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"No Distinction Between the U.S. and Israel"
The Gathering Storm, October 7, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
At an IAEA meeting in Vienna on Saturday, Israel said North Korea is supplying several countries with nuclear technology. "The Middle East remains on the receiving end of the DPRK's reckless activities," Israeli delegate David Danieli was quoted as saying. "At least half a dozen countries in the region . . . have become eager recipients...through black market and covert network channels." Though he didn't name names, he was likely referring to Iran, Syria, and Libya but may also be including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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Defiant Iran
The Gathering Storm, September 4, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Iran remains defiant in its development of its nuclear capacities. This week, the country's deputy foreign minister said that 4,000 centrifuges are in operation with 3,000 more currently being installed at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Ali-Reza Sheikh Attar told Iranian television, "Had the Westerners become certain that the resolutions would bring us to our knees, they would have definitely intensified them." And in other news, the Russian company constructing Iran's nuclear plant has renewed its commitment to completing the project despite the U.N.'s opposition to the effort.
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South American Leftists Expand Anti-American Sphere
The Gathering Storm, September 2, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Bolivia's leftist president, Evo Morales, spent the weekend visiting Iran and Libya to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties there. Arriving in Libya on Saturday, he told the country's news service, "We are delighted about such visits to meet the revolutionaries and distinguished leaders in the world...We aspire to enhance the support and to upgrade the relations between our peoples in Latin America and the Jamahiriya," he said, referring toLibya. And in Iran yesterday, Morales continued his efforts (and rhetoric) to expand ties with the country that has agreed to invest over $1 billion in Bolivia's energy industry.
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Faith Angle Conference -- May 2008
EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated a series of discussions in May at the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and held in Key West, Florida. Transcripts of the informative talks are now available online.
 American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues -- D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, describes eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book.
Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans -- William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discusses the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008. How Our Brains are Wired for Belief -- What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mr. David Brooks raise these questions and share their insights with journalists.
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