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Oct 06 2014
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Islamic State withstands bombing campaign, plots Baghdad invasion
The Islamic State holds just about the same number of towns in Iraq today as it did two months ago, when the U.S. began a bombing campaign to whittle down the terrorist army and support Iraqi ground troops trying to retake territory.
Washington TimesJan 05 2023
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The Transition from Civil War to Peace in Tigray, Ethiopia
A two-year civil war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is coming to an end after a ceasefire agreement was struck in November.
For Context: Last week, Eritrean forces began to pull out of some cities and Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to Tigray's capital. The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) controlled the Ethiopian government from 1991-2018, after which Prime Minister Abiy
Christianity Today Reuters New York Times (News)Dec 17 2014
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Cuba frees American Alan Gross after 5 years detention on spy charges
Cuba has freed American contractor Alan Gross after five years in custody as part of a prisoner swap that could herald sweeping changes in U.S. policies toward the island after decades of sanctions, a senior Obama administration official and news reports said.
Washington PostMar 04 2013
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Obama Building Private, Big Money Network to Push Agenda
President Barack Obama learned in his first term that he couldn't change Washington from the inside, saying in the heat of his re-election race: "You can only change it from the outside." Months later, his former White House aides and campaign advisers are embracing Obama's words as a call to action.
Obama veterans are building a wide network of deep-pocketed groups and consulting firms
Newsmax (News)Oct 25 2013
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How Washington is killing the economy
The latest round of fiscal drama has sputtered to a temporary close but the routine crises have one clear victim the U.S. economy which is once again losing altitude.
PoliticoDec 20 2016
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State Department worried Trump is going to be the real madman of foreign policy theory
Foreign policy is a tricky beast for any new president, at any time. But 2016 presents some particular international challenges: ISIS, Syria, Russia and the Ukraine, Russia and Syria, China and Iran (to name just a few). When a new president is on the way, traditional adversaries might test the waters a bit by, say, seizing a U.S. unmanned research drone. Just to see what happens. It's a
Daily KosMay 09 2013
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HOW DID REST OF THE MEDIA COVER IMPORTANT BENGHAZI HEARINGS? TAKE A LOOK
The highly anticipated and vitally important House Oversight Committee hearing on the deadly Benghazi terrorist attack resulted in several key pieces of information being revealed, bringing the country one step closer to knowing the truth about what really happened on Sept. 11, 2012, at the U.S. compound in Libya.
Three brave whistleblowers came forward on Wednesday and confirmed that
The BlazeAug 13 2019
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‘Everything that we hold dear’: From race to plastic straws, Trump dials up culture wars in divisive play for 2020 votes
George W. Bush had “freedom fries,” Sarah Palin had the “Big Gulp” and Dan Quayle had the Hollywood portrayal of an unwed single mother named Murphy Brown.
For President Trump, it’s paper straws — the latest addition to an ever-growing list of cultural flash points his campaign is seeking to highlight as part of a base-focused reelection effort.
As cities and coffee chains across
Washington PostMay 29 2019
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Joe Biden’s low-key campaigning schedule, explained
He’s doing many fewer events than his rivals.
Joe Biden is running a relaxed campaign for president.
After staging his big kickoff rally in Philadelphia on May 18, the former vice president had no public events on his schedule for May 19 — or for the rest of the week. He did a couple of fundraisers in Florida on May 20 and 21, but there was nothing on the books for the next two
Vox