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Defense And Security Archive

Archives for September 2015

Defense & Security
Edward Snowden just joined Twitter. Will it help him climb out from Putin’s shadow?Edward Snowden just joined Twitter. Will it help him climb out from Putin’s shadow?
Defense & Security

Here are his first two tweets — the second is a joke about Mars.

By Max Fisher
Polyarchy
How little-known left-right cooperation on defense brought you sequesterHow little-known left-right cooperation on defense brought you sequester
Polyarchy

You won’t believe what these transpartisans did next.

By Heather Hurlburt
Politics
The Bush administration’s enormous national security failure, in one tweetThe Bush administration’s enormous national security failure, in one tweet
Politics

They let the guy who did it get away and invaded Iraq instead.

By Matthew Yglesias
Defense & Security
The GOP’s new Iran deal plan is cynical, dishonest, and politically brilliantThe GOP’s new Iran deal plan is cynical, dishonest, and politically brilliant
Defense & Security

The new strategy is to turn a misleading “secret side deal” issue into the next Benghazi controversy.

By Max Fisher

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