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Why Effective Policy Matters George P. Shultz / Defining Ideas Sometimes small events have a major impact on your thinking. I remember the day my Marine Corps boot camp drill sergeant handed me my rifle. He said, “This is your best friend. Take good care of it and...

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Climate extremes are ‘unprecedented’ Roger Harrabin / BBC News The Earth experienced unprecedented recorded climate extremes during the decade 2001-2010, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Kerry wraps up marathon trip citing progress on Syria talks,...

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US Tones Down Demands That Russia Expel NSA Leaker Lara Jakes / AP Rebuffed by Russia’s president, the Obama administration toned down demands Tuesday that fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden be expelled from a Moscow airport in a sign that...

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ASP: In case you missed it …. 6 February 2013 Reimagining America’s energy policy Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) America has an opportunity to reimagine how we think about energy. The possibilities of abundance are very different from the trappings of scarcity, and...

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Where’s The Beef? Krepinevich Slams Vagueness of US Strategy Sydney Freedberg Jr./AOL Defense The president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has raised concerns that the administration’s strategic guidance released in January so far has...