in the war against terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T10:54:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blame Italy for Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya#When:11:12:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bombs will no doubt still be dropping next year when Libya marks the passing of a century since its ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:12:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? You&#8217;ll LOVE this!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this#When:11:04:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then you’ll love what Senator John McCain and Congressman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistani Terrorists Eye U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us#When:11:20:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current crisis between Pakistan and the United States centers on one key little-discussed issue: Will Islamabad disarm its most formidable Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) which staged the 2008 attack on Mumbai and now openly threatens to carry its jihad to America?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T11:20:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Obama Snuffleupagus?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus#When:11:23:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the Power Shift 2011 climate youth conference, no one expects President Obama to show. If he did, he'd probably get booed by activists angry about his tightening embrace of the oil, coal, gas, and nuclear industries.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Playing Nice with North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea#When:11:56:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea can make concessions to a visiting ex-president without losing face. This was dramatically illustrated ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-15T11:56:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Funding Nuclear Security: Finding the Money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money#When:12:02:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A year ago this week, the Obama administration brought together 47 world leaders in Washington - the largest ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T12:02:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Budget Plan: A Scorecard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard#When:11:58:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your article about President Obama’s 12-year deficit reduction plan says that it will cut military spending by $400 bil]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T11:58:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons and the Libyan Intervention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention#When:13:42:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he faces the US-NATO onslaught in the weeks ahead, will Muammar Qaddafi conclude that he made a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T13:42:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Endangered Wolves Sacrificed in Budget Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal#When:12:12:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama stood firm against Republican attempts to repeal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T12:12:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libyan Intervention Started a Dialogue About Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending#When:13:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T13:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Heritage of Exaggeration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration#When:14:40:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there they go again. Even as the key players in the budget debate, from Pres]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-06T14:40:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Costliest War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war#When:14:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-05T14:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Environmentalists Stand up to Obama, Win Big]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big#When:15:00:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under intense pressure from green groups and their members, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-01T15:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[White House Insisting on Clean Air, Clean Water Rollbacks to Pass Budget]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback#When:15:10:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that the White House is insisting to congressional Democrats that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-30T15:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Averting an Indo-Pak Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster#When:15:16:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[January 1989. That was the brief interlude of hope when Benazir Bhutto and Rajiv Gandhi, the then-Prime ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-24T15:16:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Massive Coal Mining Expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion#When:15:34:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday an enormous expansion in coal mining that threatens to increase U.S. climate pollution by an amount equivalent to more than half of what the United States currently emits in a year]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:34:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons in Japan? Not in the Wake of Tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy#When:15:29:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important consequences of the tsunami tragedy in Japan has received no attention. Japan's ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:29:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[#Winning in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan#When:16:40:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus is in Washington, D.C., this week and, as expected, we are hearing claims of success ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:40:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Chinese Cozy Up to the Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis#When:10:10:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[China’s expanding reach is a natural and acceptable accompaniment of its growing power—but only up to a point.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T10:10:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Two 15-year-old Girl Scouts Changed Kellog&#8217;s]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs#When:10:13:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Kellogg’s announced this week that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-14T10:13:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: USIP: Worth having, Worth Funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding#When:15:26:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Colman McCarthy would like to make the U.S. Institute of Peace more effective, he should initiate a campaign ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-13T15:26:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zardari&#8217;s Courage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zardaris-courage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zardaris-courage#When:12:50:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To promote a détente, the U.S.should support Pakistan's embattled president, Asif Ali Zardari, in his escalating struggle with the generals in Islamabad over the terms of peace with New Delhi.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-05T12:50:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Futile Message to Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang#When:08:36:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[South Korea's air force has been dropping balloons with leaflets into North Korea describing the struggle to oust ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-04T08:36:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America Builds Pashtunistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan#When:08:40:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pressures to stop drone attacks on suspected terrorist hideouts in the tribal border regions of Pakistan focus properly ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-28T08:40:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fire Lt General Caldwell Now &amp; End &#8220;Psy-Ops&#8221; Against Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress#When:08:55:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-25T08:55:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[General Engaged in &#8216;Psy-Ops&#8217; Against Senators Should Be Fired Immediately]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme#When:07:52:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-24T07:52:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Principled&#8221; Hawks Risk North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea#When:08:58:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With North Korea facing an acute food shortage, the United States should offer a long-term food aid commitment to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:58:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Case Against Luis Posada Carriles Takes Welcome Turn]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn#When:09:00:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Astonishing! And just when many of us were convinced that the trial of Luis Posada Carriles was simply a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-22T09:00:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are Girl Scout Cookies Killing Orangutans?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans#When:09:05:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's Girl Scout cookie season, but Michigan scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva are finding other ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T09:05:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memorial to Purposelessness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness#When:09:09:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the one-year anniversary of the US military offensive into Marjah in Helmand Province in southern]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T09:09:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesian Oil Giant Promises Zero Deforestation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation#When:09:25:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T09:25:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selling the Forests that Saved Britain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain#When:08:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England’s national ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T08:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why America&#8217;s Sputnik Moment Should Include Trees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week the President unveiled his “Strategy for American Innovation” which details his approach to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drugs, Guns and Gold]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold#When:10:24:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rumors spread today about the potential departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but just last week, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:24:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget for Rainforests Puts Obama&#8217;s $1 Billion Pledge At Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk#When:09:18:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both President Obama’s proposed budget and especially House Republican proposals fall significantly short of the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-06T09:18:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Baluchistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan#When:09:07:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Islamist nightmare envelops Pakistan, the Obama administration ponders what the United States should do. But the bitter reality is that the United States is already doing too much in Pakistan. It is the American shadow everywhere, the Pakistani feeling of being smothered by the U.S. embrace, that gives the Islamists their principal rallying cry.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-01T09:07:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mumbai&#8217;s American dead continue to go unavenged]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged#When:09:58:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the days of the Barbary pirates, the infant U.S. Navy swiftly avenged attacks on American lives and property. But after six Americans were among the more than 160 killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, America's leaders wrung their hands and did nothing.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-21T09:58:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Murdered Women of Juarez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez#When:10:12:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump -- 39 pieces of charred bone.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[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[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[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[The U.S. Needs to Take Steps for Change Alongside Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-change-alongside-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-change-alongside-cuba#When:11:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his Aug. 9 op-ed column on his conversation with Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Jackson Diehl said that while he doesn't doubt the cardinal's sincerity in thinking that Cuban President Raúl Castro will bring about change in Cuba, as Mikhail Gorbachev did in the Soviet Union]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-11T11:02:07+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[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[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[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[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[Obama’s Mishandling of the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-mishandling-of-the-intelligence-community</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-mishandling-of-the-intelligence-community#When:11:09:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama spoke out against the militarization and politicization ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-29T11:09:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Picks Weak National Security Team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-picks-weak-national-security-team</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-picks-weak-national-security-team#When:11:17:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, President-elect Bill Clinton headed for Washington with a national security team that ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-18T11:17:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s Weak National Security Team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-weak-national-security-team</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-weak-national-security-team#When:11:19:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, President-elect Bill Clinton headed for Washington with a national security team that ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-15T11:19:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support to Pakistan Distorts Asia&#8217;s Balance of Power]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-to-pakistan-distorts-asias-balance-of-power</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-to-pakistan-distorts-asias-balance-of-power#When:15:00:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pakistan sinks deeper into political gridlock and Al Qaeda continues to operate unhindered in its territory, but the Pentagon gravy train bringing American weaponry for its armed forces races full speed ahead on autopilot]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-27T15:00:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Get a Grip on Dhaka]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka#When:16:31:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the CIA and the Pentagon search in Vain for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of northwest]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T16:31:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beware Pashtunistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beware-pashtunistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beware-pashtunistan#When:14:09:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto's narrow escape from assassination recently was a grim reminder she'll be lucky to get through the coming election alive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-12T14:09:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Second Chance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-second-chance</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-second-chance#When:10:13:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Zbigniew Brzezinski's new book is a highly personal tour of the strategic political landscape of the last 15 years, covering the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-01T10:13:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Speech Only Reiterates Past Ones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-speech-only-reiterates-past-ones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-speech-only-reiterates-past-ones#When:10:35:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when one thinks President Bush could not possibly say anything more inane about Cuba and our policy toward it, he does. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-31T10:35:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The US Meddles Aggressively in Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-us-meddles-aggressively-in-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-us-meddles-aggressively-in-iran#When:15:28:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The battle lines are familiar and clearly drawn in the unresolved policy struggle over Iran within the Bush administration]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-13T15:28:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barriers to Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barriers-to-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barriers-to-change#When:11:42:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Writing in the Guardian last year, I described the utterly counterproductive nature of US policy toward Cuba and expressed the hope that "the British prime minister would not support Bush's gravely mistaken policies in Cuba as he did those in Iraq."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-18T11:42:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran is America&#8217;s Best Hope for Stability in the Gulf]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iran-is-americas-best-hope-for-stability-in-the-gulf</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iran-is-americas-best-hope-for-stability-in-the-gulf#When:15:35:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Iran is ready to help the US stabilise both Iraq and Afghanistan, but only for a price]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-20T15:35:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tenet&#8217;s defense of the indefensible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tenets-defense-of-the-indefensible1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tenets-defense-of-the-indefensible1#When:11:52:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[George J. Tenet's At the Center of the Storm is a self-serving and misleading account of his role in helping the Bush administration make its private and public case to go to war against Iraq. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-07T11:52:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[False Targets Don&#8217;t Help War on Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/false-targets-dont-help-war-on-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/false-targets-dont-help-war-on-terror#When:11:59:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Terrorist acts are a serious and growing problem in much of the world, especially in the Middle East and Africa. It is a problem that must be addressed. One does not contribute to that effort, however, by putting forward false targets, as the just-released State Department Report on Terrorism does by including Cuba on the list as a state sponsor of terrorism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-02T11:59:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keeping academics out of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-academics-out-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-academics-out-of-cuba#When:12:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's restrictions on academic travel to Cuba are so harsh that they have brought such travel virtually to a halt. Now, about 450 professors and academics from colleges and universities across the nation have banded together to take the federal government to court and challenge their legality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-04-30T12:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Talks Needed for Progress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-talks-needed-for-progress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-talks-needed-for-progress#When:12:07:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the last half of 2002 and early 2003, the American public-distracted and fearful of terrorism in 9-11's aftermath were inundated with deceptive propaganda designed to elicit the people's support for a preemptive attack on Iraq. An invasion that President Bush had secretly touted as his prime foreign policy objective in January 2001 at the first meeting of the National Security Council.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-04-27T12:07:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Symbol of Injustice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/symbol-of-injustice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/symbol-of-injustice#When:12:13:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The confessions of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, given on Feb. 10 at Guantanamo and released on Feb. 14, grabbed headlines all over the U.S. And no wonder. Mohammed, a right-hand man of Osama bin Laden, virtually boasted of being the mastermind behind the 9-11 terrorist attacks and many other acts of violence. He himself, he said, had personally beheaded the American journalist Daniel Pearl.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-27T12:13:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Worst of the Presidents?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worst-of-the-presidents</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worst-of-the-presidents#When:15:51:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The majority of Americans, clearly, have lost confidence in President Bush and his policies.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-01T15:51:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remove Sanctions on Cuba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remove-sanctions-on-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remove-sanctions-on-cuba#When:12:19:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Our countries current Cuba policy is both illogical and counterproductive. Cuba poses no threat whatever to the security of the United States. In security terms, we can easily coexist with Cuba. It is a communist country, to be sure, but so are China and Vietnam. Yet we have cordial diplomatic and trade relations with them.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-01T12:19:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Preserve the North Korean Nuclear Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-preserve-north-korean-nuclear-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-preserve-north-korean-nuclear-deal#When:14:40:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[John Bolton’s body is out of the State department,” commented Christopher Hill, US negotiator with North Korea, over lunch, “but his hand is still in.” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-02-26T14:40:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Discarding an Afghan Opportunity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/discarding-an-afghan-opportunity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/discarding-an-afghan-opportunity#When:14:43:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The British Raj learned the hard way a century ago that the Pashtuns, Afghanistan's largest and historically dominant ethnic group, will unite to fight a foreign occupation force simply because it is foreign. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-01-30T14:43:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[London Speech on Balochistan (audio)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/london-speech-on-balochistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/london-speech-on-balochistan#When:14:52:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison's speech on Balochistan at FPC Seminar in London ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-01-01T14:52:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Sweep Away Secrecy and Corruption]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-sweep-away-secrecy-and-corruption</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-sweep-away-secrecy-and-corruption#When:12:47:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["A Utopian adventure headed for disaster" headlined one of five articles published in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that I wrote four years ago, opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq. That it is a disaster is unquestionable, as the voters have decided.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-24T12:47:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates is a Poor Choice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-is-a-poor-choice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-is-a-poor-choice#When:12:56:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation has unloaded a great deal of unwelcome baggage for the Bush administration, but the nomination of Robert M. Gates is unlikely to help resolve the war in Iraq or the military's opposition to the civilian leadership at the Pentagon.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-17T12:56:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wrong Man to Replace Rumsfeld]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-man-to-replace-rumsfeld</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-man-to-replace-rumsfeld#When:13:03:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation has unloaded a great deal of unwelcome baggage for the Bush administration, but the nomination of Robert M. Gates is unlikely to help resolve the disastrous war in Iraq or the uniformed military's opposition to the civilian leadership at the Pentagon.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-10T13:03:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Unravelling of Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-unravelling-of-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-unravelling-of-pakistan#When:13:08:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pakistan gets American attention primarily because it is a hotbed of Al Qaeda activity and a staging area for the Taliban campaign to recapture Afghanistan. But the most important and least-noticed news about multi-ethnic Pakistan is that it is slowly falling apart as tensions grow between its Punjabi-dominated military regime and its restive ethnic minority regions of Baluchistan and Sindh.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-01T13:08:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radical Change of Policy is Necessary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/radical-change-of-policy-is-necessary</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/radical-change-of-policy-is-necessary#When:13:17:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush finally displayed a chink in his armor of absolute certainty by admitting that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman "may be right" in equating public reaction to the carnage in Iraq and the response to the Tet offensive in Vietnam. But in the same ABC News interview, he falls back on his tired old refrain of blaming al-Qaida for "the stepped-up violence" and "trying to foment sectarian violence."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-27T13:17:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking a Solution After North’s Reckless Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-a-solution-after-norths-reckless-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-a-solution-after-norths-reckless-act#When:13:20:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States has built a missile defense system that does not work, to defend against a North Korean missile that does not work, that would carry a nuclear warhead that does not work.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-24T13:20:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks at a Forum on Bangladesh Elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections#When:16:03:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “The Bangladesh Elections: Promoting Democracy and Protecting Rights in a Muslim-Majority Country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-17T16:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea: A Nuclear Threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korea-nuclear-threat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korea-nuclear-threat#When:16:20:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-06T16:20:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s Article on His Tenth Trip to North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea#When:16:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The most important news emerging from my recent trip to North Korea is that Pyongyang is planning to unload the fuel rods again in the Yongbyon nuclear reactor to reprocess more plutonium]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-02T16:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Baluch Insurgency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-baluch-insurgency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-baluch-insurgency#When:16:23:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Serious troubles have erupted in the Pakistan province of Baluchistan since the assassination of an opposition leader in August]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-01T16:23:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Director Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s &#8220;Report on North Korea&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea#When:16:36:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison, “Report on North Korea,” presented at the U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, September 28, 2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-28T16:36:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by Director Selig Harrison at a Forum on &#8220;India, The United States, and The World&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states#When:16:39:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “India, The United States and The World,” Cosmos Club, Washington. September 27,2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-27T16:39:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Forgotten Bargain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-forgotten-bargain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-forgotten-bargain#When:12:41:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the debate over how to stop nuclear proliferation, both sides make increasingly untenable assumptions. The advocates of “regime change” in North Korea and Iran underestimate the staying power of the political systems in Pyongyang and Tehran.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-01T12:41:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea&#8217;s Embarrassment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-koreas-embarrassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-koreas-embarrassment#When:16:52:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For North Korean generals, it must have been increasingly exasperating to be told, year after year for the past eight years, not to conduct militarily-important missile tests because they would conflict with foreign policy priorities. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-07-07T16:52:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Drug Problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombias-drug-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombias-drug-problems#When:13:23:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In "More Help for Colombia" [op-ed, June 26], Robert D. Novak employs a tired tactic: slapping the "soft on drugs" label on any who oppose the current U.S. policy toward Colombia.  Critics, Mr. Novak implies, are betraying brave Colombian anti-drug police officers who risk their lives every day.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-07-03T13:23:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Impact on Latin America of the Servicemember&#8217;s Protection Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-on-latin-america-of-servicemembers-protection-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-on-latin-america-of-servicemembers-protection-act#When:08:42:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Senator Coleman, Senator Dodd, members of the subcommittee, I want to thank you for holding this hearing, and for inviting me to participate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-08T08:42:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Nuclear Partnership with India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india#When:15:59:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After decades of tensions with New Delhi, the Bush administration is moving steadily to establish a new strategic partnership to strengthen India as a counterweight to China in the Asian balance of power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-02T15:59:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Costly &#8216;Other War&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-costly-other-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-costly-other-war#When:16:03:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The usual explanation for Pakistan's failure to go all-out against al Qaeda and Taliban forces along the Afghan frontier is that Gen. Pervez Musharraf's armed forces and intelligence services are riddled with Islamic extremists.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-15T16:03:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roh Balances National Priorities and Alliance with U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us#When:16:06:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In carrying out his election campaign pledge to reshape the U.S.-South Korean alliance, President Roh Moo Hyun has skillfully balanced conflicting national priorities during the first three years of his tenure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-05T16:06:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bullying Cuba Out of Ballpark]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bullying-cuba-out-of-ballpark</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bullying-cuba-out-of-ballpark#When:13:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department's recent announcement that it would not grant a license for a Cuban baseball team to participate in the World Baseball Classic planned for March was deeply disappointing but hardly a surprise.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-27T13:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Swing and a Miss]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-swing-and-a-miss</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-swing-and-a-miss#When:13:11:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s hard to know what was on Major League baseball’s mind when it sought to include Cuba and its baseball players in the World Baseball Classic that will take place next March in venues including Puerto Rico.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-17T13:11:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Should Scrap Plane Deal With Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-should-scrap-plane-deal-with-pakistan1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-should-scrap-plane-deal-with-pakistan1#When:13:17:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[PAKISTAN'S decision to postpone the US-subsidized purchase of 77 nuclear-capable F-16 fighter planes from the ailing Lockheed-Martin Corporation provides an opportunity for the Bush administration and Congress to call off a disastrous deal that the United States should never have proposed in the first place.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-11-27T13:17:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some Reports Regarding Iraq Never Made it to Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/some-reports-regarding-iraq-never-made-it-to-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/some-reports-regarding-iraq-never-made-it-to-congress#When:13:23:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush, in defense of his decision to use force in Iraq, contends that Congress supported the decision and that it had access to the same intelligence available to the White House.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-11-23T13:23:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s Exclusive Access]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-presidents-exclusive-access</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-presidents-exclusive-access#When:13:28:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush, in defense of his decision to use force in Iraq, contends that the Congress supported the decision and that it had access to the same intelligence available to the White House. Not true!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-11-20T13:28:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Veto Threat Doesn&#8217;t Fit His &#8216;Deep Disgust&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-veto-threat-doesnt-fit-his-deep-disgust</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-veto-threat-doesnt-fit-his-deep-disgust#When:13:40:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Media coverage of the failed Harriet Miers nomination and the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, sidelined a far more important issue for America's future as moral leader of the world: President Bush's threat to veto an amendment to the $450 billion Military Appropriations Bill reaffirming the military's obligation to adhere to the Geneva Conventions' prohibitions on torture.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-11-10T13:40:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.: Sheltering Terrorists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-sheltering-terrorists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-sheltering-terrorists#When:13:43:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States is supposed to be in an all-out struggle against terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-27T13:43:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Take Dirty Money off the Table]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/take-dirty-money-off-the-table</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/take-dirty-money-off-the-table#When:14:23:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month, we marked the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which jolted the United States to a new understanding of the terrorist threat. After the smoke cleared, a second alarm went off: How did the terrorists pay for the crime?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Middle East, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-12T14:23:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Dirty Money Thwarts Capitalism&#8217;s True Course]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-dirty-money-thwarts-capitalisms-true-course</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-dirty-money-thwarts-capitalisms-true-course#When:15:55:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If smuggling drugs across borders is bad, is smuggling profits across borders through abusive transfer pricing also bad? If tax evasion out of one country is harmful, is the inflow of tax-evading money into another also harmful? If money laundering by terrorists is dangerous, is the use of similar techniques by companies also dangerous?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-11T15:55:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolton&#8217;s Disruptive Agenda All Too Obvious]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/boltons-disruptive-agenda-all-too-obvious</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/boltons-disruptive-agenda-all-too-obvious#When:15:58:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since his recess appointment by President Bush to represent the United States at the United Nations, John Bolton has proceeded to live up to the hubris of his previous comments:]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-15T15:58:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Held Up Cuba Help Over Politics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-held-up-cuba-help-over-politics</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-held-up-cuba-help-over-politics#When:16:22:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What a shame. Not even in the face of the massive human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina could the Bush administration put aside its knee-jerk rejection of anything coming out of Cuba. Only two days after the storm hit the Gulf Coast, the Cubans quietly offered humanitarian assistance. No response.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-13T16:22:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Failing Grades: Evaluating the Results of Plan Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failing-grades-evaluating-the-results-of-plan-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failing-grades-evaluating-the-results-of-plan-colombia#When:16:32:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 13, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law an emergency bill giving Colombia $860 million “to seek peace, fight drugs, build the economy, and deepen democracy.”
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-01T16:32:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Violent `Solutions&#8217; Create New Problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/violent-solutions-create-new-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/violent-solutions-create-new-problems#When:16:19:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As anti-Americanism has become a vital issue, various committees, delegations and retired diplomatic, military and intelligence officials have charged that our lack of an evenhanded approach to foreign relations and the worldwide perception of unfair policies are the main contributors to the problem.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-12T16:19:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Last Throes&#8217; Only in Eye of Delusional Bush]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/last-throes-only-in-eye-of-delusional-bush</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/last-throes-only-in-eye-of-delusional-bush#When:16:23:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration assures us that the insurgency in Iraq is in its last throes, even as the attacks increase and casualties climb. It also assures us that the Castro regime is in its last throes, thanks to the new measures against it put forward by the President's Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba in May of 2004.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-06T16:23:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Administration Deceptions Longstanding and Growing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-administration-deceptions-longstanding-and-growing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-administration-deceptions-longstanding-and-growing#When:16:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration and much of the major media either ignored or gave little publicity to the revelations in the "Downing Street Memo" when it was leaked and published in London's Sunday Times close to two months ago. Now the leak has become a flood of memos written by British cabinet ministers that affirm and substantiate its damning statement that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-18T16:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grappling with Gitmo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grappling-with-gitmo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grappling-with-gitmo#When:16:42:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many prominent Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, are urging that the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo be closed. Their argument is that given the many reports of detainees being abused there, Guantanamo has come to be seen internationally as a symbol of U.S. disregard for human rights and for the Geneva Conventions. And so, to get rid of the harmful symbol, we should close it.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-26T16:42:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Root Causes of Terrorism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/root-causes-of-terrorism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/root-causes-of-terrorism#When:16:33:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The British people and many others seem to have been more shocked by the fact that the terrorists who set off those bombs in London the other day were native-born British citizens than that the attack occurred. We should not have been.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-16T16:33:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Investigation Needed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/investigation-needed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/investigation-needed#When:16:44:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Responding to Amnesty International's allegations on May 25 of "atrocious human rights violations " at Guantanamo and various other U.S.-controlled detention centers, and especially to the term "gulag," President Bush on May 31 described the charges as "absurd" and based on the stories of "people who hate America," i.e., the detainees.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-11T16:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
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