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Obama Lifts Arms Embargo on Vietnam

Obama Lifts Arms Embargo on Vietnam

Despite concerns human rights violations in Vietnam, Obama opted to fully lift the arms embargo on lethal military equipment during his recent visit.

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Should We Tax Green Energy?

Last Sunday, the New York Times reported on the wind energy industry in Wyoming (the eighth windiest state) and how the governor is pushing for a tax on wind energy. The wind power lobby has, of course, expressed its horror that the state would consider such a thing, practically comparing it to killing a newborn. […]

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Washington Must Oppose 'Big Business' Lobby

Washington Must Oppose 'Big Business' Lobby

Bank lobby and ‘Big Business’ influence-peddling in Washington is at crisis levels that threatens the U.S. Congress’s constitutional duties to protect the ‘public welfare’ all enemies – foreign AND domestic.

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