NSN Daily Update 2/25/09 Posted by The National Security Network

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What We’re Readings

Iran successfully completed tests on its first nuclear power plant.

European diplomats quote a Syrian official saying that Syria has built a missile facility on the site of a possible nuclear reactor that Israel bombed in 2007.

Japan’s exports fell 46% in January, to the lowest figure in ten years.  China is suffering from the worst drought in more than fifty years.

A Kurdish lawmaker in Turkey gave a speech in the Turkish parliament in Kurdish, breaking taboos and the law.

Commentary of the Day

The Economist looks at Dennis Ross and the Obama administration’s Iran strategy.

Doyle McManus discusses the rhetoric of Obama’s speech.  Bobby Jindal’s response disappointed Democrats and Republicans.

The Washington Post interviews Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso.

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