A bipartisan group of House lawmakers went to court Wednesday to try to stop President Obama’s troop deployment to Libya, saying it violates the law, but the White House submitted a report to Congress arguing that it is adhering to the War Powers Resolution because it is not actually engaged in “hostilities.”
15 June 2011 , 15:09Stephen DinanThe Washington Times0
World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick warned Monday that, with foreign economic powers rising quickly on the world stage, time is running out for the privileged role enjoyed by the American currency.
30 September 2009 , 08:29Patrice HillThe Washington Times0
It is probably the most important decision Barack Obama will have to make this year. The choice is simple but the implications could determine the course of American foreign policy for years to come, not to mention the fate of his presidency.
30 September 2009 , 08:19Richard BeestonThe Times0
The leadership of the European Union was plunged into disarray last night when the Government holding the rotating presidency collapsed after losing a vote of no confidence in the Czech parliament.
Athenian owls, Roman denarii, British sovereigns, US dollars. There have been many pseudo reserve currencies down the ages. Now the governor of the People’s Bank of China has called for a new global currency “disconnected from individual nations”.