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2010-06-21       The Daily Brief     Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Is Iran Actually Containing the U.S.? AP Amb. Marc Ginsberg: As sanctions are increasingly fine tuned, Iran will surely be more "contained," and find it far more economically painful to continue thumbing its nose at the world. So it would seem. But Iran has been feverishly constructing its own containment policy to neutralize sanctions and straightjacket any military designs against its nuclear facilities. As the clock ticks toward a showdown with Iran, will it succeed -- or miscalculate -- that it can thwart an attack by Israel or the U.S. against its nuclear enrichment facilities? Robert Reich: My Father and Alan Greenspan We can manage the Greenspan Debt if we get the U.S. economy growing again. The only way to do that when consumers can't and won't spend and when corporations won't invest is for the federal government to pick up the slack. Caroline Gluck: Signs of Niger's Worsening Food Crisis Niger is one of the poorest countries, and it has the fastest population growth in the world. Though it often experiences periodic droughts, this year has been worse than most. Byron Williams: BP Fund Is a Good Start in Spite of Claims to the Contrary How can any elected official in America even appear to side with BP and against its own government in what is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history? John Zogby: Manute Bol: The Real NBA Hero Manute was so much more than an NBA legend. He was living proof that none of us could ever claim that we had a bad day. Manute had seen so much more than any of us and he triumphed. Sandy Goodman: David Brooks May Seem Reasonable, but He's With Barton Underneath While Rep. Barton's outrageous apology to BP was "politically an unbelievably stupid thing," Brooks said, there was "a kernel of truth at the core" of the Texas Republican's speech. That kernel, according to Brooks, was "that we are a nation of laws."     HuffPost News Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law Haley Barbour: Drilling Moratorium Worse Than The Spill Nancy Pelosi Slams Senate Dithering On Jobs Portugal ANNIHILATES North Korea At World Cup, 7-0 Chelsea Clinton Wedding Details: When, Who, Where   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy Unsubscribe