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They Could Bring Back the Tanks

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com

In the late 1980s, there were teams of Americans – Republicans and Democrats – who were deployed to nations that had been members of the Warsaw Pact but were now free of the Soviet yoke.

We worked with local groups to help them jump start political organizations. Center Right parties were guided by teams sent by the International Republican Institute (IRI); Center Left parties were aided by teams sent by Continue reading

Another Election

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com

From Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

I’ve been here for two days preparing for, and actually observing, the Ukrainian parliamentary elections. I was part of the International Observer Mission in that effort.

SIDEBAR

The day before I hopped on an airplane from Kiev to come down here, we were briefed by various government and political leaders. One person in our group asked whether international observers could remain in a precinct to watch the counting process. Continue reading