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Winning the Peace in Iraq
The Iraqi parliament has approved a security agreement with the United States. The Status of Forces Agreement provides a legal basis for a U.S. troop presence in Iraq after the United Nations mandate expires on December 31, requires that U.S. forces begin pulling back from urban areas by next June, and calls for the full withdrawal of forces by the end of 2011. In his final Iraq report, Frederick W. Kagan wrote that a long-term security agreement is in both U.S. and Iraqi interests. More recently, he advised president-elect Obama to seize the opportunity for Iraq to become a strategic partner with the United States to win the peace there. Kagan cautions, however, that the "timing and the nature" of the withdrawal remain delicate.
- "The agreement highlights Iraq's desire to become a strategic partner with the United States," Kagan writes in a New York Times op-ed on the Status of Forces Agreement. "It is vital that we help see Iraq through during its year of elections, and avoid the temptation to 'front-load' the withdrawal in 2009. It is equally vital that we develop a broader strategic relationship with Iraq using all elements of our national power in tandem with Iraq's to pursue our common interests."
- Thomas Donnelly testified before a House subcommittee that the agreement "represents a tremendous success for the United States and for a free Iraq."
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Rethinking Federal Housing Policy
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Prices, Poverty, and Inequality
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| Why Americans Are Better Off Than You Think |
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| Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008 |
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The Poverty of "The Poverty Rate"
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The American
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 The American magazine brings subscribers fresh and insightful coverage of business, economics, culture, and more. In the current issue, which is available on newsstands, Thomas J. Healey and Matthew A. Scogin talk to some academic sleuths who predicted the financial crisis, Joel Kotkin examines the decline of California, Leon Aron explains how Vladimir Putin built Russia's corporatist state, and more. The American also publishes exclusive web-only content -- and articles from the magazine -- at www.american.com. |
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Economic Outlook
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In the December issue of Economic Outlook, John H. Makin says that printing money and cutting the payroll tax are the best available measures for avoiding a deflationary spiral that leads to a global depression.
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