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What We Are Reading…August 8, 2014

These U.S. ‘diplomats’ wield fiddles and dance moves, not briefcases Maria Recio / McClatchyDC East Carolina University’s Greg Hurley is going abroad again for a two-week trip this month, but not exactly for a classic vacation. It will be Beirut for the viola and...

What We Are Reading…July 14, 2014

U.S. Sees Risk in Assisting a Compromised Iraqi ForceEric Schmitt & Michael R. Gordon / The New York TimesA classified military assessment of Iraq’s security forces concludes that many units are so deeply infiltrated by either Sunni extremist informants or Shiite...

What We Are Reading… June 04, 2014

Inside the Obama administration’s debate over freeing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Adam Goldman and Scott Wilson / Washington Post Within months of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s capture in Afghanistan, the Obama administration began considering plans for a rescue.   U.S....