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Camp David

Foreign troops with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 5, 2019.

Trump abruptly canceled Afghan peace talks. What comes next?

In the wake of Trump’s abrupt cancellation of a possible troop drawdown in Afghanistan, one expert says violence from both sides is likely to increase.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tameem bin Hamad Al Thani, while hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David on May 14, 2015.

A royal Saudi ‘snub’ isn’t stopping the flow of American weapons to the Gulf

Conflict

Author argues Israeli militarism is as much to blame for failed peace efforts as anything

Egyptian protests present major challenge to American foreign policy

Moody’s Downgrades Spanish Banks

Global Politics
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Obama Welcomes New French President to White House

Global Politics

Barack Obama welcomed the new French President, Francois Hollande, to the White House today. But cameras were not allowed to capture Obama’s handshake with the Socialist leader.

Jimmy Carter on Politics, World Events, and His New Book

As America faces an ongoing recession, the Middle East faces revolution and turmoil, and the president faces what could be an incredibly difficult re-election campaign, we couldn’t think of a better person to talk current events with than Nobel Peace Prize winner and 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Carter is the author […]

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Geo Answer

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For today’s geoquiz we were looking for the Shangrila Express and we found at least two. The first is a new railway that runs from Beijing to Lhasa in Tibet. The other can be found on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. It’s a food cart run by street vendor, Namgyal Gompa who sells traditional Tibetan cuisine.

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