Unfortunately -- as demonstrated in recent hearings conducted by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Affairs, chaired by Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)(1) -- what companies like Silicon Graphics have deemed to be good for their bottom-line is manifestly not good for U.S. security.

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Then there is a debate on a European Union Committee report on Sovereign Credit Ratings - peers will ponder the findings of their the their Economic and Financial Affairs and International Trade EU Sub-Committee recently published report on those mysterious but all-powerful bodies, the credit ratings agencies.

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"The spy scandal around the American diplomat will be short-lived in my view, " according to a post from the Twitter account of Alexei Pushkov, the chairman of the International Affairs Committee in Parliament, who is known for his often critical statements on U.S. policy.

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