obama and afghanistan policy
Obama call to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy opposed by SBC’s Land, some House Democrats
WASHINGTON (BP)—Military experts and social conservatives are criticizing President Obama’s goal of allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military, saying the armed forces’ inherently close quarters would make any change in policy similar to forcing male and female personnel to live together.
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Charlie Rose – Eric Greitens & Paul Rieckhoff / Business in China / Mark Hyman M.D. (March 19, 2012) $24.95 Former Navy Seal Eric Greitens & Paul Rieckhoff, Founder of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America(IAVA) on the physical and psychological strain on American soldiers as the United States marks it’s tenth year in Afghanistan || A discussion about doing Business in China with Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group; David Novak, CEO of Yum Brands; John Mack, former CEO of Morgan Stanley; and Zh… |
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60 Minutes – The Secretary of State (May 9, 2010) $17.95 Airdate: 5/9/10 Hillary Rodham Clinton was a surprise choice for Secretary of State, yet she is clearly well-suited for the job and has thrown herself into an all-consuming global campaign in support of U.S. foreign policy. In 16 months, Clinton has flown the equivalent of almost 12 times around the globe. Scott Pelley catches up with her on a recent trip to Afghanistan.This product is manufactur… |
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Manifest Destiny’s Child $19.95 The phrase Manifest Destiny was coined in the mid 19th century to put a smiling face on the westward expansion of the United States. This belief system served as justification for the slaughter of Native Americans, war with Mexico, and the employment of countless cartographers.While US foreign policy in the 21st century does not include any immediate plans to annex sovereign nations, illegal invas… |
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Obama’s Wars $0.01 No matter how much the White House and the military despise the word failure, with allies like the Karzai government in Afghanistan and the duplicitous Pakistanis, it’s hard to find any semblance of success in the offing…. |
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Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan $7.16 As the United States withdraws its combat troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, politicians, foreign policy specialists, and the public are worrying about the consequences of leaving these two countries. Neither nation can be considered stable, and progress toward democracy in them—a principal aim of America and the West—is fragile at best. But, international relations scholar Mark N. Katz asks: C… |
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The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power $2.67 Readers of The New York Times know David Sanger as one of the most trusted correspondents in Washington, one to whom presidents, secretaries of state, and foreign leaders talk with unusual candor. Now, with a historian’s sweep and an insider’s eye for telling detail, Sanger delivers an urgent intelligence briefing on the world America faces. In a riveting narrative, The Inheritance descr… |
