Profile in Courage #1: Donald Rumsfeld Calls for Missile Defenses, an End to A.B.M. Treaty Impediments
(Washington, D.C.): On the 28 January edition of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Donald Rumsfeld made a signal contribution to...
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Clinton Legacy Watch # 37: An End to the U.S. Posture of ‘Assured Vulnerability’?
(Washington, D.C.): Over the past ten days, the Clinton Administration has signaled its intention to make the most significant sea-change...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 36: A Quixotic Crusade for an Unverifiable, Ineffective and Dangerous C.T.B.T.?
(Washington, D.C.): Like a fighter jet dumping flares and chaff to dodge an on-coming Iraqi missile, this year's State of...
The Clinton-Cohen Missile Defense Initiative:
Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back?
(Washington, D.C.): Presumably it is coincidental. Last night, Representative Steve Largent of Oklahoma delivered part of the Republican response to...
If President Clinton is Serious About ‘The American People’s Business,’ Here’s What He Should Say is the State of the Union
(Washington, D.C.): According to today's New York Times, President Clinton is expected to deliver a State of the Union address...
C.W.C. Watch #3: U.S. Underestimating The Costs of One Ineffective Ban; Will It Repeat Them In Another?
(Washington, D.C.): On the last day of 1997, President Clinton submitted a misleading, one-paragraph certification to Congress in connection with...
Despite Purported Addition of ‘Out-Year’ Dollars, Clinton Still Balks at Deployment of Needed Missile Defenses
(Washington, D.C.): There he goes again. Yesterday's New York Times revealed that President Clinton has decided to "pledge about $7...
In the Wake of Clinton’s Policy-Meltdown On Iraq, Jim Hoagland, Abe Rosenthal Spell Out Do’s and Don’ts
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton's four-day air campaign against Iraq was supposed to "degrade" Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. In...
Time to Face the Super-Thug Alone
Memo to the president: Forget Barzan. It is Barzani you want to enlist. And watch your back at the United...
Life Support for Castro Redux: Clinton Doesn’t Have Time for Blue-Ribbon Commission, Goes Direct to Gutting the Embargo
(Washington, D.C.): Until yesterday's announcement by President Clinton that he was easing the economic sanctions against Fidel Castro's regime, it...
The Real Case Against Bill Clinton: Chinese Bribery
(Washington, D.C.): Not since Al Capone was prosecuted for tax evasion has there been a more bizarre judicial pursuit of...
After the Bombing: Import Controls May Be The Only Hope for ‘Radically’ Improving Sanctions Enforcement Against Iraq
(Washington, D.C.): At present, it is unclear whether President Clinton's 'dog-wagging' bombing campaign against Iraq(1) actually did "degrade" Iraq's weapon...
Clinton Legacy Watch #34: A Sovereign Palestinian State, A Weakened U.S.-Israeli Relationship, A Greater Danger of War
(Washington, D.C.): For many Americans, Bill Clinton's latest foray into Middle East diplomacy may amount to little more than a...
Clinton, Stay Home! President’s Ill-Advised Trip to Mideast Will Contribute to Conflict — Not a Durable Peace
In Commentary Magazine, Center's Feith Says Policy is Leading to War (Washington, D.C.): On the eve of President Clinton's departure...
Wye and the road to war
Excerpts from an Article in the January 1999 edition of Commentary Magazine by Douglas J. Feith ...The Wye deal imparts...
Don’t Go There: Clinton Pentagon Evidently Still Tempted by Reckless Idea of Killing T.H.A.A.D. Anti-Missile System
(Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow, top Defense Department officials are scheduled to convene for a meeting nominally called to discuss the preparation...