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A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
Obsessing over the Iranian nuclear program

What to do about Tehran and how or when to do it? This is definitely a conundrum for which the answers are even more illusive than attempting to lever Syria’s Bashar out of power.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 05/07/2012 12:00 am EDT
Harper and Asia: breaking more ground

Harper plays his ‘China card.’ This was a useful reminder to Washington that Ottawa has other market options.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 04/16/2012 12:00 am EDT
Third thoughts about Syria

And to be sure Bashar is no choirboy. Syria is a nasty dictatorship with a decades-long record of vicious human rights violations. But neither are his opponents choirboys.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 03/12/2012 12:00 am EDT
On becoming grandparents and eligibility for old age pensions

So as Canadians absorb and review the first public information on their 2011 census, some may want to stop and think of the microcosmic elements of reality behind the 5.9 per cent growth.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 02/20/2012 12:00 am EST
That ##$%%&! pipeline decision

It is a travesty of a decision; one that fails both the sniff and giggle test.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 01/30/2012 12:00 am EST
More puzzles for Americans

Although Canadians doubtless are the epitome of virtue in their own minds, the ICC thinks otherwise.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 01/16/2012 12:00 am EST
U.S. depending on 2012 election to bring some clarity to road ahead

Regardless of the electoral outcome, Remembrance/Veterans day next year will have a different resonance in the United States.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 11/28/2011 12:00 am EST
It’s not your father’s Moscow anymore

‘Our’ Soviet Union was epitomized by Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984. All gone. In its place is something new—and to a casual, albeit attentive observer, considerably better.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 10/31/2011 12:00 am EDT
The virtues of the INF Treaty: it worked

It eliminated Soviet intermediate range ground launched missiles.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 10/17/2011 12:00 am EDT
Asbestos and the nanny state

Asbestos is hardly the only product with invidious effects if not employed with care and discretion.

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 08/01/2011 12:00 am EDT
Tory suppression of Liberal vote? How curious

Consequently one might conclude that it was not the brilliance of Tory machinations but the failures and shortcomings of the Liberal Party that resulted in its May 2 catastrophe.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 07/25/2011 12:00 am EDT
Oh (fortunate) Canada

But the cycle has reversed. The United States is mired in what could become a 'double dip' recession with unemployment persistently above nine per cent, job creation for May equaling Canada's with one-tenth the population, GDP growth for the first quarter

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 07/04/2011 12:00 am EDT
Americans don't pay enough attention to Canadians, eh?

The across-the-political-spectrum spewing over Harper's three Senate appointments coincidental with his Cabinet announcement is another puzzler.

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 06/20/2011 12:00 am EDT
Memorial Day 2011: a perspective

So America's mood is mixed. Living near Arlington National Cemetery, one cannot escape the tragedy of individual deaths marked by the stone forest of monuments, bedecked with individual U.S. flags for the day, marching across the landscape.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 06/06/2011 12:00 am EDT
U.S. Department of State's human rights report: considerably more positive about Canada than Amnesty International

The HRR is a legacy of the Carter administration's focus on human rights and has placed human rights problems as a 'front-burner' issue in virtually all USG diplomatic, foreign policy bilateral, and multilateral relations.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 05/16/2011 12:00 am EDT
Thinking about Libya: Qadaffi/Khadafi/Gaddafi/Gadhafi, or just plain 'Daffy'?

What many observers seem to have forgotten is that Gaddafi is a revolutionary. Not a monarch. Not a stooge of the national military establishment. And certainly not a believer in democratic rule-of-law, League of Women Voters rights and freedoms. Revolut

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 03/28/2011 12:00 am EDT
Chua writes about 'Tiger Mother,' but what about 'Tiger Children?'

Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is getting slammed by critics. Food for thought: it is easier to restrain noble stallions than to prod reluctant mules but, perhaps before practising her snarl, every mother should first determine whether the bes

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 03/07/2011 12:00 am EST
Road trip or finding the president's mojo

Whether it was a thumping, a whupping, a shellacking or just a plain unvarnished electoral defeat, Nov. 2 marked a sea change in the Obama presidency.

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 02/21/2011 12:00 am EST
Time for Obama to make another visit to Ottawa, find his mojo

The Prime Minister can ignore the naysayers who might argue a state visit requires more preparation, etc. The answer is simple: just tell protocol to Get It Done—it won't cost as much as the G8/20 events and would move bilateral relations from the '

By DAVID T. JONES |
Published: Monday, 01/17/2011 12:00 am EST
It's important to remember past and future wars

This year Remembrance and Veterans Day had a slightly different tinge, it was emotional in the U.S.

By DAVID JONES |
Published: Monday, 12/13/2010 12:00 am EST

Parliamentary Calendar
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Conservative Weekly Caucus Meeting
NDP Weekly Caucus
Liberal Weekly Caucus
Scotiabank Emerging Markets Forum
Value of Investing in Downtowns
The Order of Canada: Stories Behind the People
John Boyko to Address Rideau Club
In Mutual Defence: the Continental U.S. NORAD Region?
Eyes are for Life Reception
2012 Navy Outlook
Parliamentary Protocol
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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Peter Milliken portait unveiling May 9, 2012

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Former House Speaker Peter Milliken poses with artist Paul Wyse, who painted his portrait.
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Conservative MPs Ed Holder, Patrick Brown and Rod Bruinooge.
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Hill and Knowlton's Don Boudria.
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Former Senator Marcel Prud'homme and former Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson.
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Former prime minister Joe Clark and Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella.
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Liberal Senator Joseph Day, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Peter Milliken.
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The crowd.
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Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken and House Speaker Andrew Scheer unveil the portrait.
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Peter Milliken and the portrait.
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Artist Paul Wyse.
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Liberal interim leader Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, House Speaker Andrew Scheer.
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NDP MP Denise Savoie and Peter Milliken.
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The portrait gets taken out to be hung.
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Liberal Senator David Smith.

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