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	<title>The Flash Point Blog &#187; Lauren Farber</title>
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		<title>Preview of Things to Come in the Iraq Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If all goes according to plan, the 2010 Iraqi Parliamentary elections will take place on March 7th. Elections were previously scheduled to be held in January, but Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi forced a delay by vetoing the election law in November 2009. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law party is expected to win a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Out on Climate Change in the State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pending US climate change legislation is widely considered to be in peril due to legislative infighting, particularly over the bill’s endorsement of cap and trade policy. On the eve of President Obama’s first State of the Union, The New York Times came out in support of the bill and called upon the President to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Google/China Split and Questions About Cyber Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Diplomacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google, in an attempt to live up to their corporate credo “don’t be evil,” has taken a stand and reversed its controversial decision to censor results China’s Google search engine. In their announcement, Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond stated that the cyber attacks on more than 20 companies were part of a coordinated attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking to the Facts on Climate Change and National Security: Scientists Under Questioning for Reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports on criticism of a statement in a 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which warned of rapid “glacial retreat” in the Himalayas. According to one portion of the report now under question by the UN, it was predicted that the Himalayan glaciers are in danger of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Use Spy Technology to Understand Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, The New York Times reports that in recognition of the potential national security implications of climate change, the Obama Administration has quietly endorsed the renewal of Medea (Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis). This program has facilitated collaboration between the intelligence and scientific communities to understand climate trends through the use [...]]]></description>
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