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je t’aime asked:


What do you think?
Does japan have a real foreign policy in light of a combination of US dominance and post-war hesitancy?

jakoxn asked:

Sep. 19, 2008.
U.S. lawmakers were set to hold urgent talks with Treasury and Federal Reserve officials over the weekend to nail down details of a $700 billion economic rescue plan designed to eliminate the “toxic debts” that have pitched Wall Street and global markets into chaos over the past week.

Stocks rallied around the world as details of the rescue plan emerged with New York’s benchmark Dow gaining 7.3 percent since late Thursday, its biggest two-session gain since October 2002. London’s FTSE 100 jumped 8.8 percent, Shanghai closed up a record-breaking 9.5 percent and Hong Kong gained 9 percent as investor confidence returned.

Markets had endured massive losses earlier in the week following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Bank of America buyout of Merrill Lynch and a government bailout of insurer AIG.

Heather B asked:


I have been working in my daughter’s baby book since she just turned one a few days ago. And the question is what important world events were taking place when I was born and I want to write more than the obvious war in Iraq. What positive events took place or are still taking place in the US and around the world?

babylonsfalling asked:

Evidence George W. Bush’s advanced knowledge of the attacks of September 11, 2001

*Clip from “911 in Plane Sight”

ForaTv asked:

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/03/Wesley_Clark_A_Time_to_Lead

Retired four-star general and former Democratic Presidential candidate Wesley Clark criticizes the course of U.S. foreign policy in the wake of September 11, 2001.

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Wesley Clark discusses “A Time to Lead.”

Wesley Clark sought the presidency during the 2004 elections, seeking to bring a less hawkish perspective to the White House. After the campaign, Clark did not end his crusade for what he sees as a better America, one that supports his vision of a responsible foreign policy. He believes that hard work, leadership and determination will ultimately turn the country around. - The Commonwealth Club

Wesley Clark is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he earned a master’s degree in economics, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master’s degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

alexis asked:


Meaning what are two hypothetical ways/examples a policy entrepreneur could have assisted Nixon with getting something from his foreign policy agenda done? I already have one way.. which was planning that trip to China in 1972 but i need two more..

go into detail please!

oh btw, a policy entrepreneur is a person who invest their political “capital” in an issue. one can be in or out of government, elected or appointed positions, or in interest groups

thank you =)

tmaculate asked:


Considering the fact Barack Obama still has not produced a birth certificate, is it possible that when it is finally released (and shows that he is not a natual born citizen, which to me seems like the only reason to hide it) that he would not be aloud to be sworn into office?

whamark asked:


a. Wilson could not interfere in domestic issues of other American countries and Roosevelt would.

b Wilson wished to weaken Roosevelt’s position on free trade in Europe.

c. Wilson only wanted to deal with governments that had moral authority to rule.

d. there was very little difference in philosophy or style in the foreign policy of either administration.

Daniel Sitar asked:


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yogosun12 asked:


What was the general foreign policy approach of the Soviet Union regarding the United States during the Cold War?