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United States hegemony is unwavering. A Realist perspective about the current balance of power would tend to agree that the United States is the leading State actor in the anarchic system of International Politics.  For the United States to maintain it’s dominance it must maintain a strong national will, a large and technological superior army and further the spread of free market philosophy.

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April 16, 2012
The Buffet rule was blocked in the Senate by Republicans. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, joins Ed Schultz to talk about it.

During the Thomson Reuters panel Politics Inc., Senator John McCain attacks the Supreme Court decision that corporations are people. (March 27, 2012)

In a move to shore up far-right voters, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has resorted to nationalistic rhetoric aimed at reducing immigration, strengthening border security and protecting European goods. During recent campaign stops in Paris he has threatened to suspend French participation within the Schengen Area, has called for a European styled “Buy American Act,” and he has sought to halve the total amount of immigrants arriving in France while also slashing the state welfare they are able to receive.

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama send greetings to the Iranian people celebrating Nowruz. In his video message, the President tells the Iranian people that the United States stands with them in the pursuit of their universal rights and seeks a future of deeper connections between our peoples.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is expecting up to 15,000 Iranian troops to help maintain order in the country’s provinces, a Chinese newspaper reports. Iran has yet to confirm or deny the news.

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Brutal News footage shows medical staff torturing patients in their beds at the military hospital in Homs Syria

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

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