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Canadian PM to Call Snap Election
James Joyner | September 06, 2008Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will call early elections to be held on 14 October, a spokesman tells BBC, in what will be the third national election in just over three years.
A recent poll shows a surge in popularity for Harper, whose Conservative Party won the 2006 elections but is 28 seats shy of a majority in parliament.
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Atlantic Council Chairman Named National Security Advisor
Atlantic Council Chairman General James L. Jones has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to serve as his National Security Advisor. Jones, respected on both sides of the aisle, brings more than forty years of military and diplomatic experience to the post.
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US-Pakistan Need ‘Strategic Partnership'
While our two countries have been allies since the 1950s, neither side has viewed the relationship strategically, Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United States, told the Atlantic Council.
Council Highlight
Counterterrorism Plan for Obama
Atlantic Council senior fellow David L. Phillips published an op-ed at the Boston Globe entitled, "A counterterrorism plan for Obama."
