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    <title><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition#When:17:42:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[British U-turn on US jets damages credibility of UK defence chiefs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs#When:14:34:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The cost issue isn't going to go away", writes William Hartung in Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T14:34:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Air Force pilots reluctant to fly F-22 Raptors citing ongoing oxygen problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems#When:16:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung discusses Defense Department spending and the cost and necessity of the F-22 Raptors]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T16:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to bring the troops home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home#When:09:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Davis' remarks echo judgments made earlier by Marine Captain Matthew Hoh and Colonel Andrew Bacevich, and thousands of veterans of the Afghan war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T09:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Win Without War Statement on the Signing of U.S. – Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We are pleased to continue to hear President Obama express his support for ending the war in Afghanistan,” said Win Without War ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICBM Coalition Of Rural Senators Fights Nuclear Weapons Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts#When:09:09:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["But pork barrel considerations remain more prevalent on Capitol Hill," said William Hartung, director of the Arms & Security Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Asia, North Korea, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T09:09:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia Is Up in Arms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms#When:18:30:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["U.S. companies have said that they're going to increase foreign sales by 25 percent to offset what they say are deep cuts in Pentagon spending, but which is really just a leveling off," explains William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:30:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sojourner Truth Radio Interview with Bill Hartung]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung#When:13:59:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest House of Representatives Budget Committee proposals would slash what's left of the safety net, give tax breaks to the wealthy and increase military spending. The interview starts at 40:30.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T13:59:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ryan Budget: Increases Pentagon, &#8220;Out of Touch&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch#When:16:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["While pretending to make the 'tough choices,' Rep. Paul Ryan's budget cutting plan gives a free ride to the largest single item in the discretionary budget: Pentagon spending"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T16:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. and Israel&#8217;s Threats Could Lead to Unpredictable Military Confrontation with Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation#When:12:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in the U.S. this week, the world’s attention has focused on the repeated threats made by both the U.S. and Israel to launch airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear research facilities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T12:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interview: William Hartung, Defense Contractor Expert and &#8220;Prophets of War&#8221; Author]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author#When:12:38:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Perhaps no one knows more about the problems associated with this defense contracting giant than William D. Hartung, whose book, Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:38:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conscientious Quitter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter#When:10:50:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh spent years fighting in Iraq as a Marine, then he joined the State Department and was assigned to Afghanistan. What he saw there convinced him that the only thing he could do in good conscience was quit]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-23T10:50:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not too poor for the wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars#When:15:52:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[War. Wars. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drumbeat for war in Iran]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-22T15:52:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[February 20, 2012: Bring The War Dollars Home: Raleigh]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh#When:12:04:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh, February 20th, brought together 150 peace advocates to send the message for a need to reorder our priorities.  We need to “Bring Our War Dollars Home and Restore Our Communities"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-20T12:04:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts slowing production of Lockheed&#8217;s F-35]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35#When:09:51:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program is slated for national and international cuts that would slow production of the aircraft and could impact the work done at the company’s Marietta plant]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T09:51:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[2013 Defense Budget Rollout: Just the Opening Salvo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo#When:17:28:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung, of the Center for International Policy, characterizes the 2013 budget as a "minor course correction, not a strategic shift.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-13T17:28:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the Real Truth about the War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan#When:09:44:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[An Army Lieutenant Colonel praised by superiors for his "devotion to mission accomplishment" says reports of "progress" in Afghanistan are Pentagon spin. We hear from him and others]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T09:44:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Officer Blows Whistle on Afghan War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war#When:11:00:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis just submitted a classified report to members of Congress, arguing that the Department of Defense has intentionally and consistently misled the American people and Congress when it comes to measuring progress and conduct in what is now America's longest war. Lt. Col. Davis and Matthew Hoh with the Center for International Policy discuss.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T11:00:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan 2013: America&#8217;s Next Groove]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove#When:10:32:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last night, former State Department official and US Marine Matthew Hoh, now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, and I had a very good discussion with Chris Matthews]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T10:32:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/early-end-to-u.s.-combat-role-in-afghanistan-draws-cheers-jeers-confusion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/early-end-to-u.s.-combat-role-in-afghanistan-draws-cheers-jeers-confusion#When:11:49:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T11:49:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Seeks to End Combat in Afghanistan by 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013#When:10:35:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy and The Atlantic's Steve Clemons join Hardball to discuss the significance of the announcement]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T10:35:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon 2013 Budget Wars: Ground Forces Lose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose#When:10:14:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung said the president’s plan is, at most, a “modest adjustment at a time when military budgets of recent years have been at the highest levels since World War II” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:14:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones lead the way to tighter defense budgets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets#When:10:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung with the Center for International Policy says big contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman already make both. But drones cost one-fifth, or less, than fighter planes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[January 26 - The Defense Cutting Mirage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage#When:09:53:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung joins us to examine the numbers game and the astronomically expensive and useless weapons programs that are not being cut]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T09:53:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special Ops&#8217; burden of success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success#When:16:35:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said de-emphasizing boots on the ground and emphasizing a more flexible force is "a logical way to go"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-25T16:35:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay 10th Anniversary: Obama&#8217;s Detention Law Could Fill Prison Obama Tried to Close]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam#When:13:45:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["With any of this, the concern is what the next administration will do," said Stephen Miles of the progressive national security coalition Win Without War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T13:45:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones, Asia and Cyber War: Pentagon Shifts Priorities in New Review; Budget Still Exceeds Bush Era]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget#When:14:47:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch William Hartung's interview with Democracy Now! about Obama's new military strategy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-09T14:47:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Less Counter-Insurgency, More Asia in New U.S. Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy#When:00:59:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Pentagon’s proposed reductions in its spending plans are far too low," according to William Hartung, a veteran defence analyst]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T00:59:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s not-so “dangerous” Pentagon cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts#When:17:37:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But are the proposed cuts really all that drastic? For an answer to that question and an explanation of how cuts might — or might not — ultimately be made, I spoke to Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-05T17:37:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il Dies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies#When:11:41:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Kim Jong Il has been more than a frontman, but less than the totalitarian leader his father was, able to just issue diktats and do whatever he wanted to do," says Selig Harrison]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-19T11:41:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thousands of US Contractors will Replace Troops in Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/thousands-of-us-contractors-will-replace-troops-in-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/thousands-of-us-contractors-will-replace-troops-in-iraq#When:15:54:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Soltz of VoteVets.org and Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy debate the winners and losers of the Iraq War and the non-military presence that will remain]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:54:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legal U.S. gun sales to Mexico Arming Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels#When:11:43:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I think most Americans are aware that there's a problem in terms of the drug traffickers in Mexico, increases in violence," said Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T11:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bring Them Home - Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now#When:15:50:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Like a slow train coming,” said Matthew Hoh, a former Marine who resigned his Afghanistan post in protest and now is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:50:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Goodman: Obama has not shown he wants to lead]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/goodman-obama-has-not-shown-he-wants-to-lead</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/goodman-obama-has-not-shown-he-wants-to-lead#When:16:09:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, national security and intelligence columnist for Truthout.org, joined WJBC’s Jim Fitzpatrick on Wednesday to discuss current events on the world stage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-02T16:09:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tyrants or liberators?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators#When:11:23:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former US diplomat in Afghanistan Matthew Hoh, who resigned as a mark of protest against the US Afghan policy, stated that “the insurgency in Afghanistan (as it did in Pakistan) only arrived after the US troops did”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T11:23:58+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/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:12:02:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a new policy report by the Center for International Policy and Common Cause, William Hartung says that McKeon is the arms industry’s most forceful advocate in the battle to bolster the Pentagon budget]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T12:02:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After the Deficit Committee, A New Propaganda Push from the War Profiteers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers#When:16:01:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Long-time war industry observer Bill Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, had a simple description for the Panetta/McKeon/war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T16:01:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle#When:15:25:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T15:25:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle#When:11:58:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T11:58:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Navy&#8217;s Amphibious Fleet Could fall Short of Goals, CBO Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says#When:16:03:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung, a defense specialist at the Center for International Policy, told Government Executive that the report seemed "to acknowledge]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-28T16:03:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analyst: Keep Defense Cuts in Place, Avoid &#8216;Exaggerated Rhetoric&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1#When:16:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We don’t need more Pentagon spending, we need more spending discipline at the Pentagon – an agency so disorganized that it can’t even balance its own books]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T16:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War: The Wrong Jobs Program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program#When:17:01:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are several reasons why military spending ends up near the back of the pack. The inefficiency of the “cost-plus” system is one. Pointing to another, analyst William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-21T17:01:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Meria With Melvin Goodman -U.S. Foreign Policy and Militarization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/meria-with-melvin-goodman-us-foreign-policy-and-militarization</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/meria-with-melvin-goodman-us-foreign-policy-and-militarization#When:11:59:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Meria with Melvin Goodman, Senior Fellow -Center for International Policy with 42 years of Govt Service, Intel, CIA Whistleblower, writer and more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-15T11:59:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd#When:18:27:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed has a history of donating to causes favored by influential lawmakers and government officials, said William D. Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T18:27:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assassination Backlash]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash#When:17:01:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Matthew Hoh, the foreign service officer who quit in protest at the futility of the Afghan war, told me recently, "War is a breeding ground for]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T17:01:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Checking the Pentagon&#8217;s Job Loss Math]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math#When:16:44:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung a defense budget analyst at the Center for International Policy agrees and thinks the Defense Department may be "front-loading" the numbers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T16:44:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians#When:16:57:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The killing of family members and neighbours who responded to night raids with weapons was already a major issue within the U.S. mission to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:57:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget Cuts&#8217; Cost, in U.S. Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs#When:15:12:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said Pentagon planners need more than a rough estimate of total jobs that might be lost amid budget cuts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T15:12:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hartung Press Release Super Committee Policy Brief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense#When:13:33:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy brief from William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T13:33:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama Announces All U.S. Troops in Iraq Finally Coming Home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/president-obama-announces-us-troops-iraq-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/president-obama-announces-us-troops-iraq-home#When:15:59:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The President announcement today that all U.S. troops in Iraq will return home by the end of 2011 is a major step in the right direction]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T15:59:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, 60s-era CIA Whistleblower, Addresses 200 People at ISU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu#When:12:25:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy and ex-CIA whistleblower, spoke Wednesday evening to a crowd of 200 people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T12:25:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War-Gaming the Defense Budget as Deadline Nears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-defense-budget-deadline-nears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-defense-budget-deadline-nears#When:13:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The hawks in this administration and at various think tanks would like to see a presence well beyond 2014,” said Matthew Hoh, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Center for International Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-18T13:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War-Gaming the Defense Budget as Deadline Nears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears#When:12:24:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The hawks in this administration and at various think tanks would like to see a presence well beyond 2014,” said Matthew Hoh]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-18T12:24:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Panetta: Wrong on Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending#When:15:31:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is flagrantly advocating for war profiteers at the expense of real security for the American people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:31:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-CIA analyst lays out dangers of US militarization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization#When:13:24:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, who joined the agency in the 1960s and is today an author and national security expert, spoke to a standing room-only crowd of about 200 at Illinois State University]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-10T13:24:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[‘The Costs of War’: A Must-Read Study]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study#When:17:12:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2000s have seen the highest level of defense spending since World War II, up to over $400 billion dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-23T17:12:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study: Federal Spending on Defense Doesn&#8217;t Create As Many Jobs As Education Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education#When:17:16:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["... maintaining military spending at the expense of other forms of federal expenditures would actually result in a net loss of jobs"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:16:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is There a Desirable Jobs Benefit in DOD Spending?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending#When:17:14:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-08T17:14:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former State Department Official Matthew Hoh Talks About Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan#When:12:38:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, who in 2009 famously quit his State Department post in Afghanistan to protest U.S. strategy there, spoke on August 11th as part of the Dallas Peace Center’s dinner lecture series, and he didn’t mince words about how he thinks the war in Afghanistan is going. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Post 9/11, US Economy Pays Steep Price]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price#When:12:26:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with terrorism, was a huge price to pay to get rid of one dictator," William Hartung, a defense expert at the New America Foundation, told AFP.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:26:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Future in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan#When:15:53:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We’ll spend this hour with former State Department official Matthew Hoh, who resigned his position in 2009 in protest of U.S.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T15:53:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[At a Crossroads in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan#When:16:25:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Matthew Hoh appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to talk about the US role ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T16:25:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[As Federal Cutbacks Loom, Maryland Businesses Fear Losses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses#When:14:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Proposed “cuts” in future Pentagon spending aren’t really reductions, said William D. Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T14:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Hartung on Military Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts#When:12:26:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling has been lifted; that fixed everything, right? Well, the Democratic base is unhappy ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T12:26:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the Pentagon Suffer in the Debt Deal?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation#When:14:52:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung, a noted defense expert writing in the Huffington Post, says: “The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-04T14:52:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Does debt deal weaken defense?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense#When:12:38:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the debt deal’s passage, economists don’t predict any forthcoming sign of relief for an]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-03T12:38:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street &amp; Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal#When:12:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After months of a bitterly partisan stalemate, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted 269 to 161 ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T12:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Hawks Upset With Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english#When:10:51:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts Skeptical that Debt Deal will Result in Significant Military Spending Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts#When:10:50:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:50:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War, Debt, and the President]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig#When:10:48:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This year is the 50th anniversary of [Dwight] Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex speech,” William Hartung of the Center for International Policy told me while the Senate assembled to vote on the debt ceiling bill.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:48:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts Respond: How the Deal Affects Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network#When:10:53:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives the Pentagon virtually a free ride. It reduces projected Pentagon spending by less than one percent. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-01T10:53:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Talks May Be a Last Chance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance#When:11:38:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The North Koreans "have made a strategic decision," said Selig S. Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-25T11:38:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why US is Shifting Nuclear Stand With India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india#When:11:47:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Yes, this does look at India on an individual basis, but it also rewards a worthy country for its very good performance on nuclear proliferation, and in that sense it reflects a desirable change in US policy," says Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T11:47:42+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Jeff Santos Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show#When:13:03:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh appears on the Jeff Santos Show to discuss the continued US role in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:03:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assassination in Afghanistan Creates a Void]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void#When:14:08:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A suicide bomber struck mourners in Kandahar today, further evidence that Afghanistan faces both increased]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T14:08:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh and Zaher Wahab speak in Oregon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon#When:14:25:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The last week in June, Peace Action West joined with groups around Oregon to present two ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-11T14:25:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Costs of War Website Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar#When:16:37:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States will spend a total of  $3.2 to 4 trillion paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project, including William D. Hartung.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T16:37:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military and Civilian Challenges in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan#When:15:40:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As America's longest war completes its tenth year, President Obama has promised a troop withdrawal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:40:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anger as US arms dealer takes over running of Scottish nuclear bomb base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base#When:12:34:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is particularly true in the case of Lockheed Martin,” he told the Sunday Herald.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What about Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan#When:12:53:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This insurgency, as Matthew Hoh points out, "is composed of multiple, seemingly, infinite groups,"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T12:53:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh on Changing Course in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan#When:15:47:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Late last week I had a chance to sit down for a talk with Matthew Hoh. You might remember his name from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-16T15:47:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Will Bin Laden&#8217;s Death Affect the U.S. War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan#When:16:19:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The nation and world were caught by surprise on May 1, when President Obama unexpectedly appeared 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T16:19:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is CIA&#8217;s &#8216;triumph&#8217; a turning point for maligned agency?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency#When:13:16:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["That's the origin of the disaster (with al-Qaida),'' says Melvin Goodman, a former CIA analyst and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T13:16:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More threats from N. Korea?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-threats-from-n.-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-threats-from-n.-korea#When:12:51:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month, North Korean officials told a visiting U.S. scholar, Selig Harrison, that they were ready to put nuclear warheads on their missiles "whenever we want."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-03T12:51:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With Killing of Bin Laden, Why Are 50,000 U.S. Troops Still in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/with-killing-of-bin-laden-why-are-50000-troops-still-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/with-killing-of-bin-laden-why-are-50000-troops-still-in-afghanistan#When:16:29:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After two tours of duty in Iraq and serving in the State Department in Washington, D.C., Matthew Hoh ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T16:29:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former CIA Agent on Bin Laden: ‘A Page Has Been Turned’]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-cia-agent-on-bin-laden-page-has-been-turned</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-cia-agent-on-bin-laden-page-has-been-turned#When:15:54:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan says directives involving the raid targeting Osama ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T15:54:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Smell of Victory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-smell-of-victory</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-smell-of-victory#When:14:07:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Obviously, the operation that was successful did not require the military occupation of a nation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T14:07:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Insiders&#8217; choice for DoD: Leon Panetta]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/insiders-choice-for-dod-leon-panetta</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/insiders-choice-for-dod-leon-panetta#When:13:57:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He did not do any shaking up whatsoever," Goodman said. "What I think is pretty clear is this]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:57:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama fulfills Bush goal; U.S. plans to exploit new intel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-fulfills-bush-goal-us-plans-to-exploit-new-intel</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-fulfills-bush-goal-us-plans-to-exploit-new-intel#When:13:22:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But Matthew Hoh, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and the director of the Afghanistan Study Group, said removing]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:22:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bin Laden&#8217;s Killing Could Alter Af-Pak, Other Policies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bin-ladens-killing-could-alter-af-pak-other-policies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bin-ladens-killing-could-alter-af-pak-other-policies#When:13:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I am hopeful that this provides closure to the American public for 9/11, and that closure provides]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan — why America does what it does]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-why-america-does-what-it-does</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-why-america-does-what-it-does#When:13:27:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[He explicitly calls to “aid the six million Baloch insurgents fighting for independence from Pakistan in the face of growing ISI repression”.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-01T13:27:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fears David Petraeus will &#8216;militarise&#8217; CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fears-david-petraeus-will-militarise-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fears-david-petraeus-will-militarise-cia#When:13:25:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The new team is like shifting deckchairs on the deck of Titanic," he complained. "The policy is not ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-01T13:25:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-presidents-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-presidents-dilemma#When:13:40:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grass roots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T13:40:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Afghanistan could upend Obama’s reelection strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-afghanistan-could-upend-obamas-reelection-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-afghanistan-could-upend-obamas-reelection-strategy#When:13:46:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grass roots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T13:46:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Scholar Says Free Balochistan in U.S. Vital Interests; Baloch Hail Stand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-scholar-says-free-balochistan-in-us-vital-interests</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-scholar-says-free-balochistan-in-us-vital-interests#When:14:16:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["An independent Balochistan will not be a threat to U.S. interests," elaborating, "The U.S. has nothing]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-18T14:16:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[1 in 5 US veterans jobless in 2010]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/1-in-5-us-veterans-jobless-in-2010</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/1-in-5-us-veterans-jobless-in-2010#When:14:28:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Some are annoyed by the fact that the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has 600,000 outstanding]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-17T14:28:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Koreans Send a Signal: We&#8217;ll Wait Till Bush Is Gone]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreans-send-a-signal-well-wait-till-bush-is-gone</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreans-send-a-signal-well-wait-till-bush-is-gone#When:13:30:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, told U.S. News the new North Korean position takes dismantling of nuclear facilities "off the table."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-17T13:30:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[American Assesses North Koreans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/american-assesses-north-koreans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/american-assesses-north-koreans#When:13:53:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The expert, Selig Harrison of the Center for International Policy in Washington, said in an interview that he had been told by several top-ranking North Korean leaders that the United States must pledge to respect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity before any freeze could be discussed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-12T13:53:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Deals a Blow to Arms Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-deals-a-blow-to-arms-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-deals-a-blow-to-arms-talks#When:13:56:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The specialist, Selig S. Harrison of the Center for International Policy in Washington, said in an interview that he had been informed by several top-ranking North Korean leaders that the United States must pledge to respect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity before any freeze could be discussed. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T13:56:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Those worrying over Libya expenditure should question Afghanistan&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan#When:14:29:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Those genuinely concerned about war costs need to go where the money is – Afghanistan ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-09T14:29:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Maine Congressman Pushes for Veterans&#8217; Trust Fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-maine-congressman-pushes-for-veterans-trust-fund</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-maine-congressman-pushes-for-veterans-trust-fund#When:16:32:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since his days as a Maine Congress member in the 1990s, Tom Andrews has made waves as an anti-war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T16:32:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burning Issue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/burning-issue</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/burning-issue#When:16:54:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Afghan protests continue in response to Qu'ran burning in Florida, Matthew Hoh marks the struggle]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-04T16:54:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week-march</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week-march#When:17:02:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Director of the Afghanistan Study Group, Matthew Hoh, talks to us about why local governance can’t seem ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-03T17:02:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War Stories: Promoting the war in Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-stories-promoting-the-war-in-libya1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-stories-promoting-the-war-in-libya1#When:17:07:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon, NATO, and others fight an information war to go alongside the real ones in the battlefield ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-25T17:07:16+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wake-up-end-the-silence-on-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wake-up-end-the-silence-on-afghanistan#When:15:14:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grassroots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:14:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blue Dog Democrat Heath Shuler Votes For Speedy Afghanistan Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heath-shuler-votes-for-speedy-afghanistan-withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heath-shuler-votes-for-speedy-afghanistan-withdrawal#When:15:18:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It would be a great service to our country if someone like Rep. Shuler, a centrist or Blue Dog Democrat]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-22T15:18:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Kill Team Photos, New Abu Ghraib?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kill-team-photos-new-abu-ghraib</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kill-team-photos-new-abu-ghraib#When:17:15:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Could this be the new Abu Ghraib scandal, or even worse? German newspaper Der Spiegel has ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T17:15:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GOP Leader Says U.S. Can’t Force Karzai on the Afghans, Backs Rapid Exit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cant-force-karzai-on-the-afghans-backs-rapid-exit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cant-force-karzai-on-the-afghans-backs-rapid-exit#When:15:23:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hoh told me that having our young men die or get maimed for the Karzai regime was more than]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-19T15:23:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[UN Reported Fraction of Afghan Civilian Deaths in US Raids]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/un-reported-fraction-of-afghan-civilian-deaths-in-us-raids</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/un-reported-fraction-of-afghan-civilian-deaths-in-us-raids#When:15:29:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Commanders are under pressure to find targets for these raids, because it has become a metric of success]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-18T15:29:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh testifies in front of Congressional Progressive Caucus Taskforce on Peace and Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-testifies-in-front-of-congressional-progressive-caucus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-testifies-in-front-of-congressional-progressive-caucus#When:17:17:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Progressive Caucus Taskforce on Peace and Security held a briefing on Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T17:17:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some House Dems Push Quicker Afghan Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/some-house-dems-push-quicker-afghan-withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/some-house-dems-push-quicker-afghan-withdrawal#When:15:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The idea that were going to have a conditions based withdrawal has a logical fallacy to it,” Hoh said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[In Case You Missed It]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/in-case-you-missed-it</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/in-case-you-missed-it#When:16:23:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's been a year since the US offensive in Marjah in Afghanistan but has anything changed? Matthew ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-18T16:23:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Budget Battles: Defending Defense Amid Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-budget-battles-defending-defense-amid-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-budget-battles-defending-defense-amid-cuts#When:16:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Saddam Hussein had a brutal government, but most Iraqis would prefer to have that than to have]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-18T16:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rehabilitating the Gang of Four]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rehabilitating-the-gang-of-four</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rehabilitating-the-gang-of-four#When:16:13:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the former CIA analyst for the Soviet Union, Melvin Goodman said, “what the Bush administration did]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T16:13:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[State Department Says Nuclear-Free Korea Remains US Goal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-department-says-nuclear-free-korea-remains-us-goal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-department-says-nuclear-free-korea-remains-us-goal#When:13:32:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea appears adamant in holding on to the small arsenal of nuclear weapons]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T13:32:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China Building Road to Disaster in Gilgit-Baltistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/china-building-road-to-disaster-in-gilgit-baltistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/china-building-road-to-disaster-in-gilgit-baltistan#When:16:18:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“It takes 16 to 25 days for Chinese oil tankers to reach the Gulf,” he wrote. “When high-speed rail ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T16:18:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeremy Scahill Testifies Before Congress on America&#8217;s Secret Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeremy-scahill-testifies-before-congress-on-americas-secret-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeremy-scahill-testifies-before-congress-on-americas-secret-wars#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, recently told me that the night raids are "a really risky, really violent operation"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Should Reconsider North Korea Strategy, Experts Say]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-should-reconsider-north-korea-strategy-experts-say</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-should-reconsider-north-korea-strategy-experts-say#When:11:09:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington must also be prepared to hold bilateral discussions with Pyongyang to thaw negotiations after a suspension of more than two years, according to Selig Harrison]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-07T11:09:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Original Sin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-original-sin</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-original-sin#When:13:17:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Tehran charges that US Special Forces units are using bases in Pakistan for undercover operations inside Iran"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-02T13:17:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[LLRC and the relevance of an atlas on “spatial justice”]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/llrc-and-the-relevance-of-an-atlas-on-spatial-justice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/llrc-and-the-relevance-of-an-atlas-on-spatial-justice#When:11:21:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It should be understood as the word of God; that is, our ancients believed in working with the consent of all” (India: the most dangerous decades, Selig Harrison]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-02T11:21:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Korean Peninsula Tense After Shelling by North]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/korean-peninsula-tense-after-shelling-by-north</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/korean-peninsula-tense-after-shelling-by-north#When:13:32:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, believes that the attack on Yeonpyeong ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-23T13:32:55+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Making Afghanistan Real]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/making-afghanistan-real</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/making-afghanistan-real#When:13:44:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Another four years of war—at the current rate—we’re talking about 2400 more coalition and American soldiers dying”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-22T13:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/americas-failed-war-of-attrition-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/americas-failed-war-of-attrition-in-afghanistan#When:13:40:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["A lot of times, yeah, the right guys would get targeted and the right guys would get killed," says Matthew Hoh]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-22T13:40:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Receives Money From Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-receives-money-from-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-receives-money-from-iran#When:17:04:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T17:04:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Often Weighted North Korea &#8220;Nuclear Option&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-often-weighted-north-korea-nuclear-option</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-often-weighted-north-korea-nuclear-option#When:12:01:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Korea specialists generally accept Pyongyang's stated rationale that it sought its own bomb for defensive reasons — "as a response to the U.S. deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea," says author Selig Harrison.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-10T12:01:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Non-Proliferation and America&#8217;s Deal with Vietnam]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuclear-non-proliferation-and-americas-deal-with-vietnam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuclear-non-proliferation-and-americas-deal-with-vietnam#When:12:04:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a war that ended just 35 years ago, the US lost 58,000 soldiers in Vietnam. Now the Obama Administration is negotiating a deal that could give Vietnam the opportunity to enrich uranium, which includes the potential to make atom bombs.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-09T12:04:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts assess merit, risks of U.S.-South Korea exercise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-assess-merit-risks-of-us-south-korea-exercise1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-assess-merit-risks-of-us-south-korea-exercise1#When:12:08:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“These exercises are exactly the wrong way to deal with North Korea” and another example of how “we continue to stick our finger in [China’s] eye,” said Selig Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-23T12:08:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Korea, War Without End, Casts a Long Shadow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/korea-war-without-end-casts-a-long-shadow</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/korea-war-without-end-casts-a-long-shadow#When:12:22:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Veteran Korea observer Selig A. Harrison, of the Washington research group Center for International Policy, sees "lots of missed opportunities for peace" over six decades of confrontation.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-20T12:22:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Did Pyongyang Really Sink the Cheonan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/did-pyongyang-really-sink-the-cheonan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/did-pyongyang-really-sink-the-cheonan#When:12:19:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, an American expert on North Korea, has suggested that South Korean President Lee Myung Bak had invited retaliation by repudiating the commitment to co-existence and eventual confederation enshrined in the two summit declarations negotiated by two of his predecessors.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-20T12:19:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Offensive Against North Korea Unlikely]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-offensive-against-north-korea-unlikely</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-offensive-against-north-korea-unlikely#When:10:56:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A young hawkish group is - in the armed forces - is stronger than it's ever been in North Korea, and many of the older heads ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-25T10:56:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia Experts Debate Road Ahead for U.S. Over Korean Strife]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-experts-debate-road-ahead-for-us-over-korean-strife</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-experts-debate-road-ahead-for-us-over-korean-strife#When:11:11:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, to you first. What do you make of South Korea's response announced today? Is it the right fit? No, I don’t ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-24T11:11:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Will Pyongyang`s Brinkmanship Work?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-pyongyangs-brinkmanship-work</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-pyongyangs-brinkmanship-work#When:14:49:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It`s just a question of how seriously the United States takes North Korea`s nuclear posture," Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, said, according to AFP. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T14:49:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Korean Naval Ship Sinks in Disputed Area After &#8220;Explosion&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/south-korean-naval-ship-sinks-in-disputed-area-after-explosion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/south-korean-naval-ship-sinks-in-disputed-area-after-explosion#When:14:30:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's generally not understood that there's been a progressively growing crisis between North and South Korea."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-26T14:30:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man Versus Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/man-versus-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/man-versus-afghanistan#When:14:20:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the future, for example, the Hindu Kush could form a border between Pashtunistan and a Greater Tajikistan. The Taliban]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T14:20:13+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[John Brennan steps out of the shadows]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/john-brennan-steps-out-of-the-shadows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/john-brennan-steps-out-of-the-shadows#When:09:36:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's the same crowd. It's appalling," said Melvyn Goodman, a former CIA analyst who spoke out during the transition]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-09T09:36:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US to Karzai on Afghan election: congratulations, now shape up]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-to-karzai-on-afghan-election-congratulations-now-shape-up</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-to-karzai-on-afghan-election-congratulations-now-shape-up#When:13:30:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's all been so mishandled, the elections and the leadership issues, but now that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-02T13:30:42+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Expert Faults U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expert-faults-us-strategy-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expert-faults-us-strategy-in-afghanistan#When:16:36:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Well, the largest ethnic group are the Pashtuns, at least 42 percent. This is the ethnic group that has produced the Taliban. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-24T16:36:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/karzai-unlikely-to-claim-afghan-election-victory-soon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/karzai-unlikely-to-claim-afghan-election-victory-soon#When:14:15:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The idea of imposing a central government was a mistake from the beginning.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-16T14:15:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea’s ‘Charm Offensive” a Will-o-the-Wisp?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreas-charm-offensive-a-will-o-the-wisp</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreas-charm-offensive-a-will-o-the-wisp#When:14:17:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea wants Washington to accept it as a nuclear power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-31T14:17:31+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[George W. Bush CIA insider key to Obama plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/george-w.-bush-cia-insider-key-to-obama-plan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/george-w.-bush-cia-insider-key-to-obama-plan#When:14:37:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[He supported everything with great enthusiasm]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-26T14:37:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Scholar Draws Criticism, Praise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-scholar-draws-criticism-praise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-scholar-draws-criticism-praise#When:12:38:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The country is no enigma for Selig Harrison, though. The outspoken scholar and former reporter has visited 11 times since 1972 and regularly interviews powerful North Koreans.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-21T12:38:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bill Clinton In North Korea To Free U.S. Journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-clinton-in-north-korea-to-free-us-journalists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-clinton-in-north-korea-to-free-us-journalists#When:14:32:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In May, Gore sought permission from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to go ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-03T14:32:55+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[An Intelligence Vacuum in Washington]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/an-intelligence-vacuum-in-washington</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/an-intelligence-vacuum-in-washington#When:14:46:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I interpret this as President [Barack] Obama knowing an insufficient amount]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-15T14:46:26+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[North to Target Japan if War Starts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-to-target-japan-if-war-starts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-to-target-japan-if-war-starts#When:15:05:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the event of another war with North Korea resulting from efforts to enforce]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-19T15:05:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Has North Korea Crossed The Line?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/has-north-korea-crossed-the-line</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/has-north-korea-crossed-the-line#When:15:10:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama should declare his support for peaceful reunification]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T15:10:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Intelligence Advisory Board Empty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-intelligence-advisory-board-empty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-intelligence-advisory-board-empty#When:14:50:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I interpret this as President Obama knowing an insufficient amount]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-01T14:50:10+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[GPS: Panel on North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gps-panel-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gps-panel-on-north-korea#When:12:43:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison and Jack Pritchard talk to Fareed about North Korea's nuclear tests and the global response.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-31T12:43:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Missile Tests and Tension on the Korean Peninsula]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/missile-tests-and-tension-on-the-korean-peninsula</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/missile-tests-and-tension-on-the-korean-peninsula#When:12:48:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The US and South Korea have raised their alert levels to counter North Korea's recent underground nuclear test and test-firing of short-range missiles. When the UN Security Council responded with tough talk, Pyongyang threatened "military action" if South Korea joined other nations in trying to stop North Korean shipping.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-28T12:48:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Comrades and Capitalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-and-capitalists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-and-capitalists#When:12:58:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison of the Center for International Policy, a frequent visitor to the North, calls the process "reform by stealth." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-21T12:58:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Vows to Boycott Nuclear Talks After U.N. Rebuke]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-vows-to-boycott-nuclear-talks-after-u.n.-rebuke</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-vows-to-boycott-nuclear-talks-after-u.n.-rebuke#When:16:41:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not at all. You know that on March 26th they said very explicitly that if even one word of criticism of their missile launch came]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-14T16:41:50+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Missile Launch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-missile-launch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-missile-launch#When:13:01:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Analysis and international security implications of North Korea's decision to launch a multi-stage rocket missile in defiance of UN resolutions.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T13:01:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



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      <title><![CDATA[China, NKorea Trade Boom Despite Rocket Tensions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/china-nkorea-trade-boom</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/china-nkorea-trade-boom#When:13:04:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Selig Harrison, a North Korea expert with the Washington-based Center for International Policy, Beijing's real concern is that North Korea's economy will collapse and China will be inundated with refugees.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-05T13:04:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Haven For Militants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-haven-for-militants</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-haven-for-militants#When:14:37:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They fought in those hills for years and they just couldn't control them," says Selig Harrison, the director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-16T14:37:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[There’s a World of Trouble Out There]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/theres-a-world-of-trouble-out-there</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/theres-a-world-of-trouble-out-there#When:14:24:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[in the past the CIA's reputation for economic analysis was damaged]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-28T14:24:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Tufts Dean Envoy to N. Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tufts-dean-envoy-to-n.-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tufts-dean-envoy-to-n.-korea#When:14:40:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Having recently returned from a fact-finding trip to North Korea, Stephen W. Bosworth, dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, will have little time to unpack his bags in Medford before heading back to the region - this time as President Obama's special envoy to North Korea, according to administration officials.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-13T14:40:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Clinton Begins Official Travels With Visit To Asia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/clinton-begins-official-travels-with-visit-to-asia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/clinton-begins-official-travels-with-visit-to-asia#When:14:33:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. has offered the normalization of relations with North Korea]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-13T14:33:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuke-Size Headache]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuke-size-headache</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuke-size-headache#When:14:52:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just days before Obama's inauguration, North Korean officials told Selig Harrison, a North Korea expert at the Center for International Policy in Washington who recently visited Pyongyang, that the North "weaponized" its plutonium.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-26T14:52:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Obama Era, Nuclear Arsenal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-obama-era-nuclear-arsenal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-obama-era-nuclear-arsenal#When:15:08:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[That powerfully mixed message emerged this week from government statements and a round of interviews that top North Korean officials granted in Pyongyang, the capital, to Selig S. Harrison, a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-18T15:08:05+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Tensions Rise on Korean Peninsula]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tensions-rise-on-korean-peninsula</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tensions-rise-on-korean-peninsula#When:14:59:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The scholar, Selig S. Harrison, said the officials had not defined what “weaponized” meant, but the implication was that they had built nuclear arms.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-18T14:59:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Says It Has ‘Weaponized’ Plutonium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-says-it-has-weaponized-plutonium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-says-it-has-weaponized-plutonium#When:14:38:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[They’ve raised the bar and said, ‘We are a nuclear weapons state]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-18T14:38:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Looks to Obama Administration for Food, Fuel Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-looks-to-obama-administration-for-food-fuel-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-looks-to-obama-administration-for-food-fuel-aid#When:14:40:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pyongyang wants friendly relations with the United States]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-17T14:40:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Spinelessness of Lesser Evilism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-spinelessness-of-lesser-evilism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-spinelessness-of-lesser-evilism#When:12:20:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Goodman offered this description of Brennan: “John Brennan was deputy executive secretary to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-18T12:20:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama’s Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-tied-to-rendition-program-faulty-iraq-head-obamas-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-tied-to-rendition-program-faulty-iraq-head-obamas-intelligence#When:15:33:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[John Brennan and Jami Miscik, both former intelligence officials under George Tenet, are leading]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-17T15:33:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis Outside U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-crisis-outside-us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-crisis-outside-us#When:15:20:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, an expert on the region at the Center for International Policy, says further economic deterioration would exacerbate ethnic tensions and undermine already fragile support for the country's new civilian government. "From a U.S. point of view, the political fallout from an economic collapse would be very, very dangerous," he said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-30T15:20:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Economy Worries Experts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistans-economy-worries-experts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistans-economy-worries-experts#When:13:25:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["From a U.S. point of view, the political fallout from an economic collapse would be very, very ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-30T13:25:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysts Urge U.S. Policy Shift After Musharraf]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysts-urge-us-policy-shift-after-musharraf</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysts-urge-us-policy-shift-after-musharraf#When:13:38:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Musharraf played the U.S. "like a fiddle," Harrison says. For one thing, he says, the Pakistani leader]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-08-18T13:38:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[White House Removes North Korea From Terrorist List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/white-house-removes-north-korea-from-terrorist-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/white-house-removes-north-korea-from-terrorist-list#When:17:23:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush eased trade restrictions against North Korea Thursday and removed it from a terrorism ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-26T17:23:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blackwater&#8217;s Private Spies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/blackwaters-private-spies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/blackwaters-private-spies#When:14:00:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["This is the magnet now. Everything is being attracted to these private companies in terms of]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-05T14:00:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bhutto-dealt-nuclear-secrets-to-n.-korea-book-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bhutto-dealt-nuclear-secrets-to-n.-korea-book-says#When:14:02:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bhatia "is credible on Bhutto. . . . He knew her very well and is a reputable Indian journalist."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-01T14:02:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The View From Tehran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-view-from-tehran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-view-from-tehran#When:14:18:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harrison said that in Washington “the focus of most discussions on Iran is the nuclear issue,” but in ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-14T14:18:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should We Be Afraid of North Korea?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/should-we-be-afraid-of-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/should-we-be-afraid-of-north-korea#When:11:53:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We were told repeatedly that all of the nation’s problems, including the need to maintain a huge army, were caused by the United States.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-25T11:53:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bohai Oil and North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bohai-oil-and-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bohai-oil-and-north-korea#When:12:07:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some North Korea experts say a "strong North Korea" would lead to a "flexible North Korea." Selig Harrison of the U.S. Center for International Policy once said that if you want to see Pyongyang change, it needs to be able to have oil.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-09-09T12:07:51+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[National Press Briefing on U.S. Policy in Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq#When:14:00:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A resolution of the deepening crisis in Iraq can only be achieved through political negotiation and compromise. As most independent observers and analysts have pointed out and as the GAO report leaked this morning underscores - there has been little to no progress in this important regard since the surge began and there is little to no prospect that we will be any closer to a political resolution next April than we are today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-30T14:00:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Mercenary Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution#When:10:47:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the magnet now. Everything is being attracted to these private companies in terms of individuals and expertise and functions that were normally done by the intelligence community,” says former CIA division chief and senior analyst Melvin Goodman.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-15T10:47:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Word War II-Era Mine Discovered]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/word-war-ii-era-mine-discovered</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/word-war-ii-era-mine-discovered#When:14:17:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Melvin Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, says old weapons are found on a fairly regular basis. Goodman says it is unlikely that the device would still be opertive.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-09T14:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video: The Power of Nightmares]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares#When:14:03:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Melvin Goodman describes the beginning of the mythological "war on terror" under Ronald Reagan.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-06T14:03:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Gets Tough on Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-gets-tough-on-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-gets-tough-on-pakistan#When:14:26:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barak Obama's threat to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan has made that country an issue in the presidential campaign. Is it time to get tough with President Pervez Musharraf?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-03T14:26:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo and the Semantics of Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror#When:11:12:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a COHA interview with Jennifer Schuett of Washington’s Center for International Policy, she asserted that the operations at Guantanamo chronically have been conducted, under what is nothing more than a “façade of justice.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-10T11:12:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keeping an Eye on Communism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/keeping-an-eye-on-communism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/keeping-an-eye-on-communism#When:11:18:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When a young analyst of Soviet affairs named Melvin A. Goodman started work at the CIA in 1966, he was ushered into a room to read special collections of reports on the Soviet Union and China.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-27T11:18:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Human Rights in Islam]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam#When:11:51:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The same intractable problem has been created in Afghanistan, according to Selig Harrison, who was the long-time South Asia bureau chief at the Washington Post and is now Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-13T11:51:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US think tank seeks ‘support for democracy’ in Nigeria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-think-tank-seeks-support-for-democracy-in-nigeria</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-think-tank-seeks-support-for-democracy-in-nigeria#When:11:45:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[United States based Centre for International Policy (CIP) has urged America to support Nigeria's democratic forces and encourage legislative oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Africa, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-02-08T11:45:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea and the Global Nuclear Weapons Threat, Selig Harrison interviewed on The Diane Rehm Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-and-global-nuclear-weapons-threat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-and-global-nuclear-weapons-threat#When:14:33:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, discusses North Korea and the global nuclear weapons threat on the Diane Rehm Show

]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-18T14:33:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selig Harrison&#8217;s Interview on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/selig-harrisons-interview-with-fareed-zakaria</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/selig-harrisons-interview-with-fareed-zakaria#When:14:42:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We speak with Selig Harrison, fresh from his visit to Tehran. Then, we preview a new documentary on unexpected beauty within prison walls.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-01T14:42:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt Pushing Baloch Towards Liberation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/govt-pushing-baloch-towards-liberation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/govt-pushing-baloch-towards-liberation#When:15:04:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Recalling the military operation in Balochistan in the early 1970s, he said there were about 5,000 Baloch casualties and according to American scholar Selig Harrison, the number of casualties of the army were about the same. He said the late Shah of Iran provided gunship helicopters to the government of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and spent Rs 10 million daily to contain the armed struggle in Balochistan. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-21T15:04:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Dreams of Oil-Funded Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-dreams-of-oil-funded-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-dreams-of-oil-funded-security#When:16:45:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“If we want to see Korea evolve from a military dictatorship, as happened in China, then it is desirable that they be allowed to look for oil,” said Selig Harrison of the Washington-based Centre for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-06T16:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charity Tied to Terrorist Group Offers Quake Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/charity-tied-to-terrorist-group-offers-quake-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/charity-tied-to-terrorist-group-offers-quake-aid#When:10:45:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is well-known that the infrastructure for the insurgent operations is based in Azad Kashmir [Pakistan-controlled Kashmir], which is the communication base among the militant groups, but the damage is still not clear," said Selig Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-12T10:45:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Umbrella and the Mushroom: Realism and Extremism on North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/umbrella-mushroom-realism-extremism-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/umbrella-mushroom-realism-extremism-on-north-korea#When:10:50:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As of early 2005, the highly placed and experienced Selig Harrison pronounced the evidence still inconclusive, based on a deliberate favoring of "worst case scenarios."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-30T10:50:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Comrades &amp; Capitalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-capitalists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-capitalists#When:11:27:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The economic reforms were launched quietly in July 2002--just before the nuclear crisis erupted. Selig Harrison of the Center for International Policy, a frequent visitor to the North, calls the process "reform by stealth." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-30T11:27:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[STAR WARS: The Sequel and the Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/star-wars-sequel-and-reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/star-wars-sequel-and-reality#When:11:51:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Craig Eisendrath, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, outlined the post-World War II history of missile defense. Eisendrath explained the post-war yearning for merging "rocket technology with nuclear capability." Eisendrath insists that the same issues of miscalculation, hair-trigger defense systems and decoy problems that led the U.S. and the former Soviet Union to sign the 1972 Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty remain today. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-20T11:51:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seoul&#8217;s Warning to the US on Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/seouls-warning-to-the-us-on-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/seouls-warning-to-the-us-on-pyongyang#When:11:57:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The AEI-North Korea issue is a retread of past positions by all of its authors. Nicholas Eberstadt's call for the US to 'work around' the Roh Moo-hyun government was first made in The Weekly Standard [another neo-con publication] nine months ago and contained an implicit call for CIA support of Roh's rivals that is softened in this article," said Selig Harrison, author of Korean Endgame. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-15T11:57:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Six-Party Talks Could Resume if War of Words Ends]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/six-party-talks-could-resume-if-war-of-words-ends</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/six-party-talks-could-resume-if-war-of-words-ends#When:12:04:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, three rounds of talks have basically come down to arguments over the sequence in which North Korea agrees to scrap its nuclear program.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-30T12:04:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Says U.S., S. Korea Share Goal on N. Korea Arms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-us-korea-goal-nkorea-arms</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-us-korea-goal-nkorea-arms#When:12:16:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[South Korea needs a positive relationship with the U.S. to preserve a stable investment climate under the International Monetary Fund's $17 billion financing in 1997, said Selig Harrison, director of the Center for International Policy's Asia program.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-10T12:16:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Koreans Claim to Extract Fuel For Bombs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreans-claim-to-extract-fuel-for-bombs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-koreans-claim-to-extract-fuel-for-bombs#When:12:42:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[''They gave me the impression that the unloading had started,'' Selig S. Harrison, a North Korea specialist and the director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, said by telephone Wednesday of meetings he had with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, the capital, from April 5 to 9.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-12T12:42:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Pushes to Restart North Korea Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-pushes-to-restart-north-korea-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-pushes-to-restart-north-korea-talks#When:12:47:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea expert Selig Harrison told reporters April 9 that, during a recent meeting, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan said Pyongyang might give nuclear weapons to terrorists if “the United States drives us into a corner.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-06T12:47:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ban Says Revival of 6-Party Talks Appears Dim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ban-says-revival-of-6-party-talks-appears-dim</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ban-says-revival-of-6-party-talks-appears-dim#When:12:49:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, told reporters in Beijing after a visit to Pyongyang that North Korean officials told him their government would not supply fissile material to third parties if Washington proves willing to talk.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-04T12:49:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Looks to China to Rein In North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-looks-to-china-to-rein-in-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-looks-to-china-to-rein-in-north-korea#When:13:33:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Of particular concern to the U.S. have been statements by North Korean Vice Minister Kim Gye Gwan, who told visiting American scholar Selig S. Harrison this month that North Korea is not planning to transfer nuclear material to terrorists but could do so if "the United States drives us into a corner."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-23T13:33:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shut Nuclear Plant Worries Seoul]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/shut-nuclear-plant-worries-seoul</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/shut-nuclear-plant-worries-seoul#When:13:36:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, a US expert who visited Pyongyang earlier this month, said that senior North Korean leaders told him the country would start reprocessing the 8,000 spent fuel rods late this month.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-19T13:36:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Shuts Down Reactor, Raising New Fears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-shuts-down-reactor-raising-new-fears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-shuts-down-reactor-raising-new-fears#When:12:52:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[American North Korea expert Selig Harrison, who recently visited North Korea, said earlier this month that officials there told him they were preparing to unload fuel rods from the Yongbyon reactor during the next two months, adding to the urgency of resuming nuclear talks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-18T12:52:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Talks Hit Another Hurdle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuclear-talks-hit-another-hurdle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/nuclear-talks-hit-another-hurdle#When:14:12:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The new demand for formal relations is a victory for North Korean hard-liners and adds another complication to stalled talks on North Korea’s nuclear program, according to Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Project of the Center for International Policy and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-09T14:12:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Struggles to Place Pressure on North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-struggles-pressure-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-struggles-pressure-north-korea#When:14:20:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the words of Selig S. Harrison, the director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy, speaking to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 10, 2005, "the most important [priority] in Chinese calculations is to forestall a war by keeping the United States engaged in six-party negotiations with North Korea of indefinite duration."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-25T14:20:24+00:00</dc:date>
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