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	<title>John C. Bersia: Unraveling Global Issues of Today &#038; Tomorrow &#187; 2008 Presidential Race</title>
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		<title>Obama to inherit dangerous times</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/11/05/obama-to-inherit-dangerous-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tale of two unique U.S. presidential candidates has ended, and one of them &#8211; Barack Obama &#8211; will inherit, along with the White House, what has been called the most dangerous of times.
Against that general backdrop, it should be noted that we also face the best of times in terms of the positive changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both candidates could learn from Taiwan&#8217;s environmental policies</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/10/20/both-candidates-could-learn-from-taiwans-environmental-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAOYUAN COUNTY, Taiwan &#8212; As one inhales the fresh air in this island&#8217;s many nature reserves and parks, it is hard to imagine that the environment looms as a major concern. But, then, before the widespread global realization that the era of climate change was upon us, most people around the world &#8211; except those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some issues for the candidates to address</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/10/06/some-issues-for-the-candidates-to-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Race]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; What does one do when the excitement of a presidential race dies down, when no surprising, new or inspiring perspectives seem to emerge, when larger-than-life issues such as economic turmoil threaten to restrict the prospects of change &#8211; in short, when campaign fatigue sets in?
Certainly, that is not the case, many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even this shall pass away</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/09/29/even-this-shall-pass-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The staggering economic turmoil of recent months has left people around the world scratching their heads, worrying more than they have in almost a century and often blaming the United States. These are, no doubt, troubling times, but they are hardly the worst that could occur. Further, I have every expectation that we &#8211; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about Iraq&#8217;s delayed casualties?</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/09/22/what-about-iraqs-delayed-casualties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the issues that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican standard-bearer John McCain should take up in this week’s presidential debate is the tragedy of delayed casualties from the U.S.-led intervention in Iraq.
Most Americans are familiar with the official Iraq toll – as of this week, 4,169 U.S. dead, along with a several hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 respected statesmen offer advice for next president</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/09/15/2-respected-statesmen-offer-advice-for-next-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brent Scowcroft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Huddled around tables in a private Georgetown garden, we waited for the main event, the reason that we had given up our evening: the promise of a bipartisan discussion on the major foreign-policy issues facing the United States.
Mere weeks before, I had written a column expressing the need for such an approach in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on what&#8217;s important to the nation</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/09/01/focus-on-whats-important-to-the-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/09/01/focus-on-whats-important-to-the-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rare moment of national unity that Hurricane Gustav delivered, with the usual politicking on pause, reminded me of another time, when Americans more commonly joined together in a bipartisan manner.
It should not take the potential drowning of one of the United States&#8217; most storied cities &#8211; or other crises, at home and abroad &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign-policy issues await new president</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/08/25/foreign-policy-issues-await-new-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that both the Democratic and Republican presidential-campaign teams have a strong component of foreign-policy expertise, how will they use it? 
They had better act quickly, because time is short. During the few months before Election Day, voters should demand that the presidential contenders address the international challenges facing the United States with clarity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every presidential candidate should dust off his passport</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/07/21/every-presidential-candidate-should-dust-off-his-passport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/07/21/every-presidential-candidate-should-dust-off-his-passport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether Barack Obama&#8217;s multi-nation, overseas tour amounts to a political stunt &#8211; as critics claim &#8211; or not, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president and U.S. senator from Illinois is moving in the right direction. So far, foreign-policy issues have played a pitifully small role in the campaign. To those who believe that discussing Afghanistan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates must push language skills</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/06/02/candidates-must-push-language-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2008/06/02/candidates-must-push-language-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. presidential candidates could learn a lesson from the history of the Ybor City neighborhood, once known as the Cigar Capital of the World. The district&#8217;s multicultural background &#8211; which dates from its establishment by businessman Vicente Martinez Ybor and others in the mid-1880s &#8211; underscores the importance of foreign-language training [...]]]></description>
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