The Oath Keepers is an organization of libertarian leaning active and former military and law enforcement. Their core principles are loyalty to the U.S. Constitution and non-compliance with orders contrary to the Constitution. Organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center claim that the Oath Keepers are part of a resurgent right wing extremism.

US Department of Defense press official said it will adjust its plans for European missile defense system. The positive reaction from Russia did not delay. Moscow official said that it will welcome the change in U.S. missile defense shield program. Voice of Russia reports.

The grammy nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra conducted by Max Lifchitz performs four recent works by composers from Italy and the US on Tuesday, June 16 at 8 PM.

Russia intends to reach an "acceptable" arms reduction agreement with the U.S., Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the eve of Moscow nuclear talks.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States will keep its allies in the Middle East informed as it pursues the possibility of improved relations with Iran, and discounted concerns in the region about a U.S.-Iran deal that could hurt the interests of longstanding American friends such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Secretary Gates spoke in Cairo after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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The Russian defense minister reiterated on Tuesday that Moscow would not place Iskander missiles on the EU's doorstep if Washington abandoned its plans to deploy missile defenses in Central Europe.

U.S.-Russian relations have sunk to post-Cold War lows amid disagreements over NATO expansion, missile defense, and Moscow's relations with its neighbors. Are Washington and Moscow ready to turn the page as Barack Obama prepares to take office?

Being an advocate for peace is a difficult and thankless task. As war zones wind down, others flare up, while success is heralded in Iraq, Afghanistan grows more unstable, and just when we think that an invasion of Iran has been avoided, the shit hits the fan in Eastern Europe.

Just as months of negotiations seemed destined to end in deadlock, Poland and the United States have struck a deal to base part of a controversial US missile defence system on Polish soil. With a little help from recent events in the Caucasus?

Al-Siyassa Kuwaiti daily quoted sources in Washington as saying that the date of an Israeli and American attack on Lebanon and Iran is approaching.