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11.17.10 at 4:59 PM
By Joe Lieberman
This year's midterm elections marked the first time since 9/11 that national security was not a major consideration for American voters. But it is precisely in the realm of foreign policy and national security that we may have the greatest opportunities for bipartisan cooperation between President Obama and resurgent Republicans in Congress.
Seizing these opportunities will require both parties to break out of a destructive cycle that has entrapped them since the end of the Cold War and caused them to depart from the principled internationalist tradition that linked Democratic presidents like Truman and Kennedy with Republican presidents like Nixon and Reagan.
During the 1990s, too many Republicans in Congress reflexively opposed President Clinton's policies in the Balkans and elsewhere. Likewise, during the first decade of the 21st century, too many Democrats came to view the post-9/11 exercise of American power under President B... Read More »Lieberman takes the lead today in 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' debate
09.21.10 at 9:16 AM
By Deirdre Shesgreen
CT Mirror
Sept. 21, 2010
WASHINGTON-An emotionally- and politically-charged showdown is set to unfold in the Senate today over whether gays should be able to serve openly in the military.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, will be defending his proposed repeal of the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which bars gays from serving openly in the military.
His main opponent in the fight is Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., whom Lieberman endorsed for president in 2008, a move that fueled liberal distrust and dislike of Lieberman across the country. Neither lawmaker would predict the outcome of this long-simmering issue. But the fate of the gays-in-the-military policy will be complicated by myriad other factors, including the short congressional calendar and a hot-button immigration proposal that Democrats hope to attach to the underlying defense bill.
Lieberman said it should be a str... Read More »Speech to the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
09.14.10 at 4:18 PM
Senator Lieberman spoke this week to the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce about the state of our economy and what Congress can and should do to get it back on the right track, including passage of the Small Business Jobs Act.
“The bill will encourage investments in small business by eliminating capital gains taxes on the sale of qualifying small business stock.
“It will help small businesses grow their companies and simultaneously strengthen the real estate and construction markets by allowing them to immediately expense up to $250,000 of the cost of leasehold improvements and qualifying restaurant and retail properties rather than depreciating those costs over time.
“The bill will also dramatically increase businesses’ ability to access capital by increasing the size of Small Business Administration loan limits and eliminating government fees on SBA loans.
"Finally, the bill creates a $30 billion small business lending fund tha... Read More »
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