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		<title>The Leviathan Gas Basin and Geopolitics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In  November, TAG President Jack Devine spoke at the Marfin Popular Bank&#8217;s  4th International Conference in Cyprus.  The topic was Commodities,  Environment, and Climate Change, and the discussion focused on the  discovery and exploration of the Leviathan natural gas basin in the  Eastern Mediterranean.  This development is likely to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Climate in Brazil, Jack Devine &amp; Amanda Mattingly; Latin America Advisor, June 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAG’s President Jack Devine and Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly answered questions about Brazil’s business climate in a recent issue of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor.  Mr. Devine and Ms. Mattingly responded that despite continued positive growth rates and significant FDI, Brazil has some work to do in improving its overall business climate.
You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Devine Discusses Death of Osama bin Laden with NBC-NY’s Chuck Scarborough, May 2, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 20:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 2, 2011, President of The Arkin Group, Jack Devine, discussed the successful U.S. military operation that resulted in the demise of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  Asked for his first reaction to the news of bin Laden’s death, Mr. Devine said, “What a great day … what a wonderful moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepening Ties with Latin America, Amanda Mattingly; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 18, 2011</title>
		<link>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/deepening-ties-with-latin-america-amanda-mattingly-atlanta-journal-constitution-march-18-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/deepening-ties-with-latin-america-amanda-mattingly-atlanta-journal-constitution-march-18-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In advance of President Barack Obama’s trip to Latin America, TAG’s Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  In this article, Ms. Mattingly argues that the President’s trip to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador is an opportunity to deepen hemispheric partnerships and tackle today’s global issues, including increasing trade and investment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia’s Failing Counternarcotics Efforts, Jack Devine &amp; Amanda Mattingly; Latin America Advisor, March 2011</title>
		<link>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/bolivia%e2%80%99s-failing-counternarcotics-efforts-jack-devine-latin-america-advisor-march-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/bolivia%e2%80%99s-failing-counternarcotics-efforts-jack-devine-latin-america-advisor-march-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAG’s President Jack Devine and Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly answered questions about Bolivia’s current counternarcotics efforts in a recent issue of the Inter-American Diaologue’s Latin America Advisor.  Mr. Devine and Ms. Mattingly responded that since Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled U.S. DEA agents, the country has been in a downward spiral with respect to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security in Brazil, Jack Devine &amp; Amanda Mattingly; Latin America Advisor, December 2010 &amp; January 2011</title>
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		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/security-in-brazil-jack-devine-latin-america-advisor-december-2010-january-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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TAG&#8217;s President Jack Devine and Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly answered questions about Brazil&#8217;s security posture in two recent issues of the Inter-American Dialogue&#8217;s daily Latin America Advisor.
Asked about Brazil&#8217;s efforts to secure its borders and cities, Mr. Devine and Ms. Mattingly responded that increased security, intelligence, and cooperation among law enforcement bodies along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On eve of bicentennial, Mexico urgently needs help of U.S., Amanda Mattingly; Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 14, 2010</title>
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		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/on-eve-of-bicentennial-mexico-urgently-needs-help-of-u-s-amanda-mattingly-atlanta-hjournal-constitution-september-14-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 14, 2010, TAG&#8217;s Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly published an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. In the article, Ms. Mattingly emphasizes the importance of the historic U.S. &#8211; Mexico relationship, and explains why U.S. support for Mexico&#8217;s efforts to end the political and social influence of drug cartels is critical to regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top US goal in Afghanistan ought to be capturing bin Laden, Jack Devine; Washington Post, October 10, 2010</title>
		<link>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/top-us-goal-in-afghanistan-ought-to-be-capturing-bin-laden-jack-devine-washington-post-october-10-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/top-us-goal-in-afghanistan-ought-to-be-capturing-bin-laden-jack-devine-washington-post-october-10-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, October 10, 2010, the Washington Post published an op-ed written by Jack Devine in which he advocates for a renewed focus on finding and capturing Osama bin Laden.  Mr. Devine suggests that not only would such an achievement deliver a significant psychological blow to Al Qaeda and the extremist groups it inspired, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Devine on NBC-NY Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough</title>
		<link>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/jack-devine-on-nbc-ny-nightly-news-with-chuck-scarborough/</link>
		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/jack-devine-on-nbc-ny-nightly-news-with-chuck-scarborough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 12, 2010, President of the Arkin Group Jack Devine appeared on NBC-NY Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough to discuss the war in Afghanistan and how the US might effectively draw down its military presence there without sacrificing regional stability and American national security interests there.
Watch Jack Devine on NBC-NY Nightly News:  What the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The CIA Solution for Afghanistan, Jack Devine; Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010</title>
		<link>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/the-cia-solution-for-afghanistan-jack-devine-wall-street-journal-july-29-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://thearkingroup.com/highlights/the-cia-solution-for-afghanistan-jack-devine-wall-street-journal-july-29-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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On July 29, 2010, The Arkin Group President Jack Devine published an 0p-ed in the Wall Street Journal in which he advocates the expanded use of covert action in Afghanistan.  Having led the CIA Afghan Task Force that supported the Afghan mujahedeen of the 1980s in defeating the Russians, Jack recognizes the American playbook in use [...]]]></description>
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