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The Hill
March 4, 2018
Back in 2002, President George W. Bush committed the United States to defend “the nonnegotiable demands of human dignity,” subsequently declaring the human ... For the moment, , the U.S. public has soured on democracy promotion, conflating it with unending nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Guardian
March 4, 2018
... with no end in sight. According to Freedom House, a government-funded NGO, “democracy is in crisis”, stuck in retrograde since the middle of George W Bush's first term. ... To be sure, the homogeneous impulse, a frequent component of nation-building, was a part of the American Genesis. In the drive toÃâà...
Business Insider
March 4, 2018
They see traces of former President George W. Bush in Trump's confrontational rhetoric, disdain for international opinion, clashes with allies, and withdrawal from international agreements. They believe Trump has heightened former President Barack Obama's penchant for nation building at home asÃâà...
Defense One
March 3, 2018
Bush emphasized democratization, while Obama emphasized promoting good governance and rule of law in concert with building partners' security capacity. The outcomes were disappointing at times. Both Bush and Obama often learned that they had to prioritize short-term security objectives over longer-term approachesÃâà...
The Guardian
February 25, 2018
It is now, in the president's Twitter-friendly words, not about nation-building but fighting terrorists, though on a far smaller scale since Barack Obama ended what George W Bush started in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Al-Qaida was quickly routed but it was another decade before Osama bin Laden wasÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
February 23, 2018
Obama, according to this thesis, had a penchant for nation building at home as opposed to nation building abroad, was skeptical of the value of U.S. alliances (“free riders aggravate me”), and showed a disdain for the advice of the foreign-policy establishment — all impulses that Trump has, in various ways,Ãâà...
AlterNet
February 20, 2018
The cultural rehabilitation of George W. Bush may be the stupidest thing in America today, including the collective utterances of our current president. ... of “compassionate conservativism,” “faith-based initiatives,” pledges to avoid “nation-building” and the construction of a more reserved foreign policy.
Vail Daily News
February 15, 2018
Bipartisan majorities of Congress have repeatedly backed this tax structure, as well as Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Washington, D.C., understands that incentivizing conservation means more conservation. And more conservation is supposed to be what we're all working toward.
Stillwater News Press
February 15, 2018
Michael Hayden is a retired four-star Air Force general who served as Director of the National Security Agency and head of the CIA under Presidents Bush and Obama. Hayden spoke yesterday at the opening session of the National Grocers Association convention in Las Vegas. His 45-minute speech hadÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Congress passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) so that President Bush could bring the perpetrators to justice. The 2001 AUMF has since been used ... Such goals are outright nation-building efforts and have not been authorized by any congressional action. Secretary Waters' responseÃâà...
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