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U.S. Plays Down North Korea Threat, Washington Times, August 28, 2008, Pg. 2, unattributed

The U.S. is shrugging off North Korea’s threat to backtrack on an agreement to dismantle its nuclear program.
North Korea says it stopped disabling its nuclear complex this month because the U.S. failed to remove it from a list of states that sponsor [...]

 Georgia War Shows ‘Weak’ Russia, U.S. Official Says,(Washington Post)…Glenn Kessler
Russia’s conflict with Georgia is the sign of a “weak” Russian nation, not a newly assertive one, and Moscow now has put its place in the world order at risk, the top U.S. diplomat for relations with the country said in an interview yesterday.
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China’s Unease With [...]

Charlie Wilson’s Peace, (Washington Post), Aug 28, 2008, pg.19…by Charles Wilson
…Defense Secretary Robert Gates was spot-on when he said last month, “The Foreign Service is not the Foreign Legion, and the U.S. military should never be mistaken for a Peace Corps with guns.” We’ve got to get this right.
The writer, a Democrat, represented Texas’s 2nd [...]

Iran: Letter On Nuclear Program,  (New York Times)…Helene Cooper, August 6, 2008
The Bush administration said Tuesday that Iran’s response to an offer of incentives by six world powers seeking to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions was unacceptable, and American and European officials said their next step would be to go back to the United Nations [...]

Clashes With Rebels Deepen War Fears, (Washington Post)…Unattributed, August 8, 2008, Pg. 11
The capital of Georgia’s separatist region of South Ossetia came under heavy fire early Friday, just hours after Georgia’s president declared a unilateral cease-fire, news reports and the rebel government said.
“The assault is coming from all directions,” said a brief statement on the [...]