Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin
Michael Rubinis a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He previously worked as an official at the Pentagon, where he dealt with issues in the Middle East...
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Our decision to divest our non-Internet assets was not easy, as these businesses have achieved tremendous success and continue to have significant growth potential,
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The more we talk about withdrawals, the more insurgents assert themselves.
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All too often, ... the goal in the bureaucracy is to cover their own backside rather than to actually make sure the money does good.
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The military option has a lot of costs. But is the cost of the Islamic Republic of Iran having a nuclear weapon greater?
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He has allowed his opponents to fill the vacuum, and now he's fighting back and articulating his philosophy in the broader war on terrorism. Perhaps it's because the 2006 elections are coming up, but he's clearly decided to do things differently and change the debate.
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We're confident that a jury will see that this was a deal between friends. There was no criminal intent. This is a civil matter.