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The White House has reportedly floated an offer to Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow Kremlin access to key NATO bases in exchange for Moscow de-escalating tensions over its military buildup on Ukraine’s border. The proposal would also involve discussions about Russia verifying that the US has not deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to bases in Romania and Poland, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. ​ The reported offer would be contingent on agreement from US allies, including Romania and Poland, while Russia would also have to provide similar information about bases with ground-launched weapon systems. The ​overture reportedly is intended to ease...

President Obama will discuss the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings and the broader threat of terrorism on Sunday night in a rare prime time address from the Oval Office. The address at 8 p.m. will hit on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and how the terror threat has "evolved, and how we will defeat it," according to the White House. "He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United States must draw upon our values - our unwavering commitment to justice, equality and freedom - to prevail over terrorist groups that use violence...

Must reading today is an insightful Chicago Sun-Times op-ed by Mary Laney, entitled 9/11 PANEL MEMBER SHOULD STEP DOWN!. It concerns the 9/11 Commission hearings which have recently deteriorated into a modern version of the Salem witch trials, except these days the wicked witch is the Bush administration, including such alleged sorcerers as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Condaleeza Rice. Talk about a rigged anti-Bush proceedings. The New York Times couldn't be happier. The problem is that an appearance at the hearings by the always forthright U.S. Attorney General, John Ashcroft, revealed a blatant conflict of interest on the...