Obama may face fight on treaties

Boston Globe by Bender, Bryan | Oct. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

President Obama's vision of global cooperation - symbolized by his surprise Nobel Peace Prize - is in for a crucial test in the months ahead when he begins sending a series of treaties to the US Senate, where skepticism ...Questions for Thorbjorn Jagland Peace Be With YouNew York TimesWSJIDEBATE: Was It Premature to Honor Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize?Wall Street JournalObama Gets 'Incomplete' as Decisions on War, Joblessness LoomBloombergBellingham ... Full Story »

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 by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 25, 2009

Interesting, well referenced easy reading on political conundrum of treaty ratificattion.

I learned quite a bit from this piece.

Obtaining 67 votes has proved difficult under the best of circumstances and helps explain why fewer than 20 major security treaties have been ratified since the end of ... More »

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