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Tatiana Gulenkina — DC-Based Photographer for Hire — and Her Photos of the Inter-American Defense Board Conference on Regional Fault Lines (Code for OAS Down, CELAC Up)

​TATIANA GULENKINA   PHOTOGRAPHY Inter-American Defense Board Conference on Regional Fault Lines (Photos) See Also: 2013 Robert Steele on Healing the Americas with an Open Source Agency — and Integrity; Dicho Sobre la Curacion de las Américas con una Agencia de Todo Abierto – y la Integridad Intelligence with Integrity Chapter 1: Public Governance & Public …

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Mini-Me: USG Sues S&P for Fraudulent Ratings

Huh? News Summary: S&P expects to be sued by Justice Dept. over its ratings of mortgage securities By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, February 4, 8:11 PM US CHARGES SEEN AGAINST S&P: The U.S. government is expected to file civil charges against Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, alleging that it improperly gave high ratings to mortgage debt that …

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Review: Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill 5.0 out of 5 stars Important Milestone, Two Gaps, February 4, 2013 I was educated in the Limits to Growth period–back in the day of telephone couplers–and have also been an ardent follower of Herman Daly’s pioneering work in ecological economics as well as complementary work spanning the last several …

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Review: The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You About What They’ve Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSORBING — An Essential Reading for Citizens and Soliders, February 4, 2013 I did a very detailed review of the author’s first book, In the Hot Zone and I recommend that book as well as this one. They are different books and complement one another. The first book is about …

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DefDog: Full Transcript of Hagel Hearing

Very sad — reading remarks prepared by White House weenies, a good man in a strait-jacket. Full transcript of Chuck Hagel hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee Philip Weiss MondoWeiss, February 2, 2013 I believe we can call the Senate Armed Services Committee’s confirmation hearing of Chuck Hagel on Thursday historic: for the savage questioning …

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DefDog: Shields and Brooks Condemn Senators — and Hagel — for a New Low in Hearings — PLUS 3 Big Ideas White House & Hagel’s People Don’t “Get”…

Senators irresponsible, Hagel unprepared and lacking any upfront vision to shape the encounter. Shields and Brooks on Hagel’s Rough Hearing, Movement on Immigration EXTRACT JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, speaking of secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, who, David, the president wants to be the secretary of defense, hearing yesterday, confirmation hearing before the Senate, pretty rough going. …

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Yoda: Organization of American States Dead? Chile Playing Both Sides Cuba to Lead the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)?

Spanish, Force Speaks.  English Not. CELAC Rising: The Monroe Doctrine Turned on Its Head? Last Monday, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) met for its second summit in Santiago, Chile, one year after its founding meeting in Caracas, Venezuela in 2011.  The Summit is the culmination of roughly a decade of efforts …

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