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Issues Forum: International Relations

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Education

Debate Debrief: Clinton and Sanders square-off in New Hampshire

February 8, 2016

Last night, MSNBC hosted the second Democratic presidential primary debate of 2016 in Durham, New Hampshire. Former secretary of state and senator from New York Hillary Clinton and current Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) came to the University of New Hampshire campus in advance of that state’s primary on Tuesday, February 9th. This marks the first […]

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International Relations

International Relations

Foreign Policy Debate Questions That Need Answering

February 5, 2016

In the most recent Iowa Fox News debate, Bret Baier asked this very good question of Ben Carson: “Dr. Carson, many experts believe Russian leader Vladimir Putin has greater ideas, bigger designs for the region beyond Russia’s actions inside Ukraine. Fast forward to February 2017 and it is President Carson, and Russian uniformed commandos cross […]

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International Relations

International Relations

Ted Cruz Isn’t Rand Paul

January 6, 2016

Marco Rubio is trying to turn Ted Cruz into Rand Paul. So far this effort is failing. Senator Paul has been portrayed as an isolationist. He says he is actually a realist who merely wants to limit our foreign interventions to those serving the national interest. But the description of him as out of step […]

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International Relations

International Relations

The ‘Isolationist’ Smear Against Ted Cruz

December 18, 2015

After the latest Republican presidential debate, the Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin argued that Sen. Ted Cruz had undone himself “courting” the “Trumpkin base,” sinking “further into the far-right brew of isolationism and xenophobia.” And to prove this contention, Rubin grabbed hold of two words Cruz used, “America” and “first,” to claim that the senator from […]

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Budget

Budget

Sixteen Questions for the GOP Debate

December 14, 2015

Instead of just criticizing the presidential debate moderators after the fact, I’ve decided to suggest a few questions for them to ask on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. I don’t know if the questions will be good for ratings, but I’d like to know the candidates’ answers to them. 1. Nearly all of you have […]

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