War of Attrition

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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rob Brooks: Explaining Schwarzenegger -- Men, Biceps and the Politics of Getting What You Want

This weekend I gained a grudging appreciation for Arnold Schwarzenegger . The Governator, not the Terminator.Having watched Arnie's political rise and fall from afar, he always seemed an odd chimera. Lines he'd delivered as the Terminator retrofitted ... [Published Huffington Post - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Biology, Social Welfare

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

The U.S. war game that predicted the Yom Kippur War

A year after the Six-Day War, U.S. officials enacted a complex role-playing scenario that envisioned the next Arab-Israeli war. As it played itself out, the game anticipated key aspects of the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. In the spring of ... [Published Haaretz - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Yom Kippur War, War Game, War of Attrition, United States, Six-Day War

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Letters to the Editor: May 2013

After the Cold WarMichael Burleigh’s informative and interesting comparison of presidents Obama and Eisenhower (I Like Ike, April) is perhaps a little too kind to the present incumbent. Not many people have won the Nobel Peace Prize on the strength of ... [Published History Today - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Nazi, Propaganda

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Taste of Victory

During the Six Day War in 1967, Israeli forces captured East Jerusalem, including the Old City and Temple Mount, as well as the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria (the so-called “West Bank”). While the Arabs described it as a Zionist “conquest,” ... [Published Israel Today - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: War of Attrition, Israel, Temple Mount, East Jerusalem, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Mar 09 2013 - Updated Mar 09 2013 - 1 reports

John Thune

The War of Attrition Against the "Washington Monument Strategy"

Led by John Thune, thirteen Republican senators have joined in on a new letter to the president, demanding answers. Answers about what? I'll spare you the guesswork. We are disappointed and concerned about your decision to suspend public tours due ... [Published Slate - David Weigel - Mar 09 2013]

Entities: War of Attrition, John Thune, White House, distraction, Sequestration

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Democrats Settle In for a War of Attrition

Greg Sargent says President Obama's efforts to woo Republicans is part of long term strategy to break his rivals."Democrats are increasingly pessimistic about forcing real concessions from Republicans in the near term -- for example, by using the ... [Published Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: War of Attrition, Jonathan Chait, Sequestration, Concession

First reported Dec 26 2012 - Updated Dec 26 2012 - 1 reports

The War on Christmas Is a War of Attrition

So here's a little thought experiment inspired by the holiday season and yet another woefully lost War on Christmas: What if America really was founded as a "Christian nation" as some righties wrongly insist? What if the Constitution did proclaim Christianity ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Dec 26 2012]

Entities: War of Attrition, Religion, non-christian, 17th century

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Links for 12-04-2012

Forget the Cliff, Fix the U.S. Tax System - Stevenson and Wolfers Few of us show a consistent approach to financial risk - MIT News High-Speed Trades Hurt Investors, a Study Says - NYTimes.com Volcker Rule: “Market Making” and the SEC - Economics ... [Published Economist's View - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: The Economist, War of Attrition, Robert Kuttner, Robert Samuelson

Quotes

..." Jonathan Chait : "As sequestration begins, Republicans have been overtaken with something close to giddiness, and Democrats seized with gloom."

Democrats Settle In for a War of Attrition [Published Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - Mar 07 2013]

He said that in "my experience with the USO, I have never heard a single word that he acted to close the USO in Israel. It happened later." Indeed, the Haifa USO port was closed in 2002 -- well after Chuck Hagel's tenure, during which Almog and others I interviewed said that Hagel and the...

Officials: Chuck Hagel Was a 'Gift From God' for the Israeli USO [Published The Washington Note - Jan 06 2013]

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Rob Brooks: Explaining Schwarzenegger -- Men, B... [Published Huffington Post - 18 hours ago]
Grapevine: O Jerusalem, O Teddy [Published Jerusalem Post - May 07 2013]
The U.S. war game that predicted the Yom Kippur... [Published Haaretz - Apr 19 2013]
Letters to the Editor: May 2013 [Published History Today - Apr 17 2013]
The Taste of Victory [Published Israel Today - Apr 15 2013]
The War of Attrition Against the "Washingt... [Published Slate - David Weigel - Mar 09 2013]
Democrats Settle In for a War of Attrition [Published Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - Mar 07 2013]
Officials: Chuck Hagel Was a 'Gift From God' fo... [Published The Washington Note - Jan 06 2013]
The War on Christmas Is a War of Attrition [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Dec 26 2012]
Links for 12-04-2012 [Published Economist's View - Dec 04 2012]
Biography for Dan Halutz [Published Able2Act - Jan 17 2007]

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The War of Attrition Against the "Washingt... [Published Slate - David Weigel - Mar 09 2013] Led by John Thune, thirteen Republican senators have joined in on a new letter to the president, demanding answers. Answers about what? I'll spare you the guesswork. We are disappointed and concerned about your decision to suspend public tours due ...
Democrats Settle In for a War of Attrition [Published Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - Mar 07 2013] Greg Sargent says President Obama's efforts to woo Republicans is part of long term strategy to break his rivals."Democrats are increasingly pessimistic about forcing real concessions from Republicans in the near term -- for example, by using the ...
Officials: Chuck Hagel Was a 'Gift From God' fo... [Published The Washington Note - Jan 06 2013] Jason Reed/Reuters Admiral Ze'ev Almog , or Aluf Almog in Hebrew, speaks in a deep baritone, no-BS, command-authority voice that must have intimidated enemies and political rivals inside and outside Israel's command structure over the past decades. ...
The War on Christmas Is a War of Attrition [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Dec 26 2012] So here's a little thought experiment inspired by the holiday season and yet another woefully lost War on Christmas: What if America really was founded as a "Christian nation" as some righties wrongly insist? What if the Constitution did proclaim Christianity ...
Links for 12-04-2012 [Published Economist's View - Dec 04 2012] Forget the Cliff, Fix the U.S. Tax System - Stevenson and Wolfers Few of us show a consistent approach to financial risk - MIT News High-Speed Trades Hurt Investors, a Study Says - NYTimes.com Volcker Rule: “Market Making” and the SEC - Economics ...