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The War Powers Act vs. U.N. Participation Act

  • The War Powers Act
  • July 1, 2011
The War Powers Actof 1973 was passed by Congress to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters. In a...
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The NATO Campaign in Libya: Still a Viable Solution?

Many of us might remember the month of March 1999. Itwas the month when NATO began its aerial bombingcampaign against what was then the Federal...
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Obama doctrine: Responsibility to protect - what, who and why?

United States intervention is necessary to save lives and to prevent a massacre or holocaust. Put this way - military intervention grounded in this...
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Talking heads

talking head –nounSlang . a person whose talk is empty and pretentious.It's interesting that Cook County continues to populate...
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Chicago FBI investigate Libyan visitors

Libyans visiting Chicago are being interviwed by the FBI over fears about a terrorist attack here.According to the ABC 7 I-Team, reporter Chuck...
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Libya: Rebels with a sovereign cause

United States combat operations in Libya are over. Once, such a divisive issue the involvement of the US in a civil conflict has taken a backseat...
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Illinois National Guard deployed to Libya

An Illinois Air National Guard unit headed to Libya to support the 'no fly' zone operations - Operation Odyssey Dawn - over Tripoli, Libya...
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Why are Gas Prices Rising?

  • Gas
  • March 3, 2011
$4 dollar-per-gallon gas prices have hit the Chicago area.In spite of Fox and in-general corporate rhetoric, drilling in ANWR, hydrofracturing in...
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Libya air crash sole survivor joins surprisingly long list

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for you alone in this age have I found to be truly just.” --...
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Libya airline crash leaves one survivor, more than 100 dead

A Dutch child is the only survivor of the Wednesday crash of an Afriqiyah Airways jet at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, according to...
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