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What We Are Reading…July 11, 2014

Kurds withdraw support, leaving Iraq without a president Mark Tran / Guardian Deepening rift between Kurds and prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, also causes loss of foreign, trade and health ministers, after the prime minister accused them of harboring terrorists in...

What We Are Reading…June 27,2014

As Pakistan wages an offensive against militants, tensions with Afghanistan rise Tim Craig and Shaiq Hussain / Washington Post Pakistan has evacuated more than 450,000 civilians from a terrorist-plagued district in the northwestern part of the country, but its...

What We Are Reading… June 20, 2014 | ASP

Energy diversity is a national security imperative Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) / The Hill When Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, first visited my office last year, I was one of the newest members of the House Armed Services Committee. I was eager to...

What We Are Reading… June 05, 2014

Obama Encourages Russia to Open Talks with Ukraine Nedra Pickler / Associated Press President Barack Obama on Thursday encouraged Russia to open talks with the new government coming into power in Ukraine or face continuing costs imposed by the world’s leading...