Sea change as Cuba policy shifts in Obama era
The piece notes a new U.S. approach to Cuba after Obama’s policy shift, with senators like Udall and Flake visiting Cuba and endorsing engagement. It discusses mixed reactions from New Mexico lawmakers, shifting Cuban-American opinions on the embargo, and a possible partisan realignment in Washington with GOP control in Congress and a strengthened White House agenda.
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Cuba
Tom Udall
Obama
United States
Florida
Arizona
Jeff Flake
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Udall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
New Mexico
Congress
White House
Colorado marijuana spillover sparks interstate legal debate
Editorial argues Oklahoma and Nebraska sue to enforce federal drug laws against Colorado. It cites Gonzales v Raich and the commerce clause, claiming Colorado's 64 legalization burdens neighbors and could invite federal action, though observers doubt the suit has merit and expect the Supreme Court to dismiss it.
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Supreme ‘Court of the United States
Colorado
Gonzales
John Suthers
the Gazette
Justice Department
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Suthers
Supreme Court
Federal Justice Department
Obama
Obama climate claims tied to pHraud in OA debate
A researcher contesting ocean acidification data questions Feely and Sabine NOAA charts, citing missing historic pH records. The exchange includes FOIA attempts and heated emails, with critiques of data sources and motives amid climate policy claims.
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Richard A. Feely
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PMEL
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Mike Wallace
University of New Mexico
Feely
Wallace
Christopher L. Sabine
Dave Bard
Pew Charitable Trust
Bard
Sabine
Veteran recalls holiday tours with US forces in 1999
The narrator reflects on December 1999 in Bosnia during the NATO mission and Christmas in Tuzla Sarajevo amid war. He recalls serving as a liaison with the Royal Saudi Air Force and Operation Southern Watch enforcing the no fly zone over Iraq. He describes snow, Christmas sights, and local Bosnian life.
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Royal Saudi Air Force
Florida National Guard Air Defense Artillery
Saudi Arabia
Southern Watch
Iraq
Bethlehem
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