Last month, U.S. presidential candidates John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) returned from trips abroad to highlight their foreign policy expertise, and showing, they hope, how they would improve America’s poor image abroad. It has been three weeks since Russia entered Georgia, which is also enough time for both presidential candidates to gather their [...]

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Note: This is an informational compilation. GMF does not endorse, either explicitly or implicitly, the content contained herein.   NEWS   Russia Recognizes Breakaway Georgian Regions Washington Post (U.S), Philip P. Pan and Jonathan Finer, 26 Aug 2008 Summary: President Dmitry Medvedev recognized the independence of two breakaway regions of Georgia on Tuesday and called [...]

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(Note: The views below are the author’s alone.) DENVER — When José Serrano’s thick Spanish accent of the South Bronx filled Denver’s Pepsi Center on Monday afternoon, his speech was the prelude for a polyglot conversation. Serrano spoke of patriotism, of the need for a”new direction of our great nation.” The original soundtrack sounded like [...]

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