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Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord’s Resistance Army

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Friday, October 14, 2011 at 2:51 PM

That is the headline from ABC News.  The War Powers Resolution notification to Congress states in part:

I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that

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Has Human Rights Watch Changed Its Position on Targeted Killing and the Scope of Application of IHL?

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Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 12:26 PM

Reacting to the decision yesterday in al-Aulaqi, Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to President Obama, in the name of HRW’s President Kenneth Roth, setting forth HRW’s views on the legal issues associated with targeted killing.   A … Read more »

In Praise of Human Rights Watch

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 6:16 PM

I have been thinking a lot over the last couple of days about Tom Malinowski’s statement in response to my post about the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and drone strikes in Yemen. The more I think about it, the more … Read more »

Human Rights Watch Responds

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 8:51 PM

Two weeks ago, I posted these ruminations in response to Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth’s  proposal to use U.S. military force to bring the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to justice. Today, I received the following … Read more »

Where the ACLU/CCR Arguments Eventually Lead

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Ok, this exchange is funny–in a macabre, morbid sort of way. It’s also deadly serious. Foreign Policy magazine has published 14 suggestions for President Obama by 14 prominent people concerning how the President can get his mojo back. One of … Read more »