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Republican House Representatives passed "No More Solyndras Act "

Republicans on Friday pushed a bill through the House phasing out federal loan guarantee program for green industries such as solar energy. The loan guarantee program falls under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that was passed partly with the intention of promoting a revival of nuclear energy. President Obama has supported the development of innovative clean energy technologies.   He has also supported nuclear and natural gas production. The Fremont, California based company, Solyndra LLC, was the first renewable energy company to receive a federal loan guarantee under the stimulus.   The company failed financial woes in the face of Chinese competition. The Energy Department successfully supported projects such the world's largest wind farms in Oregon, a large solar generation project in California and a major photovoltaic solar power plant in Arizona. These projects have been saving nearly 300 million gallons of gasoline a year. The problem with this bill is that we are not pr

US Foreign Policy: The Middle East, Israel and Iran

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It is not logical to demand from Iran to cease defending herself while her adversaries advance their WMD resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel .   Germany has provided Israel nuclear-capable submarines and how to arm them: http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2012/03/05/israels-nuclear-weapons-program-and-lessons-for-iran/   No one in the region should have the nuclear bomb. That is the first logical step toward a peaceful coexistence.   Israel is the only state with nuclear bombs and ability to explode them on any country in the region. The second step is to accept the Iranian position that at this time nuclear bomb development is not part of their strategic plan for self-defense.    Third, like Japan, Germany and Brazil accept the Iranian prerogative under NPT to have a full-nuclear fuel cycle program.   The last, and the most important diffuse the 60 years old conflicts between Arabs and Israel. This is good for the United States and for the region