On December 18, 2013 Senator Carl Levin asked for and was granted permission to address the full Senate regarding the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. “I share the disappointment of Senators with our inability to vote on more amendments when our committee bill was brought to the Senate floor a few weeks […]
THE UYGHUR ‘TERRORISTS’ OF XINJIANG
Beijing claims being a ‘victim’ of terrorism perpetuated by what it refers to as “East Turkistan terrorist forces,” comprising the Muslim Uyghurs of Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XAR). Beijing has alleged that the “East Turkistan Islamic Movement,” which purportedly has links with Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaida as well as many other Central and West Asian […]
President Obama to give Syrian opposition groups a defensive chemical warfare capability
President Obama signed a Presidential Determination today which allows the U.S. to provide what it called “non lethal assistance to the opposition”. “Today, the President signed a Presidential Determination exercising his authority to waive certain restrictions under the Arms Export Control Act. This action will allow the U.S. Government to provide or license, where appropriate, […]
Americans More Interested in International News More Likely to Oppose Military Intervention in Syria
The Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Post has reported extensively on American opinion regarding the U.S.’s role in the ongoing Syrian civil war, finding that only a small percentage of Americans favor military intervention. Instead, the majority of citizens support either humanitarian aid to civilians alone, or humanitarian aid supplemented with non-lethal aid to the […]
What’s Happening in Syria?
Beginning in March 2011, an estimated 80,000 people have been killed and million displaced due to a conflict in Syria. What began as protests during the Arab Spring of 2011 has escalated into a full-scale civil war between Assad’s Ba’ath Party government and the opposition forces seeking to end its forty year rule. Effects of […]
American Views on Foriegn Aid Conflicting and Confused
Washington, D.C. – A series of polls from the Media and Public Opinion Research Group finds that American views on foreign aid are conflicting and possibly confused. Americans seem to support foreign aid in practice, when it comes attached to a mission. In March, the Media and Public Opinion Research Group asked Americans what […]
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