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Shunning Spies Biden Chooses Experienced Peace-Maker as CIA Director
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Shunning Spies Biden Chooses Experienced Peace-Maker as CIA Director

January 18, 2021

PICTURED: William Joseph Burns, the new CIA Director, in 2014. As President-elect Joe Biden continues to appoint his cabinet…

Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump
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Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump

December 16, 2020

December 15th, 2020. Sources close to the Biden transition team have told Bloomberg that the newly-announced President-elect will look…

Biden’s Nomination for Top Spy Helped Protect Everyone Under Obama’s Torture and Drone Bombing Programs
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Biden’s Nomination for Top Spy Helped Protect Everyone Under Obama’s Torture and Drone Bombing Programs

November 27, 2020

PICTURED: Avril Haines, Joe Biden’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 23rd, 2020. Joe Biden’s nomination…

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Biden Has a Chance to Correct the Mistakes He Doesn’t Believe He Made in Afghanistan

November 11, 2020

2020 has been a difficult year for Afghan politics. After negotiations by Zalmay Khalilzad in February on behalf of…

Biden’s Iran Policy Could be Diplomatic Even While Facing Opposition from Democrats in Congress
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Biden’s Iran Policy Could be Diplomatic Even While Facing Opposition from Democrats in Congress

November 9, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran. November 7th, 2020. Holding a metaphorical finger to the wind, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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