President Barack Obama is briefed on his upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Drone Strikes Continue Thanks to Obama's 'Kill List' -- Dashiell Bennett, Atlantic Wire
Memorial Day weekend brought news of more U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan as The New York Times raises new questions about President Obama's so-called "Kill List" of terrorists targeted for assassination. An extensive report in Tuesday's paper looks at the use of targeted attacks to take out terrorism suspects in other parts of the world, an increasingly important part of the government's anti-terrorism policies that Barack Obama himself has taken personal responsibility for. According to the story, the President approves every name on the list of terrorism targets, reviewing their biographies and the evidence against them, and then authorizing "lethal action without hand-wringing."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
After Syria massacre, what's next? -- Joe Sterling, CNN
Assad may hold on after all -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The Syria Dilemma -- Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker
Will Al Qaeda cement its foothold in Syria? -- Fawaz A. Gerges, Christian Science Monitor
Violence in Egypt is poor barometer of election trends -- Issandr El Amrani, The National
Egypt Headed Off Islamist Cliff -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
Low voter turnout showed Egyptians' mixed emotions -- Maria Golia, The National
On Iran, We'll Probably Get Fooled Again -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Asia Exposed -- Stephen Roach, Project Syndicate
Putin's Eurasian Aspirations -- Sergey Markedonov, National Interest
Keeping Greece in the euro zone -- Washington Post editorial
Yugoslavia’s lessons for Europe’s disunion -- Charles Lane, Washington Post
The eurozone could survive apocalypse in Athens but not a meltdown in Madrid -- Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail
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