Benjamin Powell on CNBC discusses the pitfalls of U.S. protection of the farming industry with pork barrel farm policies, and how they hurt both Americans and producers in underdeveloped countries.
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Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Originally aired on 10/2/09. Ivan Eland discusses Peter Galbraith’s accusation of fraud benefiting incumbent Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, in an interview on Russia Today.
