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July 25, 2008

NSN Daily Update: A Week That Changed the Foreign Policy Debate, 7/25/08
Posted by The National Security Network

The full NSN Daily Update can be found on our website. 

Quick Hits

Joe Klein says that John McCain’s foreign policy is unraveling.

Iran is both refusing to cooperate with the IAEA and sending out signals of closer cooperation.

The State Department in Iraq announced a tenfold expansion of its visa program for Iraqi employees, which will allow “5000 Iraqis to go to the United States for each of the next five years.”

The Secretary General of NATO called for more international attention on Afghanistan in the face of ever increasing foreign insurgent influx.

Meanwhile, President Karzai deemed the Afghan-Pakistan border to be “under serious threat” by a resurgent Taliban forces coming from Pakistan.

Afghanistan the forgotten war:  In another gaffe from his CBS interview, John McCain said that “Iraq was the first major conflict after 9/11.” 

The Iraqi Olympic team, which received “a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago,” was banned from this year’s Beijing competition.

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