John McCain: Let’s do to Health Care All the Great Things We Have Done to Banking

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Uh-oh. John McCain thought that the deregulation of the banking sector was awesome before he thought it wasn’t awesome. His enthusiasm for the success of financial market deregulation was captured by Paul Krugman in a note about McCain’s intentions to apply the same approach to the health care market.

STREAMING LIVE — Zbigniew Brzezinski & Brent Scowcroft on “America and the World”

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Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV Tonight I will be moderating a discussion with two of the most significant foreign policy observers and practitioners in America today — Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft. Brzezinski, who is a Trustee & Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, was National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter.

Palin Invitation to Anti-Iran Rally Withdrawn

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Make no mistake, this is the result of a grassroots campaign, though Hillary Clinton’s decision to withdraw herself in outrage surely played a major role. This action alert found its way to me through a few different channels. It got big.

Previously Unknown Hagel Letter Warns Rice of Russia Collision

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In February 2008, Senator Chuck Hagel wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, copied to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, warning that our policies with Kosovo, Serbia, and elsewhere in Europe could be brewing up a storm with Russia.

STREAMING LIVE TODAY: General Wesley Clark on US Economy & National Security Dilemmas

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Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV Today at 4 pm EST, join us for LIVE STREAMING here at The Washington Note. I will be chairing a session with retired four-star General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Wesley Clark for a discussion on the national security and economic crises facing America.

Why Not Empower Iranian Entrepreneurs?

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Those such as Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson who advocate increasing economic ties with China often argue, persuasively in my view, that China’s economic development is likely to lead to political reform and a more cooperative international disposition.