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government? Are higher taxes the right approach to fairly distributing collective tasks, or are they infernally un-American? For a time President Barack Obama, 51, and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, 65, made this question a key theme in their respective EFTA00700246 campaigns. The Democrat invok

st half of Americans today say that the country's best days are gone. "Americans are tired after the war in Iraq and also after Afghanistan," says Obama advisor and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. This exhaustion, when combined with the traumatic terrorist attacks of 2001, has weakened

uld be consolidated through spending cuts alone. President Obama, who will remain in office until at least Jan. 2

hey infernally un-American? For a time President Barack Obama, 51, and his Republican challenger Mitt Ro

-life American audience would. But the truth is that America has transformed itself into a land of limited opportunities. In fact, that was the way SPIEGEL referred to the United States in a 1979 cover story, when the US economy had been hard-hit by the oil crisis. But today's crisis is far more compr

June. But Israel is not the only factor. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are also obsessed with the need to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapons. Barack Obama is still very keen to avoid conflict. But in a presidential election year, it is harder for him to rein in Israel. Britain and France — the two mos

ternational community to challenge Iranian transgressions of its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty commitments, or to continue to support Israel. The Obama administration has left "all options on the table," but it clearly does not want a military strike. Key players in Europe, not to mention smaller

House. His remarks only make strategic sense if President Obama's real priority is to contain Israel first—espec

he need to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapons. Barack Obama is still very keen to avoid conflict. But

of Growth. Ankle 7. SPIEGEL 'Germany Has Been the Winner in the Globalization Process' Interview with US Economist Kenneth Rogoff 02/20/2012 -- SPIEGEL: Mr. Rogoff, the eurozone finance ministers are likely to soon provide Greece with new loans totalling €130 billion ($171 billion), with the aim of

to use the Predator drone. Because it is precisely targeted, often on an individual, it is used almost every week. And now we know that President Obama, for the past three years, has been going through a similar process about how America should use another innovative weapon — one whose destructive

d gaze at her man — receding into the past? It is true that in America, at least, hay can still be made from the role of political wife. President Barack Obama may have experienced his first EFTA00712587 major dip in the polls — and his first real slide with women voters — when a partisan supporter, Hila

States about when and how to use cyberweapons. President Obama raised many of the issues in the closed sanctum o

made from the role of political wife. President Barack Obama may have experienced his first EFTA0071258

1eploys Nuclear WeApmloACi rma mi n 06/03/2012 -- A German shipyard has already built three submarines for Israel, and three more are planned. Now SPIEGEL has learned that Israel is EFTA00712575 arming the submarines with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The German government has known about Israel's

ng the world towards ever-tougher sanctions on Iran. Mr Netanyahu has even defied the president of the US — apparently, without any real cost. When Barack Obama took office in 2009, his administration demanded a halt to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. However, Mr Netanyahu

into the hands of terrorists. Barak's pessimism also extends to the United States. It explains why he and Netanyahu were willing to push President Barack Obama to go much EFTA00693049 further in making a commitment to prevention than the White House wanted -- a move Barak called "a major achievement." Th

d Syria were physically blocked. The very fact that six tried and two succeeded tells you that anything can happen. I really trust and believe that Obama means what he says [when he talks about preventing Iran from getting a bomb], but there is a limit to what he can commit himself to doing in the fu

dings Christiane Hoffmann and Rene Pfister Jan14, 2013 -- How critical can one be of Israel? It is a question that Germany has been debating since SPIEGEL ONLINE columnist Jakob Augstein was included on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of the world's worst anti-Semites. Political leaders in Berlin h

sts: A closer look Ali Bakr Article 3. World Policy Institute The Palestinians Want to Negotiate Andrew Wilson Article 4. The Washington Post Obama and Romney's empty talk on Syria Richard Cohen Article 5. Spiegel Iran's Secret Plan to Contaminate the Strait of Hormuz Erich Follath Article

ng the talks. It would address Israel's complaint that when it last froze settlement construction for ten months in 2009 at the behest of President Barrack Obama, the Palestinians took advantage of the situation by dithering and then claiming they wanted to negotiate just as the freeze was about to expire. D

es handles these developments. By late November, President Obama will either be a lame duck or a second term pres

lanned operation is an expression of growing frustration. Contrary to claims made by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in an interview with SPIEGEL last week, the embargo imposed on Tehran is causing far more than "discomfort." Iran derives more than 50 percent of its government revenue from o

r India, the next few years present great challenges but even greater opportunities. The defining relationship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last November, will be between the US and India. For the US, India serves two purposes. First, as a counterweight to

ship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last November, wi

elationship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last Novembe

But he has done the right thing. And he will swiftly be vindicated by events on the cut-off continent. EFTA_R1_02047565 EFTA02695888 Article 2. SPIEGEL Britain and the EU: The Failure of a Forced Marriage Wolfgang Kaden 12/10/2011 -- Was the outcome of the Brussels summit a bad one for the EU? N

Lebanon, and Turkey intensifies. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has been understandably w

Lebanon, and Turkey intensifies. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has been understandably wary of e

n, and Turkey intensifies. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has been understandably wary of

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Subject: June 5 update Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:23:40 +0000 5 June, 2012 Article 1. SPIEGEL Operation Samson: Israel's Deployment of Nuclear Missiles on Subs from Germany Ronen Bergman, Erich Follath, Einat Keinan, Otfried Nassauer, Jorg