foreign policy – Page 21

Should U.S. scorn Security Council over Syria?

September 9, 2013 By Emile Schepers

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is reportedly giving up on the UN Security Council, because it likely will not approve armed action against Syria in the wake of the August 21...

For first time, U.S. House calls for ending Afghanistan war

June 18, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

In a historic move June 13 the House of Representatives effectively said there is no congressional authorization for a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

U.S. intervention in Syria is a dangerous move

June 17, 2013 By PW Editorial

The Obama administration's announcement last week that it would start direct military aid to Syrian rebels is a dangerous step in the wrong direction.

Obama proposes end to “state of perpetual war”

May 25, 2013 By John Wojcik

In a speech at the National Defense University yesterday President Barack Obama declared the nation must move away from the "state of perpetual war" that has existed since 9/11.

Iraqi unions still repressed

May 15, 2013 By Press Associates

Nine years after the Bush government invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein, Iraqi unions are still repressed and toiling under the former ruler's labor law, a U.S. unionist who recently toured there says.