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September 14, 2014
Impact of U.S. Air Strikes on ISIS Founding director Ambassador Edward Djerejian comments on the United States' options for combating ISIS and, more broadly, the rise of Islamic radicalism in the Middle East.
September 14, 2014
New state Sen. Charles Perry gets head start Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on newly elected state Sen. Charles Perry.
September 14, 2014
Texas voters face a much longer ballot in November Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on the expected voter turnout for the Nov. 4 elections.
September 14, 2014
Texas nationalists see hope in possible Scottish secession Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on support for Texas nationalism.
September 14, 2014
Secretary Baker on Combating ISIS Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III — the honorary chair of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy — discussed President Obama's strategy to combat ISIS on the Sept. 14, 2014, broadcast of NBC's Meet the Press. In his 28th appearance on the program, Mr. Baker said the president's plan has “some problems … the biggest, of course, is who are ‘our partners on the ground’ the president referred to in his speech? You’ve got to have some people on the ground, you can’t do this just with air power … If they’re not going to be Americans, who are they going to be?”