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Lawrence J. Haas
Democrats should ratify Colombia trade deal
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent decision to kill the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, at least for now, sacrifices an issue of enormous national strategic importance at the altar of the bitter partisan politics that have become all too common in today's Washington.
Lawrence J. Haas: Time for a new ‘coalition of the willing’ against Iran
- Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent embrace of Iran’s radical regime begs a basic question for President Bush — would he rather prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons or continue working through the increasingly unhelpful institutions of the global community?
Lawrence J. Haas: Raise taxes to strengthen national security
- A recent call by three House Democrats for a temporary tax surcharge to finance the Iraq war met an all-too-expected fate. The White House and congressional Republicans blasted the Democrats as congenital tax raisers, and Democratic leaders played defense by disavowing the idea.
