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d Dick Cheney." Her most recent book, Drift, documents how easy it has become for U.S. presidents to wage war without congressional consent. 28. Dennis Ross Having served under President Jimmy Carter and in every administration since (except George W. Bush's), Dennis Ross has played a bigger role in se

since 2007, Carl Levin leads Senate oversight of the Pentagon and is at the forefront of the raging debate over the defense budget. Levin and Sen. John McCain, the committee's ranking member, agree that the $600 billion in military cuts set to take effect next year unless a new budget passes would be, in

passes would be, in Levin's words, "a train wreck." (Defense Secretary Panetta has preferred the more apocalyptic "doomsday mechanism.") But while McCain has proposed protecting the defense budget by reducing federal spending elsewhere, Levin has argued, "We should do something intelligent, which mea

pit for diplomatic energy rather than as a priority. If Obama is reelected, he will have no Middle East hands to whom he can turn. Mideast advisor Dennis Ross has left; Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, departed for a post at the United Nations; and Deputy Secretary of S

t that wasn't their approach—to put it mildly." He insisted that the G.O.P. had moved too far to the right to make bipartisanship possible. He and John McCain had agreed on issues like immigration, climate change, and campaign finance. "The center of gravity for their party has shifted." But maybe, Obama

de and welfare reform. In 2000, Bush ran on a more progressive education platform than E FTA_R1_02204187 EFTA02720658 his Republican colleagues. McCain once supported a cap-and- trade system and a version of immigration reform now condemned by almost all Republicans. There would be no such "zones o

t: August 20 update Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:28:35 +0000 20 August, 2012 Article t The Washington Post Egypt's new leaders must accept reality Dennis Ross Article 2. National Review Egypt's Military and the Arab Spring Andrew C. McCarthy. Article 3. The Economist The Gaza Strip: A building boom

Obama. You would not be human if you failed to acknowledge this as a cause for great rejoicing." Despite having been—full disclosure—an adviser to John McCain, I acknowledged his opponent's remarkable qualities: his soaring oratory, his cool, hard-to-ruffle temperament, and his near faultless campaign or

te having been—full disclosure—an adviser to John McCain, I acknowledged his opponent's remarkable qualit