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In Unreal Session, U.N. Promises to Press Ahead with Arms Trade Treaty
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, which focuses on disarmament and international security, has for the past month been hearing statements from U.N. member states, U.N....
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Libyan Revolution Reveals Foolishness of Arms Trade Treaty
The Obama Administration has declared its support for the U.N.’s efforts to negotiate an arms trade treaty (ATT) that would regulate the transfer of conventional arms. This is unwise for many reasons....
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Making the Right Call on AT&T and T-Mobile
No sooner did AT&T announce on Sunday its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile than analysts began handicapping whether federal regulators will approve the deal. The $39 billion fusion of the second-...
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Obamacare Day 2: A $1 Billion Tax Bill… for Just One Employer
“AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash charge in the first quarter” the Associated Press reported today. And by “take a non-cash charge” what they really mean is that President Barack Obama’s...
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Morning Bell: $1 Billion AT&T Headache is Just Obamacare’s First Side Effect
In the closing days of the Congressional health care debate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told the National Association of Counties: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in...
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Side Effects: Get Ready to Change Your Insurance
Remember the White House’s insistence that, under Obamacare, you keep your insurance plan if you like it? We didn’t believe it then. Turns out we were right. CNN reports that AT&T, Verizon, John...
View ArticleDid Someone Say Infrastructure Investment? Look at DOJ and AT&T
What’s wrong with this picture? Last night, President Obama told Congress that the nation desperately needs to spend more on infrastructure in order to create jobs and to get the economy moving again....
View ArticleHow Washington’s Outdated Approach to Tech Acquisitions Threatens Jobs
Silicon Valley is one of the few bright spots in the U.S. economy today, but a new report warns that Washington’s outdated regulation and antitrust policy threatens to stifle growth among innovative...
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DOJ and FCC: Making the Wrong Call on Wireless Deal
It’s rather remarkable, really, how willing federal bureaucrats are to block business deals that they speculate will cause price hikes and yet give nary a thought to foisting more than a trillion...
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U.N. Negotiations on Arms Trade Treaty Near End
The U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference released a second draft text late in the afternoon on Thursday. After initial reactions from states, the questions still at issue came into focus. In...
View ArticleThe Arms Trade Treaty Moves Forward
Last Wednesday, the First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution to hold a final negotiating conference on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on March 18–28, using the treaty text...
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The Truth About the Arms Trade Treaty
Photo credit: Newscom Supporters of the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) are turning up the heat ahead of another push next month to finalize the treaty. Oxfam America is second to none in its advocacy...
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The Arms Trade Treaty: The Big Lie About July 2012
Rob Crandall Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom One of the unreported stories about the negotiation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations is the effort by many U.N. members, supplemented...
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