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Dossier: To Arms, To Arms

The American StaffJul 17, 2005

Global military expenditures topped $950 billion in 2003 … Arms transfers accounted for $25.6 billion of this figure … 60 percent of all arms sales from 2000–03 were made to developing nations … The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are the largest arms dealers, contributing 88 percent of all conventional arms sales … Of the G8 nations, Japan is the only country that fails to make the top 10 arms-exporting countries … In 2004, China and India were the two largest recipients of global arms sales … China relies mostly on outdated Russian weapons for its purchases, but is pressuring the European Union to lift its arms embargo so it can purchase technologic

Devil in the Details

The American StaffJul 17, 2005

Pulling Punches

Democrats who've been touting plans to nationalize the midterm elections next year with a good-government (“goo-goo,” in the parlance of political pros) campaign centered on Republican corruption seem to need a refresher course on how to play hardball.

Recess Disappointment

The American StaffJun 28, 2005

Rumor has it in Washington that former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton will receive a “recess appointment” to serve as UN ambassador. Such appointments are fairly common and normally uncontroversial, but there are the occasional exceptions. Bolton would be an exception, as was the recess appointment of James Hormel to serve as ambassador to Luxembourg after Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma refused to allow a vote on his nomination on the grounds that it was unacceptable to give the job to a gay man. In light of the issue's re-emergence, a look back at conservative thinking on recess appointments just a few years ago is instructive. Turns out they didn't always support the idea.

Dossier: The Stem-Cell Gap

The American StaffJun 19, 2005

Embryonic stem-cell research may produce a renewable source of tissue transplants and lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's … Embryonic stem cells are derived from 4- to 5-day-old blastocysts, clusters of about 150 cells that measure no more than two-tenths of a millimeter … On August 9, 2001, George W.

Dossier: The Stem-Cell Gap

The American StaffJun 19, 2005

Embryonic stem-cell research may produce a renewable source of tissue transplants and lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's … Embryonic stem cells are derived from 4- to 5-day-old blastocysts, clusters of about 150 cells that measure no more than two-tenths of a millimeter … On August 9, 2001, George W.

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