From the monthly archives: June 2009
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) official testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a new report on firearms trafficking to Mexico that states, in part, that “available evidence indicates a large proportion of the firearms fueling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States”. The report makes a series of recommendations including better [...]
Trysts, Congress, and national security. Forget the sex. They should be looking at the large numbers of foreign nationals that work on Capitol Hill in Member and Committee offices. The security checks, and other controls for these folks, is long overdue.
Sanctions laws and regulations, state sponsor of terrorism Iran, and
Rule of law programs are one of the most critical components of reform in developing countries. For anyone who thinks there is rule of law in Ecuador, take a look at this. In 2004, Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady penned a good article on Ecuador and ROL that will give [...]
The Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors announced last week that it was going to “partially terminate MCC’s compact assistance to Nicaragua for activities previously suspended in December 2008.” According to the MCC the “termination will result in a reduction of approximately $62 million from Nicaragua’s original $175 million compact with MCC.” You [...]
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton’s recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal is well-worth a read. “What If Israel Strikes Iran?”, “demonstrates why Israel’s military option against Iran’s nuclear program is so unattractive, but also why failing to act is even worse. All these scenarios become infinitely more dangerous once Iran has [...]
Last year Ecuador strongman Rafael Correa stated that he preferred “one thousand times” to be an ally and friend of state sponsor of terrorism Cuba and Venezuela, than to be a friend of the United States. And Correa has by act and deed, kept his word.
The only democracy existing in Ecuador, in name [...]
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