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Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at Bilateral Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo (US Department of State)

FOREIGN SECRETARY OMAMO:  Well, may I begin by just extending to you again another warm welcome to Kenya.  We are so delighted to host you...

Taliban ‘Open Letter’ Appeals to US Congress to Unfreeze Afghan Assets (Ayaz Gul, VoA)

The Taliban foreign minister Wednesday penned an “open letter” to the U.S. Congress, warning of a mass refugee exodus from Afghanistan unless the United...

Biden asks for probe of potential ‘illegal conduct’ on gas prices (Rachel Frazin, The Hill)

President Biden is asking the head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into whether oil companies are illegally increasing prices as consumers face...

The West must do more to protect Uyghurs from China’s online harassment (Natalie Hall, Bradley Jardine, The Hill)

The recent testimony by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haughen revealed that Big Tech is failing to protect its users from malign actors. Uyghurs, long persecuted...

Biden has just 33 percent approval rating in Iowa poll (Lexi Lonas, The Hill)

President Biden has just a 33 percent approval rating in an Iowa poll released Wednesday. The Des Moines Register-Mediacom Iowa poll shows low support for Biden’s overall job as...

Lab worker finds vials labeled ‘smallpox’ at Merck facility (Maureen Bresley, The Hill)

A researcher at a Merck facility outside of Philadelphia found several vials that were labeled "smallpox," according to a local TV station. The vials were found in...

Federal judge blocks tax cut rule in pandemic relief package (John Kruzel, The Hill)

A federal judge in Alabama on Monday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a provision of the sweeping pandemic relief package passed earlier this...

Religious Freedom Designations (US Department of State)

The United States will not waiver in its commitment to advocate for freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country.  In far too many places around the...

Fighting assumptions: how are we bookending the global war on terror? (Katja Theodorakis, The Strategist)

The Pentagon investigation into the drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, from one family near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul...

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