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18 ”The Obama Fisc,” Wall Street Journal Review & Outlook, January 27, 2010, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575027181656362948.html.

19 Victor Davis Hanson, ”Obama's Spending Addiction,” RealClearPolitics.com, July 28, 2011, /articles/2011/07/28/obamas_spending_addiction_110741.html .

Chapter Six.

1 George Was.h.i.+ngton, ”Fifth Annual Address,” December 3, 1793.

2 David Ignatius, ”Caution fills Obama's playbook,” Was.h.i.+ngton Post, September 23, 2009, /opinions/caution-fills-obamas-playbook/2011/09/22/gIQAdNKfrK_story.html.

3 Sam Youngman and Jordy Yager, ”Obama to resume Gitmo military trials,” The Hill, March 7, 2011, thehill.com/homenews/administration/147871-obama-military-commissions-to-resume-for-gitmo-detainees.

4 Editorial, ”Mr. Obama's defense cuts,” Was.h.i.+ngton Post, April 20, 2011, /opinions/mr-obamas-defense-cuts/2011/04/20/AFlMqNEE_story.html.

5 ”Defending Defense: China's Military Build-up: Implications for U.S. Defense Spending,” American Enterprise Inst.i.tute, Heritage Foundation, Foreign Policy Initiative, March 2011, /blogs/china-lobbies-was.h.i.+ngton-arms_573140.html. .

8 Dan Blumenthal and Michael Mazza, ”Asia Needs a Larger U.S. Defense Budget,” Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304803104576425414030335604.html.

9 Irwin M. Stelzer, ”Our Broken China Policy,” Weekly Standard, January 17, 2011, /articles/our-broken-china-policy_526878.html.

10 Dan Blumenthal, ”China Humiliates Gates, Obama,” Weekly Standard, January 12, 2011, /blogs/china-humiliates-gates-obama_533550.html.

11 Thomas Donnelly, ”The Real Meaning of China's 'Stealth Fighter,'” Weekly Standard, January 13, 2011, /blogs/real-meaning-chinas-stealth-fighter_533614.html.

12 Ewen MacAskill, ”WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton's question: how can we stand up to Beijing?” The Guardian, December 4, 2010, /2009/sep/19/world/fg-missile-defense19.

16 Ibid.

17 ”Obama: Missile defense plan not about Russia,” MSNBC.com, September 20, 2009, /id/32937784/ns/world_news-europe/t/obama-missile-defense-plan-not-about-russia/#.TpDQobLh6uI.

18 Paul Richter, ”Russia pus.h.i.+ng back on tougher sanctions against Iran,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2010, articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/24/world/la-fg-russia-sanctions-20100925.

19 Daniel Halper, ”U.S. Intelligence Confirms: Russia Bombed U.S. Emba.s.sy,” op. cit.

20 Graham Allison, ”Obama should test Iran's nuclear offer,” Was.h.i.+ngton Post, October 6, 2011, /opinions/obama-should-test-irans-nuclear-offer/2011/10/06/gIQAdAmDRL_story.html.

21 Jay Solomon, ”Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line,” Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2011, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203791904576609093178338996.html.

22 Trita Parsi, ”Iran's growing bl.u.s.ter spells danger,” Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2011, articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/02/opinion/la-oe-parsi-iran-20111002.

23 Jay Solomon, ”Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line,” op. cit.

24 Ibid.

25 William J. Broad, John Markoff, and David E. Sanger, ”Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Dely,” New York Times, January 15, 2011, /2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html?pagewanted=all .

26 David E. Sanger, ”Iran Moves to Shelter Its Nuclear Fuel Program,” New York Times, September 1, 2011, /2011/09/02/world/middleeast/02iran.html .

27 See ”Obama: Iran Doesn't Pose a Threat . . . Iran is a Grave Threat,” posted on YouTube.com, May 20, 2008, /watch?v=vaG6s05MKeM .

28 Sara A. Carter, ”U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units,” Was.h.i.+ngton Examiner, October 2, 2011, was.h.i.+ngtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/us-confirms-attacks-pakistani-military-units.

29 Max Boot, ”Frenemies in Pakistan,” Weekly Standard, October 10, 2011, /articles/frenemies-pakistan_594669.html.

30 Sara A. Carter, ”U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units,” op. cit.

31 Max Boot, ”Frenemies in Pakistan,” op. cit.

32 Neil Munro, ”Free for all: Up to 20,000 anti-aircraft missiles stolen in Libya,” Daily Caller, September 27, 2011, dailycaller.com/2011/09/27/free-for-all-up-to-20000-anti-aircraft-missiles-stolen-in-libya/.

33 Brian Ross and Matthew Cole, ”Nightmare in Libya: Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted for,” ABCNews.com, September 27, 2011, . abcnewsgo.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199 .

34 Neil Munro, ”Free for all: Up to 20,000 anti-aircraft missiles stolen in Libya,” op. cit.

35 ”Iran 'discreetly aided Libyan rebels,'” AFP, August 28, 2011, /hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jj6m9cMuH8ZXj5AgMQLjLVHFDhlA?docId=CNG.9b666507647200654b641466e2317b3d.501. .

Chapter Seven.

1 Katherine Bradley, ”Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Ent.i.tlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2427, June 24, 2010, /news/2011/apr/5/a-better-way-to-reform-welfare/ .

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