Officials at the Pentagon unanimously agreed today that they would drop the elaborate plan to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Naturally, this was met with much criticism – but regardless of the new plan’s merits from a security standpoint, this has a profound impact on the defense sector.
Unfortunately, this impact is quite [...]

Yes, to the tune of 6.1%. How do McCain and Obama react?
Real Clear Politics reports that both wasted no time in “blasting out statements.” Here’s a taste, but read the whole article.
Obama:
…Today’s jobs report is a reminder of what’s at stake in this election ‘ John McCain showed last night that he is [...]

Today’s New York Daily News has an interesting article about Obama’s foreign policy. In particular, it discusses how Obama has refused to factor in the fact that the Surge is working into his 16-month plan for withdrawal.

This seems interesting considering that Obama has received enormous criticism for his recent “flip-flopping” or as we like to [...]

Obama and McCain both clearly feel like diplomatic relations with Iran are an important issue. Obama feels that diplomatic talks should be held, but military force is an option should Israel be an option. McCain feels like talks with President Ahmadinejad would be useless and only advance Ahmadinejad’s message. As usual, we won’t pick a [...]