Is outer space big enough for the U.S. and China?

When U.S. President Barack Obama visited China last December, he and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao issued a joint statement promising "the initiation of a joint dialogue on human spaceflight and space exploration, based on the principles of transparency, reciprocity and mutual benefit." But don’t expect space to be on the agenda when Hu comes [...]

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Lavrov: Financial crisis leading to greater U.S.-Russia cooperation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interesting interview to Der Spiegel today. He expresses some optimism about relations between Russia and the United States, attributing the thaw to the need to address the financial crisis: The global financial crisis is forcing all countries to focus on the real problems. It’s actually a simple task….We [...]

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Congressman Twitters secret trip to Iraq

Rep. Hoekstra’s Twitter feed. For security reasons, the congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner to Iraq today was supposed to be secret. Everything had been going fine in that regard. Even media outlets which knew of the trip, like the Congressional Quarterly, kept a lid on the news. That was, until Representative [...]

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