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dec 20, 2014 Russia Sanctions and Shifting Cuba Policy - McAdams and Taylor's Week in Review President Obama has admitted that sanctions do not work, as he announced a major US policy shift toward Cuba. But he turned around and immediately signed a bill authorizing more sanctions on Russia. There is a big disconnect between rhetoric and actions in the US Administration. The sanctions bill is a huge boost for the US military industrial complex, a $350 million Christmas gift for the Beltway death dealers. Listen to RPI's Daniel McAdams andJay Taylordiscuss the main foreign policy events of the week below, or download the MP3here. read on...

dec 15, 2014 Report: Afghanistan War Reaches $1 Trillion And Will Require Hundreds of Billions More Despite the public pledge of President Obama to pull out of Afghanistan, we continue to spend huge amounts of money in the war and the Obama Administration has fought to keep U.S. troops in the country. Now an estimate from theFinancial Timesand independent researchers put the cost of the war at roughly $1 trillion with a commitment of hundreds of billions more in the coming years. There continues to be no serious debate over our ongoing losses both in personnel and money in this war. read on...

dec 15, 2014 New US Bill Arms Ukraine, Adds Sanctions RPI's McAdams on RT The House and Senate late last week passed legislation authorizing $350 million in US lethal aid to Ukraine and imposing a new round of sanctions on Russia. Co-author of the bill, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN),claimsthe bill is in response to the "Russian invasion of Ukraine." RPI's Daniel McAdams appeared on RT over the weekend to discuss the new legislation as US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a hastily-arranged meeting Sunday in Rome... read on...

dec 14, 2014 Meaning of Torture Report: Simply a Catharsis? - Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor What is the final meaning of the Senate's recent release of its report on CIA torture activities? We know that no one will be prosecuted, as they have already been given immunity by the president. We have no reason to believe the out-of-control CIA will have its wings clipped after release of the report. Just as the NSA did not cease, but rather increased, its spying on the rest of us after the Snowden revelations. read on...

dec 13, 2014 Rep. Walter Jones: Omnibus Bill? Are You Kidding? I Don't Even Know What's In It! Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), an RPI Board Member, again demonstrates why he is one of the few exemplary Members of Congress left in the House. Asked by CNSNews whether he would be voting for the monstrousomnibus continuing resolutionon the House this past week,he replied... read on...

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