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Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: "President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents, squandering diplomatic, international and economic assets that were bequeathed to him. As a result of the perfidy of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, Obama inherited a great deal of low-hanging foreign policy fruit that he has been slow and even hesitant to pick."

http://www.truthout.org/1105091

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rudkla - 6. Nov, 10:13

The US also likely secures another puppet in the region who will be opposed to the progressive social, economic and political reforms being articulated and demanded by the country's social movements.

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2191/1/

From Information Clearing House

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rudkla - 6. Nov, 10:08

rudkla - 6. Nov, 09:57

By Simon Tisdall

Across the Middle East, the US is building heavily fortified embassies which cut off diplomats and create hostilities.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23901.htm

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rudkla - 6. Nov, 09:54

rudkla - 6. Nov, 09:28

rudkla - 6. Nov, 06:27

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/end-fed-restore-10-amendment.html

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Dodd’s reform plan takes aim at the Fed

Washington Post

11/11/09

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping regulatory reform bill that would strip the Federal Reserve of nearly all of its power to oversee banks, setting up a possible clash with the Obama administration, which has argued for the central bank to play a pivotal role in addressing financial threats. The legislation promoted by Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) would impose the most fundamental change in the Fed’s mission since the Great Depression, leaving it responsible for little besides setting monetary policy. Senior administration officials and Fed leaders, by contrast, have urged that the central bank retain its power to oversee large and complex financial firms whose collapse could endanger the global system...

http://tinyurl.com/ybj8wxd

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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rudkla - 6. Nov, 06:24