U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin speaks Saturday at the christening of the USS Thomas Hudner at Bath Iron Works. With a more sympathetic occupant in the White House, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is trying again to shine a light on the assets held by many of the leaders in Iran. The Maine Republican has often castigated […]
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President Donald Trump puts Iran ‘on notice;’ Iran shrugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration has put Iran “on notice,” echoing comments from his top national security adviser that the U.S. will act against Iran unless it stops testing ballistic missiles and supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen. Trump and his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, didn’t elaborate on what retaliatory […]
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Iran marches, Russia rules, Obama watches
WASHINGTON — Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin’s newest pet. After four years holed up in Damascus, Assad was summoned to Russia to bend a knee to Putin, show the world that today Middle East questions get settled not in Washington but in Moscow, […]
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Iran deal goes far beyond country’s nuclear program
WASHINGTON — Congress is finally having its say on the Iran deal. It will be an elaborate charade, however, because, having first gone to the U.N., President Obama has largely drained congressional action of relevance. At the Security Council, he pushed through a resolution ratifying the deal, thus officially committing the United States as a […]
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Conrad G. ‘Toots’ Tessier
1933 – 2015 AUGUSTA — Conrad G. “Toots” Tessier, 82, a longtime resident of North Turner, died Wednesday, July 22, at MaineGeneral Health in Augusta, following a brief stay at Maine Veterans’ Homes. He was born in Livermore Falls, April 8, 1933, the son of Hector and Flora (Morrisette) Tessier. He attended Livermore Falls schools, […]
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Those opposing nuclear deal with Iran taking huge gamble
NEW YORK — Let’s imagine that the opponents of the nuclear agreement with Iran get their way. The United States Congress kills it. What is the most likely consequence? Within one year, Iran would have more than 25,000 centrifuges, its breakout time would shrink to mere weeks, and the sanctions against it would crumble. How […]
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Maine’s Congressional delegation mixed on Iran nuclear deal
AUGUSTA — Reactions by Maine’s congressional delegation to President Barack Obama’s announced nuclear deal with Iran ran from the celebratory to the cautionary, as the state’s senators and representatives largely fell in line with their partisan counterparts. Several Republicans on Capitol Hill have long been skeptical of any agreement with Tehran and continued to sound […]
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Iran nuclear deal met with Congressional skepticism
WASHINGTON — Here are the latest developments involving an agreement between Iran and world powers in Vienna over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program (all times local EDT): 9:40 a.m.: Democrats in the U.S. Congress are expressing skepticism about the deal that President Barack Obama and Western powers reached with Iran. Shortly after announcement of the […]
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New strategy necessary for Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON — It is time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Picot map is defunct. We may not want to enunciate that policy officially. After all, it does contradict the principle […]
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Charles Krauthammer: Obama granting Iran free reign
WASHINGTON — In December, President Obama said that he wished to see Iran ultimately become a “very successful regional power.” His wish — a nightmare for the Western-oriented Arab states — is becoming a reality. Consider: • Gulf of Aden: Iran sends a flotilla of warships and weapons-carrying freighters to reinforce the rebels in Yemen […]