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NOVANEWS By James A. Lucas  INTRODUCTION After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger began to permeate the American psyche. A few people at that time attempted to promote...

President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address today at West Point, where he will spell out a broad foreign policy vision and counter critics who say he has become too passive on the world stage. Obama's speech comes a day after he announced...

It looks like the good old ‘US-of-A’ will stand alone on the question of Syria – by Peter Eyre Posted on August 30, 2013by Jean How hypocritical can you be when it comes to the US, UK, Germany, France, Turkey, Israel...

Okay, it was time to get serious. Among other things, the next president will act as commander-in-chief of our armed services. We have a system where what the military does is determined by civilians, even if many on the right wonder about that, maintaining...

The orchestrated assault by neocons, hawks, and right wing fanatics on the character of Bowe Bergdahl, and the ongoing trial by media with the presumption of guilt is contemptible. However he found himself the captive of the Taliban he has already been...