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Tag was last used: Oct 15, 2008
 
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Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2008

  Morning Update: The Oil Tax Divide

USA Today reports on differences between Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) over tax policy for oil companies. Obama would create a windfall profits tax on the companies, while McCain would implement a cut in the corporate income tax rate that could save...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008

  Morning Update: U.S. Presidential Debate

In their second debate, U.S. presidential candidates Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) sparred over the limping U.S. economy and energy policy; both tied the country’s recovery to the latter. Obama faulted McCain for a record of deregulation that he said has...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2008

  Globalization and the Midwest

With four weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election, 200 business leaders, academics and government officials gathered in Chicago this week to launch the Global Midwest Initiative , an effort to examine the “impact on and response of the Midwest to globalization,”...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Oct 6, 2008

  Morning Update: McCain’s Spending Pledge

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated his pledge to impose a one-year federal spending freeze “on every agency of the federal government, excepting only national defense, the care of our veterans, and a few critical priorities.” He spoke in a radio address on Saturday. ENERGY:...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008

  Morning Update: Back for a Bailout Vote

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), and Obama’s runningmate, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), will return to Washington (Reuters) , D.C., on Wednesday to vote on a revised economic rescue package. As part of the discussions, both McCain and Obama have endorsed a...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008

  Priorities for the Next President

The American public is increasingly optimistic about the situation in Iraq, but is not as interested as it once was in global engagement, a new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and CFR shows. –According to the poll, 58 percent of Americans say U.S....... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Sep 8, 2008

  Inbox: Domestic Oil Drilling

Responding to the CFR.org Online Debate, Will Opening Restricted Federal Lands and Waters in the United States Ease Oil Prices? , reader Jackson Park writes:  Any economic order based on competition to consume resources is inherently flawed because resources are limited on Earth. World...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Sep 4, 2008

  Morning Update: Republican Convention

The Republican National Convention continued on Wednesday in St. Paul, with party leaders including former presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney addressing the crowd. Vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AL) also spoke, giving voters a...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  The ‘Soft Power’ of Trade

MINNEAPOLIS — Energy is shaping up as one of the main foreign policy wedge issues between the Republican and Democratic candidates. Trade could be another. Three top aides to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive Republican nominee, emphasized the importance of a robust free trade...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Sep 2, 2008

  A Sobering Foreign Policy Landscape

Picking up where it left off last week in Denver, CFR today convened a panel on foreign policy on the sidelines of the GOP convention in Minneapolis that reinforced the difficulties facing a new administration. Here’s a brief look at the discussion on some of the vexing issues: –...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR
Posted On:  Aug 29, 2008

  Morning Update: Obama Focuses on Economy

In his speech closing the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) accepted his party’s nomination with a speech that focused on improving the U.S. economy and bolstering the fortunes of the American middle class. Obama called it “one of those defining moments-a...... [view]

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