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	<title>Crikey &#187; Obama administration</title>
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		<title>Indefinite detention formalised in US &#8212; and the world is a war</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/indefinite-detention-formalised-in-us-and-the-world-is-a-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/indefinite-detention-formalised-in-us-and-the-world-is-a-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal democracies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ron paul]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new bill in Washington formalises the power of the US military to abuct and imprison anyone, anywhere in the world.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The lesson from S&amp;P: politics DOES matter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/the-lesson-from-sp-politics-does-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/the-lesson-from-sp-politics-does-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard and Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united states economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Standard and Poor's downgrade of the US is a reaction to the political nature of the current economic malaise, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<title>No reason or evidence will cure US of its debt fetish</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/26/no-reason-or-evidence-will-cure-us-of-its-debt-fetish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/26/no-reason-or-evidence-will-cure-us-of-its-debt-fetish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the United States Congress refuses to raise the government’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by August 2, the Obama administration will be forced to put American finances on a more stable path, writes <b>Adam Creighton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/26/no-reason-or-evidence-will-cure-us-of-its-debt-fetish/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: will the US doff its debt cap?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/18/us-debt-ceiling-cap-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/18/us-debt-ceiling-cap-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=236006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Could this be the week when global investors start to get seriously worried about the looming August 2 deadline for raising the US debt ceiling? asks <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>War on the internet 2: those who Get It, and those who don&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/war-on-the-internet-2-those-who-get-it-and-those-who-dont/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/war-on-the-internet-2-those-who-get-it-and-those-who-dont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A closer look at government attacks on the internet shows some are far more effective and targeted than others. Many are driven by the interests of powerful stakeholders able to influence policy makers in preserving pre-digital sources of revenue or authority.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cyberspace freedom &#8230; except where they upset the copyright industry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/cyberspace-freedom-except-where-they-upset-the-copyright-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/cyberspace-freedom-except-where-they-upset-the-copyright-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 03:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration's Cyberspace strategy places heavy emphasis on freedom, but in practice it's only as much freedom as the copyright industry wants]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Birtherism bound for half-remembered dance craze status</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/02/rundle-birtherism-bound-for-half-remembered-dance-craze-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/02/rundle-birtherism-bound-for-half-remembered-dance-craze-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 03:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birtherism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rundle's America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tea Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clearly the White House would have liked the birther issue to run on right to the edge of the primary season.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: America&#8217;s dance with the default</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/06/maley-americas-dance-with-the-default/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/06/maley-americas-dance-with-the-default/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=215828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US government is embroiled in a vicious fight over budget cuts and investors are becoming increasingly agitated that a truce will not be reached in time to avert a partial shutdown of the government, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mid-East uprising stopped in its tracks by West&#8217;s strategic uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/15/mid-east-uprising-stopped-in-its-tracks-by-wests-strategic-uncertainty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/15/mid-east-uprising-stopped-in-its-tracks-by-wests-strategic-uncertainty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=210442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The uprisings in the Middle East have been stopped dead in their tracks by a ferocious reaction from some of the world's worst dictatorships, emboldened by international apathy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Switzerland turns down gun control</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/switzerland-turns-down-gun-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/switzerland-turns-down-gun-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America will have to confront some of its own demons before its citizens will lessen their devotion to their guns.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: the cost of our surplus obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/kohler-the-cost-of-our-surplus-obsession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/kohler-the-cost-of-our-surplus-obsession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Prime Minister is too worried about the fiscal balance and the US President is not worried enough.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Web wars soon to embroil corporations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/web-wars-soon-to-embroil-corporations-not-just-governments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/web-wars-soon-to-embroil-corporations-not-just-governments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DDOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LOIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WikiLeaks news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=197649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The information war will eventually threaten companies as much or more than the governments fighting against WikiLeaks.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>After the shooting: Guantánamo, lest we forget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/14/after-the-shooting-guantanamo-lest-we-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/14/after-the-shooting-guantanamo-lest-we-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo detainee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=196822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this climate, we are hurtling toward a culture of permissive and normalised violence, one in which black site prisons and perpetual war and fearing our neighbours will be customary, writes <b>Jacinda Woodhead</b>, associate editor of literary journal Overland.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cancun Calling: space oddity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/cancun-calling-space-oddity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/cancun-calling-space-oddity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancun UN climate change conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon capture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has made grabbing a leading share of the green economy one of the key planks of its climate change and energy policy. But it is now conceding that it is losing the race to China, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, of Climate Spectator]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/cancun-calling-space-oddity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama makes up ground on the Russian front</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/23/obama-makes-up-ground-on-the-russian-front/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/23/obama-makes-up-ground-on-the-russian-front/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Conversations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Improving relations with Russia is a classic win-win proposition; it reduces the pressure on the West and also strengthens the more progressive forces in Russia by drawing the country more closely into the European net.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A &#8216;safe&#8217; investment turns sour</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/19/a-safe-investment-turns-sour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/19/a-safe-investment-turns-sour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[build america bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial markets are becoming increasingly anxious about the mauling in the US municipal bond market, which has seen borrowing costs for state and local governments jump sharply in recent weeks, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Democrats&#8217; shot at maintaining majority not looking rosy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midterms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats are facing serious losses this November due to a failing US economy and the limited policy success of the Obama Administration.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget the Taliban. Obama should be worried about the Democrats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/forget-the-taliban-obama-should-be-worried-about-the-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/forget-the-taliban-obama-should-be-worried-about-the-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mid-term election is going to be very bad for the Democrats, with one or both houses lost, writes <b>Michael Wolff</b> of Newser.com.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/forget-the-taliban-obama-should-be-worried-about-the-democrats/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama administration pushes for anti-WikiLeaks alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-10/a-western-crackdown-on-wikileaks/?cid=hp:mainpromo2</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-10/a-western-crackdown-on-wikileaks/?cid=hp:mainpromo2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Still reeling from the WikiLeaks Afghan War Diary controversies, the US government are attempting to form an international alliance with several countries - including Australia - against the website and its founder Julian Assange.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-10/a-western-crackdown-on-wikileaks/?cid=hp:mainpromo2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How America built its robot army</title>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518</link>
		<comments>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AfPak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drone planes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drone strikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An excellent investigation by <em>Reuters</em> into how drone fighter planes became the Obama administration's weapon of choice in AfPak. The US military is now launching several targeted strikes a week in Pakistan, four times as many as under Bush.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let them tweet! ADF families want soldiers to get connected</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/let-them-tweet-adf-families-want-soldiers-to-get-connected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/let-them-tweet-adf-families-want-soldiers-to-get-connected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US military has taken a bold step in telling its two million personnel they’re trusted to blog, poke, tweet and upload YouTube clips at work. The Australian military is finally catching up, writes <b>Harley Dennett</b> in Washington DC.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/let-them-tweet-adf-families-want-soldiers-to-get-connected/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rates on US agenda as job figures improve</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/interest-rates-on-us-agenda-as-job-figures-improve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/interest-rates-on-us-agenda-as-job-figures-improve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interest rates rises have returned to the American political and business agenda, hurried on by the huge improvement in US unemployment in November.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/interest-rates-on-us-agenda-as-job-figures-improve/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stop sucking up to Israel, America</title>
		<link>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124928.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124928.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[op-eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US foreign policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel is spoiled, arrogant and condescending country, says <b>Gideon Levy</b>, and it will continue to behave like one until the US stops flattering and fawning all over it. Washington needs to learn to say "no".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124928.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arianna Huffington: Barack Obama is doing my job</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/barack-obama-is-doing-my_b_334631.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/barack-obama-is-doing-my_b_334631.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a President, Barack Obama makes a great pundit, says <b>Arianna Huffington</b>. He's very good at uring, advocating, recommending and suggesting, but not so good at actually <em>doing</em>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/barack-obama-is-doing-my_b_334631.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Uncle Sam blew the trillion-dollar trade of century</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&#038;sid=au2qEG04vpmc</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&#038;sid=au2qEG04vpmc#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wall street bailout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sure, the White House had no choice but to step in to save banks in the wake of the financial crisis, says <b>Mark Fisher</b>, but it failed to see the opportunity to make the trade of the century for the American taxpayer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&#038;sid=au2qEG04vpmc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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