Tag Archives: Iran

Rep. Tenney makes sly innuendoes

Posted on September 5, 2022 by whungerford

An innuendo is a hint, insinuation or intimation about a person or thing, especially of a denigrating or a derogatory nature. — Wikipedia In Rep. Tenney’s Sept. 3 Newsletter, we read: Last year, due to overreaching government policies in Albany and … Continue reading →

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World Oil and Natural Gas Reserves

Posted on March 5, 2022 by whungerford

Alternative facts abound. The U.S. is the world’s energy superpower. –– Republican letter dated March 3, 2022 The United States has the energy resources to knock Russia out of the oil and gas market entirely, … — Rep. Tom Reed. … Continue reading →

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NPR interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Posted on January 25, 2020 by whungerford

All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly interviews Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about U.S. policy in Iran and about the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/24/798579754/transcript-nprs-full-interview-with-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo    

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Saudi Arabia attacked

Posted on September 17, 2019 by whungerford

I. F. Stone, (Isidor Feinstein Stone, December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was a politically progressive American investigative journalist, writer, and author. He is best remembered for I. F. Stone’s Weekly (1953–71), a newsletter ranked 16th among the top hundred works of … Continue reading →

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Reed on Iran

Posted on October 14, 2017 by whungerford

President Obama’s 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran was inherently flawed, dangerous and put American lives at risk. As a result, we have paid Iran tens of billions of dollars in virtually untraceable cash and gold, while Tehran continued to build … Continue reading →

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Trump in Saudi Arabia

Posted on May 22, 2017 by whungerford

But let’s be clear about what the speech really was: A sop, soaked in platitudes, to the Saudi agenda in the Middle East.–Ishaan Tharoor Trump’s performance in Saudi Arabia reflects a U-turn in U.S. Foreign policy. Does this reflect State Department … Continue reading →

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Militarism

Posted on April 14, 2017 by whungerford

We have the greatest military in the world…We have given them total authorization…If you look at what’s happened over the last eight weeks and compare that really with what’s happened over the last eight years, you’ll see there’s a tremendous … Continue reading →

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Reed puts the cart before the horse

Posted on November 16, 2016 by whungerford

Tom Reed writes: Tom Reed continued to raise the alarm on Iranian aggression and took a stand against the rogue state by supporting two pieces of legislation that would continue sanctions, protecting the American people. “We care about keeping Americans … Continue reading →

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Iran nuclear agreement

Posted on August 3, 2015 by whungerford

This article is by Cath Kestler, a Silver Creek resident. Twenty months of negotiations have yielded one of the most historic foreign policy agreements in modern history. In Vienna, on July 14th, representatives of the US and other world powers … Continue reading →

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What Tom reports and what he keeps to himself

Posted on July 25, 2015 by whungerford

In his weekly e-mail Tom: Remembered those who lost their lives in defense of our country at Chattanooga last week. Pans the Iran deal. Reminds us he seeks to protect our fundamental rights regarding property ownership. Declares victory for Western … Continue reading →

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