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Profile	Retired librarian with 35 years service to the Department of Defense and more than 25 years residence in Germany. Besides an MS in Library & Information Science, I also hold an MA in Germanic Languages and Literatures.
Translations	Blind Alley Gingrich Reaps What He Sowed US Has Few Options Besides Negotiating"> US Has Few Options Besides Negotiating Four Against Obama Overweight, Superficial and Stupid: America’s Negative Image The Million Dollar Battle Between Super PACs Cognitive Dissonance The Fairness Strategy Great Ideas, Empty Promises The Republican Candidates are Obama’s Great Good Fortune

Europe

Middle East & Africa

Americas, Asia & Oceania

El Mundo, Spain The Improbable Ron Paul Original Article (Spanish)

The Economist, U.K. Outta Here "Mr Panetta cast further doubt on America’s commitment to what Mr Obama once called the “good war”, by hinting that the West might not be able to afford the planned expansion of the ANSF to about 350,000 from their 305,000 today, unless non-fighting NATO allies, such as Japan, South Korea and the Gulf Arabs open their wallets. "

The Economist, U.K. Happy New Year "It's not good enough to turn the economy into an asset for his re-election efforts. However, if this performance continues, the economy will be less of a liability. "

The Economist, U.K. Fairly Confusing "Getting a fair shot doesn't require equalising opportunity so much as ensuring that everyone has a good enough chance in life. The content of "good enough" is of course open to debate, but most Americans seem to agree that access to a good education is the greater part of a "good enough" and thus fair shot. "

The Economist, U.K. Beleaguered but Still Unbowed "The argument between America and Israel stems not from differences over whether Iran should be stopped from having a nuclear weapon; Leon Panetta, America’s defense secretary, came close to promising to use force if necessary earlier this month. But their perspectives are different. "

Elaph, U.K. Why Doesn't America Prevent the Brotherhood from Ruling Egypt and the Arabs? Original Article (Arabic) "America has sound reasons for supporting an Islamist government. "

The Local, Sweden Sweden 'an Important Partner': US Ambassador "'The United States pursuing corruption and bribery alone around the world is not as strong as when we join with others, and if we can join with the Swedes to build capacity in terms of promoting governance in parts of the world we're concerned about so much the better.' "

The St.Petersburg Times, Russia British Spy Story Tailor-made for an Election Year "'In Moscow, these theories are retranslated as official propaganda. The spy-stone episode takes up more than half of Mamontov’s film, but the emphasis is on new accusations against the country’s political opposition and human rights activists. The film shows the U.S. passport of veteran human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva, which she was granted in 1981 after being stripped of Soviet citizenship. It also shows footage of a group of opposition leaders leaving the U.S. Embassy in Moscow after attending a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. (In an interview with Kommersant last week, U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul said he co-hosted the meeting as a matter of protocol only and hardly said a word.)' "

RiaNovosti, Russia Moscow and the West Once Again Cross Swords Over Syria "'The person to blame for the ongoing developments in Syria is primarily President Bashar al-Assad himself. Unlike his father, who knew how to exploit Soviet-U.S. differences with maximum effect, he is insensitive to political tidings and makes belated decisions.' "

RiaNovosti, Russia Balancing on the Verge of Iran War "'It is obvious that Barack Obama, who is running for a second term, does not want Iran to join the nuclear club and to become the strongest power in the Middle East in the election year. If this happens, people will say that he should have “done something about it.” ' "

Forum.msk, Russia Iran Is a Tidbit, but US Can Choke On It Original Article (Russian) "It is time to face the truth: the U.S. itself is the aggressor that actually has attacked Iraq, Afghanistan and has participated in a military operation against Libya. "

The Guardian, U.K. Whitewashing Black History Month "Black history is not a subgenre of history. Nor does it stand apart from other histories. It makes no more or less sense than American history, Jewish history or Tudor history. "

The Guardian, U.K. Why Mitt Romney Is 'Not Concerned' about the Poor "Romney clearly has no idea what the Occupy Wall Street movement is about, if he thinks that the tens of thousands protesting, often facing police violence and risking arrest, are there because of envy. It is, as Lauer put it in his question, about fairness. "

Neues Deutschland, Germany Blind Alley Original Article (German)

Handelsblatt, Germany Gingrich Reaps What He Sowed Original Article (German)

Liberation, France Mitt Romney, His Wife and His Frayed Jeans Original Article (French) "'I feel the country is heading in the wrong direction. I am here to convince you that Mitt is the only one who can turn around this country.' "

The Economist , U.K. Stimulus, Austerity and the Weltgeist "The 2010 elections took place at a moment when people seemed to have lost faith in Keynesianism. The 2012 elections are taking place at a moment when people have lost faith in expansionary austerity. "

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Daily Maverick, Canada The Story of the Shelving of SOPA/PIPA Not So Simple

Al-Jazeera, Qatar Mitt Romney, 'Welfare Queen' "Romney's wealth is based on the private equity business model, founded on tax-payer subsidies. "

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Fool Me Twice "American “friends” like Wexler and Obama play Israel for a fool again and again. "

The Daily Star, Lebanon Indonesians Aspire to Better in Their Ties with the U.S.

Israel National News, Israel Israel: A Priceless Strategic Military Asset for the U.S. " Imagine, if to placate Muslim “anger,” some US president ceded Brooklyn to al Qaeda, and al Qaeda-Brooklyn had thousands of chemical Katyushas aimed at Manhattan. Manhattan would be toast. And if there is ever a Palestinian State, Hamas with thousands of chemical katyushas backed by Iranian long-range missiles will toast the Tel Aviv coastal corridor holding 5 million Jews. "

Israel National News, Israel Israel with GOP in the White House "There was the episode in which Gingrich told American Jewish press the Palestinians are an invented people. Gingrich promises to move the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Both Gingrich and Romney promise harsher sanctions on Iran. "

Israel National News, Israel U.S. Churches Against the Jews: Heavenly Intifada "Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Rick Perry, just to name a few, are all Methodists. The Methodist Church is radically anti-Israel. "

Israel Hayom, Israel R.E.S.P.E.C.T. "Just one month has passed since the launch of the Republican Party primary season. It has been a stormy month full of dramatic reversals, beginning with the premature declaration of a winner in Iowa (which was corrected somewhat too late for the official winner, Rick Santorum), and culminating in former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s convincing victory in the key state of Florida. "

Iran News Daily, Iran ISI Behind Taliban "The leaked report, derived from thousands of interrogations, claims the Taliban remain defiant and have wide support among the Afghan people. It alleges that Pakistan knows the locations of senior Taliban leaders. Pakistan has strenuously denied any links with the Taliban on previous occasions. "

Iran Review, Iran Threat and Sanctions "The West has established the tradition of swapping oil for crisis in the Middle East for about a century. They take the Middle East’s oil in return for the crisis. "

Daily Maverick, South Africa U.S. vs Huawei Technologies - Iranian Chapter "At a time when the U.S. is itself embroiled in heated national debate on Internet censorship, the market for filtering tools and services has grown in response to the growing call for increased Internet regulation. Ultimately the discussion of censorship equipment has fallen victim to the vagaries of politics. "

IRNA, Iran America and Uncertain Steps in the New Military Climate Original Article (Persian)

Jornal de Angola, Angola Dictatorship of the Market Original Article (Portuguese) "Perhaps it seems excessive to say that decisions of rating agencies interfere directly in people's lives. But this is exactly what happens. "

Aleqtisadia, Saudi Arabia The US Dollar Is Still the Master Original Article (Arabic) "Day after day, reports prove that the international situation of the dollar has not deteriorated as some writers point out or as others are trying to convince us. "

Kayhan News, Iran This Option Is Under the Table Original Article (Persian)

Yemen Times, Yemen American drone strikes provoke Yemenis against interim government "The military attacks against these groups will help in eliminating two or three or even ten terrorists but on the other hand will provide the militant groups with acceptable excuses for being in the area. "

Al Mustaqbal, Lebanon America's Chinese Challenge Original Article ( Arabic ) "Washington began to abandon the Middle East to support its dreams of leadership and progress — toward its ambition of taking over the southern Asian continent. "

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N.Z. Herald, New Zealand Romney the Vulture Test for U.S. Voters "Romney may look and sound like another in the long line of privileged Americans who believe God wants them to buy their way into the White House, but he's more than that - he's a standard-bearer for new capitalism. "

The Globe and Mail, Canada Planned Parenthood Firestorm Sure to Fuel US Election Drama "If women’s health is always a hot-button topic in US politics, it really rears its head at election time. Democrats and Republicans seem to use it to rally their respective bases. "

Daily Maverick, Canada The Story of the Shelving of SOPA/PIPA Not So Simple

The Globe and Mail, Canada With Keystone, It's Harvard vs. the Heartland "In fact, the value of the Keystone pipeline as a symbol is much higher than the value of the pipeline as a pipeline. The only reason it’s an issue is that it crosses the U.S. border, meaning that it must be approved by the State Department. For this reason, it has locked Mr. Obama and the Republicans into a high-stakes political game. "

The Canadian, Canada Big Powers Crowd Central Asia "The USA 'officially' entered Central Asia by establishing its first military base in the Kyrgyz Republic, which is being used as a bargain chip by Moscow by asking the USA to its closure on several occasions. The USA overstays in Kyrgyzstan terror base because of the US's energy interests, though it bluffs about Afghanistan being the only cause. "

National Post, Canada If the US Believes Iran Will Strike, Why Shouldn’t Israel? "At best, the U.S. is sending mixed signals on how dangerous it considers Iran to be. If Israel is truly poised on the edge of launching a strike, that mixed signal might be enough to give them the push they need into striking first. "

The Globe and Mail, Canada The Merit behind Gingrich’s Lunar Musings "Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the moon may not be so loony. The contender for the Republican presidential nomination promised to establish a permanent lunar base by 2020 with as many as 13,000 people that would eventually seek statehood. Setting aside the colonial implications of the idea, a modestly manned base focused on natural resource extraction isn’t a totally nutty ambition. It might even cost less than another Middle East war. "

The Globe and Mail, Canada Despite Curious ‘Concession’ Speech, Gingrich Faces Uphill Battle

Financial Post, Canada Surging US Jobs Market May Be Good News for Canada "America’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lowest level in three years in January, fuelling optimism that the world’s largest economy can withstand the European debt crisis and boost the fortunes of its big trading partners like Canada. "

Sina, China Expert Claims China Must Excel at “Fair Charging” in U.S.-China Military Affairs Original Article (Chinese) "For China, “peaceful development” is neither a wished-for but unachievable gesture of compromise nor a disingenuous stopgap measure, but rather the most rational choice for an up-and-coming power to achieve a low cost, highly efficient and sustainable rise to prominence. "

The Nation, Pakistan Cost of NATO's Adventurism "Had Russia not been wary of the Taliban during their stint in government, it may have supported the Afghan insurgency to make Afghanistan another Vietnam for the US to avenge its defeat in the 1980s. "

The Nation, Pakistan Owning Drone Attacks "President Barack Obama has at last acknowledged what has been undisputed news to the most casual news observer, that CIA-operated drones have been carrying out missions in the Fata area. "

Dawn, Pakistan U.S. - Pakistan Divergences "The US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, has disclosed that Dr Shakil Afridi who ran an anti-polio campaign in Abbottabad succeeded in obtaining DNA samples that led to the discovery of Osama bin Laden and his subsequent death at the hands of US Special Forces during the May 2 raid last year. "

The Age, Australia Afghan Timeline in Dispute "It changes everybody's timelines. The reality is we cannot be there unless they're there, so it necessarily changes our timelines. We cannot operate without significant US support in Oruzgan. "

Financial Post, Canada US Plays Currency Blame Game "Today, the U.S. is playing the same blame game with China. And why not? After all, China’s contribution to the U.S. trade deficit has surged to 45% "

Financial Post, Canada Oil Sands Money Trail

Financial Post, Canada Why Wall Street’s Bearishness Is Bullish "Wall Street may be skeptical of the recent equity rally, but investors can take some comfort in the fact that bearish sentiment is often a contrarian indicator. "

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Major Foreign Press Sources and their Home Pages

Europe

Middle East

Africa

Algeria — La Nouvelle Republique (French) Auto-translation
La Nouvelle Republique (French) Auto-translation
L'Expression (French) Auto-translation
Liberte (French) Auto-translation

Angola — Apostolado (Portuguese) Auto-translation
Jornal De Angola (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Botswana — Mmegi (English)

Cape Verde — Expresso das ilhas (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Cameroon — The Post News (English)

Congo — Le Potentiel (French) Auto-translation
Djibouti — La Nation (French) Auto-translation

Gabon — Gabon Eco (French) Auto-translation

Ghana — Ghana Web (English)

Kenya — Daily Nation (English)
The Standard (English)

Liberia — The Analyst (English)
The Liberian Observer (English)

Libya — Libya Jeel (Arabic) Auto-translation
The Tripoli Post (English)

Morroco — Al Bayane (French) Auto-translation
Al Massae (Arabic) Auto-translation
La Matin (French) Auto-translation
L'Opinion (French) Auto-translation
L'Economiste (French) Auto-translation

Malawi — The Nation (English)

Mozambique —

Namibia — Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia (German) Auto-translation
Informante (English)
The Namibian (English)

Nigeria — The Daily Independent (English)
The Guardian (English)
The Punch (English)
This Day (English)
The Sun (English)

South Africa — Business Day (English)
Cape Times (English)
Financial Mail (English)
Mail & Guardian (English)
The Star (English)
The Sunday Independent (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Sudan — Sudanese Media Center (Arabic, English, French) Auto-translation
Sudan News Agency (English)

Tunisia — La Presse (French) Auto-translation

Zimbabwe — The Herald (English)
The Independent (English)
The Sunday Mail (English)

Central America

Belize — Amandala (English)
The Belize Times (English)
The Guardian News (English)
The Reporter (English)

The Bahamas — The Nassau Guardian (English)

Costa Rica — Al Dia (Spanish) Auto-translation
Capital Financiero (Spanish) Auto-translation

Cuba — Ahora (Spanish) Auto-translation
Granma (English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish)
El Economista (Spanish) Auto-translation
Escambray (English, Spanish)
Juventud Rebelde (Spanish) Auto-translation
Periodico 26 (English, Spanish)
Radio Havana (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)

Dominican Republic — El Caribe (Spanish) Auto-translation
El Nacional (Spanish) Auto-translation

El Salvador — Diario Co Latino (Spanish) Auto-translation
El Mundo (Spanish) Auto-translation

Guatemala — Prensa Libre (Spanish) Auto-translation
Siglo Vientiuno (Spanish) Auto-translation

Haiti — Haiti Press Network (French) Auto-translation

Honduras — La Prensa (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Tribuna (Spanish) Auto-translation

Nicaragua — El Nuevo Diario (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Prensa (Spanish) Auto-translation

Panama — Critica (Spanish) Auto-translation
Panama America (Spanish)
Prensa (Spanish)

Trinidad & Tobago — The Trinidad Guardian (English)
Trinidad & Tobago Express (English)

North America

Canada — Globe and Mail (English)
L'actualite - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Devoir - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Droit (French) Auto-translation
MacLeans (English)
Ottawa Citizen (English)
The Canadian (English)
Toronto Star (English)
The Toronto Sun (English)
The National Post (English)
The Calgary Sun (English)

Mexico — El Universal (Spanish, English) Auto-translation
Excelsior (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Cronica De Hoy (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Jornada (Spanish) Auto-translation

South America

Asia

Azerbaijan — Baku Today (English)
Azer News (English)
Today (English)
Zaman (Azerbaijani)

Afghanistan — Bissirat (French) Auto-translation

Bangladesh — The Daily Star (English)
The New Nation (English)

Brunei — The Brunei Times (English)

China — China Daily (English, Chinese)
China News (English, Chinese)
Creaders (English, Chinese)
Guangming Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation
Huanqiu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Nanfang Daily (Chinese) Auto-translation
Oriental Morning Post (Chinese) Auto-translation
PLA Daily (English, Chinese)
The People's Daily (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Sina (Chinese) Auto-translation
Shanghai Daily (English, Chinese)
Sohu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

Hong Kong — Asia Times (English, Chinese)
Ming Pao (Chinese) Auto-translation
The Standard (English)
Takungpao (Chinese) Auto-translation
Wen Wei Po (Chinese) Auto-translation
Yazhou Zhoukan (Chinese) Auto-translation

India — The Central Chronicle (English)
Financial Express (English)
Greater Kashmir (English)
Indian Express (English)
NDTV Khabar (Hindi)
Outlook India (English)
The Times of India (English)
The Hindu (English)
The Hindustan Times (English)
The Tribune (English)

Indonesia — The Jakarta Post (English)
Tempo Magazine (English)

Japan — Asahi Shimbun (English, Japanese)
Daily Yomiuri (English, Japanese)
Kyodo News Service (English, Japanese, Chinese)
Mainichi Daily News (English, Japanese)
The Japan Times (English)
Sankei Shimbun (Japanese)
Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japanese)
Yomiuri Shinbun (Japanese)

Macau — Hoje Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation
Journal Tribuna of Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Malaysia — Bernama (English)
New Straits Times (English)
Sin Chew Daily (Chinese) Auto-translation
The Star (English)

North Korea — Korean Central News Agency (English)

South Korea — The JoongAng Ilbo (English)
The Korea Herald (English)
The Korea Times (English)
Dong-a Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) Auto-translation
The Choson Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)
Hankyung (Korean) Auto-translation
Kyunghyang (Korean) Auto-translation
Segye (Korean) Auto-translation

Pakistan — Daily Ausaf (Urdu)
Daily Jang (Urdu)
Dawn (English)
Khabrain Daily (Urdu)
Nawa-i-waqt (Urdu)
The Nation (English) (English sister paper of Nawa-i-waqt)
Pak Tribune (English)
The Frontier Post - Peshawar & Quetta (English)
The News (English)

Philippines — The Manila Times (English)

Singapore — The Straits Times (English)
The Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

Sri Lanka — The Sunday Observer (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Taiwan — China Times (Chinese) Auto-translation
The China Post (English)
The Taipei Times (English)
TVBS (Chinese) Auto-translation
The United Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation

Thailand — Bangkok Post (English)
The Nation (English)

Vietnam — Lao Dong (Vietnamese) Auto-translation
Thanh Nien News (English)
Tuoi Tre (English, Vietnamese)
Saigon Times Daily (English)
Sai Gon Giai Phong (Vietnamese) Auto-translation
Tuoi Tre (English, Vietnamese)
Vietnam News (English)

Oceania & Antarctica

Australia — The Age (English)
The Australian (English)
The Daily Telegraph (English)
The Sydney Morning Herald (English)

New Zealand — The New Zealand Herald (English)

Antarctica —

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"It's not good enough to turn the economy into an asset for his re-election efforts. However, if this performance continues, the economy will be less of a liability. "

"The argument between America and Israel stems not from differences over whether Iran should be stopped from having a nuclear weapon; Leon Panetta, America’s defense secretary, came close to promising to use force if necessary earlier this month. But their perspectives are different. "

"America has sound reasons for supporting an Islamist government. "

"'The United States pursuing corruption and bribery alone around the world is not as strong as when we join with others, and if we can join with the Swedes to build capacity in terms of promoting governance in parts of the world we're concerned about so much the better.' "

"'The person to blame for the ongoing developments in Syria is primarily President Bashar al-Assad himself. Unlike his father, who knew how to exploit Soviet-U.S. differences with maximum effect, he is insensitive to political tidings and makes belated decisions.' "

"'It is obvious that Barack Obama, who is running for a second term, does not want Iran to join the nuclear club and to become the strongest power in the Middle East in the election year. If this happens, people will say that he should have “done something about it.” ' "

"It is time to face the truth: the U.S. itself is the aggressor that actually has attacked Iraq, Afghanistan and has participated in a military operation against Libya. "

"Black history is not a subgenre of history. Nor does it stand apart from other histories. It makes no more or less sense than American history, Jewish history or Tudor history. "

"Romney clearly has no idea what the Occupy Wall Street movement is about, if he thinks that the tens of thousands protesting, often facing police violence and risking arrest, are there because of envy. It is, as Lauer put it in his question, about fairness. "

"'I feel the country is heading in the wrong direction. I am here to convince you that Mitt is the only one who can turn around this country.' "

"The 2010 elections took place at a moment when people seemed to have lost faith in Keynesianism. The 2012 elections are taking place at a moment when people have lost faith in expansionary austerity. "

"Romney's wealth is based on the private equity business model, founded on tax-payer subsidies. "

"American “friends” like Wexler and Obama play Israel for a fool again and again. "

"There was the episode in which Gingrich told American Jewish press the Palestinians are an invented people. Gingrich promises to move the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Both Gingrich and Romney promise harsher sanctions on Iran. "

"Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Rick Perry, just to name a few, are all Methodists. The Methodist Church is radically anti-Israel. "

"The leaked report, derived from thousands of interrogations, claims the Taliban remain defiant and have wide support among the Afghan people. It alleges that Pakistan knows the locations of senior Taliban leaders. Pakistan has strenuously denied any links with the Taliban on previous occasions. "

"The West has established the tradition of swapping oil for crisis in the Middle East for about a century. They take the Middle East’s oil in return for the crisis. "

"Perhaps it seems excessive to say that decisions of rating agencies interfere directly in people's lives. But this is exactly what happens. "

"Day after day, reports prove that the international situation of the dollar has not deteriorated as some writers point out or as others are trying to convince us. "

"The military attacks against these groups will help in eliminating two or three or even ten terrorists but on the other hand will provide the militant groups with acceptable excuses for being in the area. "

"Washington began to abandon the Middle East to support its dreams of leadership and progress — toward its ambition of taking over the southern Asian continent. "

"Romney may look and sound like another in the long line of privileged Americans who believe God wants them to buy their way into the White House, but he's more than that - he's a standard-bearer for new capitalism. "

"If women’s health is always a hot-button topic in US politics, it really rears its head at election time. Democrats and Republicans seem to use it to rally their respective bases. "

"At best, the U.S. is sending mixed signals on how dangerous it considers Iran to be. If Israel is truly poised on the edge of launching a strike, that mixed signal might be enough to give them the push they need into striking first. "

"America’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lowest level in three years in January, fuelling optimism that the world’s largest economy can withstand the European debt crisis and boost the fortunes of its big trading partners like Canada. "

"For China, “peaceful development” is neither a wished-for but unachievable gesture of compromise nor a disingenuous stopgap measure, but rather the most rational choice for an up-and-coming power to achieve a low cost, highly efficient and sustainable rise to prominence. "

"Had Russia not been wary of the Taliban during their stint in government, it may have supported the Afghan insurgency to make Afghanistan another Vietnam for the US to avenge its defeat in the 1980s. "

"President Barack Obama has at last acknowledged what has been undisputed news to the most casual news observer, that CIA-operated drones have been carrying out missions in the Fata area. "

"The US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, has disclosed that Dr Shakil Afridi who ran an anti-polio campaign in Abbottabad succeeded in obtaining DNA samples that led to the discovery of Osama bin Laden and his subsequent death at the hands of US Special Forces during the May 2 raid last year. "

"It changes everybody's timelines. The reality is we cannot be there unless they're there, so it necessarily changes our timelines. We cannot operate without significant US support in Oruzgan. "

"Today, the U.S. is playing the same blame game with China. And why not? After all, China’s contribution to the U.S. trade deficit has surged to 45% "

"Wall Street may be skeptical of the recent equity rally, but investors can take some comfort in the fact that bearish sentiment is often a contrarian indicator. "