Besides, Libya's oil and gas will be developed with or without U.S. and British help.

FORBES: Energy

The treaty is expected to be finalized this week and signed in December -- with or without U.S. participation.

CNN: U.S. agrees to soften stance on land-mine ban

Are there contingency plans being developed by the U.S. government, with or without other governments, to actually go and provide security in Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

More importantly, however, the Center believes American adoption of these measures is very much in the U.S. national interest, with or without a crisis in Lithuania.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: "Potemkin" Economic Sanctions, Take II

Another straw in the wind is the continuing disregard about the implications of a U.S. collapse in Iraq (with or without the Baker et.al. diplomatic fig-leaf) for our security here at home.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Tragedy of errors

To do otherwise may set the precedent that by merely incorporating a subsidiary in the U.S., any foreign owned and operated company would be eligible to acquire -- or merge with -- U.S. security-sensitive firms without CFIUS review.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

But under U.S. law, a banker can't advertise securities products or take orders on transactions from U.S. clients without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

FORBES: Tax Havens Under Attack By Congress

An increasing number of Argentines, except (not surprisingly) the politicos, perceive that the only way to make our economy viable is to enter into an immediate full alliance with the U.S., including a free-trade agreement, with or without Mercosur, and then to dollarize the economy.

FORBES: Readers Say

The U.S. operation that killed bin Laden severely strained ties with Pakistan as the U.S. sent in Navy SEALs from Afghanistan without warning Pakistan's government or military.

WSJ: Doctor Who Helped Track Bin Laden Gets 30 Years