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Caption Contest Winners - 1 day ago
The Second Line Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)✰ THE WINNERS ✰First: physics geek – A band consisting of Chicago area voters gathered for a jam session.Second: FormerHostage – The parade.. Topics: Contests, Rodney Dill

Berlin Wall Fall: 20 Years Later - 2 days ago
Twenty years ago today, I was leading a rocket artillery platoon in live fire exercises at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Eastern Bavaria. Some 400 kilometers to the north, the Berlin Wall was coming down. Back in my teaching days, I jokingly... Topics: Brent Scowcroft, Hillary Clinton, History, James Joyner, Jim Jones, Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Green, World Politics, Zbigniew Brzezinski

Clearing the Path - 44 days ago
If true this:INTELLIGENCE chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site.The head of MI6 discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and Saudi officials after British... Topics: Dave Schuler, Iran, Israel, nuclear weapons, United Kingdom
NATO’s Future - 44 days ago
I’ve been busy at the Atlantic Council today covering two huge events.First, Senator Richard Lugar delivered a speech on the Future of NATO. In addition to the usual niceties about the important of transatlantic cooperation, Lugar argued that we.. Topics: Europe, James Joyner, World Politics























