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Kim deals blow to Obama’s ‘strategic patience’
North Korea’s apparent success of a multi-stage rocket launch will deal a blow to President Obama’s “strategic patience” of waiting for Pyongyang to change its course first, while an emboldened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un now holds more cards. Read more…
GOP slams Obama’s North Korea appeasement
The GOP chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed President Obama after North Korea launched a long-range rocket. “The Obama Administration’s policies of appeasement through proposed talks over the past four years has done nothing to deter North Korean aggression,” Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said. Read more…
North Korea takes giant step in arms quest
North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket in defiance of international warnings prompted denunciations from the U.S. and its allies as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a giant step forward in its quest to develop the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead. Read more…
North Korea rocket launch universally condemned
Russia expressed “deep regret” over North Korea’s rocket launch. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei expressed regret over North Korea’s long-range rocket launch, calling on Pyongyang to abide by United Nations Security Council resolutions. Read more…
Smugglers use cannon to shoot drugs across border
Over 30 cans of marijuana were shot into Yuma, Ariz., using a cannon, Customs and Border Protection officials said. Read more…
Israel will withhold tax revenues from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ administration until March at least in response to his statehood campaign at the United Nations, Israel’s foreign minister said. Read more…
Iran indicts 18 U.S. officials on terrorism charges
Iran’s deputy judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic has issued indictments against 18 unnamed current and former American officials on charges of involvement in “crimes against Iran.” Read more…
Senate Democrats urge delay of Obamacare tax
Sixteen Democratic senators who voted for the Affordable Care Act are asking that one of its fundraising mechanisms, a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices scheduled to take effect January 1, be delayed. Read more…
Cities quietly eavesdrop on public bus passengers
Government officials are quietly installing sophisticated audio surveillance systems on public buses across the country to eavesdrop on passengers. Read more…
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