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Critics Skewer Arab Regimes for Stifling Press Freedom

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.13.2010 | Media

Read More: Egypt, Khadija Ben Qinna, Assafir, An-Nahar, Al Jazeera, Lebanon, 9th Arab Media Forum, Al Dustour, Beirut, Muhamad Al Rumaihi, Akhbar Al Youm Al Maghrebiya, Ayman Jaballah, Maharat Foundation, Awan, Jordan, Laila Al Shaikhli, Dubai, Nidal Mansour, Morocco, Mohamed Krichen, World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers, Al Qabas, 4th Arab Free Press Forum, Taoufik Bouachrine, Walid Al Nousef, Khalid Al Sirgany, Iman Ayyad, Moroccan Media, Kuwait, Arab, Roula Mikhael, Islamization, Media News

The dust had barely settled following harsh criticism of his government, when Moroccan journalist Taoufik Bouachrine was slapped with a real estate and sales fraud charge and sentenced to six months in prison.

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Losing the Jewish Soul

David Shasha | Posted 06.09.2010 | Religion

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Flotilla, Zionism, Israel, Gaza, Arab, Religion News

The inability of Zionism to integrate the traditional culture of the Middle East into its national program has led to an endless series of conflicts with the Arabs.

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Fifth Estate, Censorship Battles at Dubai's Arab Media Forum

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.16.2010 | Media

Read More: Value Partners, Egypt, News Corp, Dubai, Arab Media Forum, Faisal Al Qassem, Michael Golden, Dubai Press Club, Future TV, Arab League, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Amr Adib, United Arab Emirates, Blogs, Arab Journalism Awards, LBC TV, Social Media, Arab, Marcel Ghanem, Al Jazeera Talk, Saudi Arabia, Rupert Murdoch, King Saud University, New York Times, Citizen Journalism, Paula Yacoubian, Al Jazeera Channel, Egyptian TV, Telecoms, Qatar, Media News

In the United Arab Emirates -- of which Dubai is a member -- collaboration between telecoms and new media is flourishing, leading to a creative model emerging from the Middle East region.

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MidEast Peace: Pessimism from the Right and the Left

Eileen Read | Posted 05.03.2010 | World

Read More: Ronald Lauder, Stephen Walt, Bret Stephens, Jewish Voice for Peace, ForeignPolicy.Com, Wall Street Journal, Jewish, Palestinians, Middle East Peace, Daniel Pipes, J Street, Muslim, Arab, American Israel Political Action Committee, American Jewish Committee, Middle East, Tikun Olam, Jew, John Mearsheimer, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Aipac, Aaron David Miller, New Republic, Foreign Policy, Israeli, Martin Peretz, World News

Why is it that merely talking about talking about peace brings instant backlash? Four of the most controversial writers on the Middle East - pessimist...

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Felice Friedson and The Media Line Bring Balance to Issues in the Mideast

Jim Luce | Posted 04.21.2010 | Media

Read More: United Nations, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Bias, American Colony Hotel, Foreign Affairs, Media, Journalism, Media Line, Israelis, Gaza, Middle East, Arab Press, Palestinian Journalists, The Media Line News Agency, C-Span, Israel Parliament, Jerusalem, Paul Stevers, Television Broadcast, United States, Hamas, Felice Friedson, Palestinians, Fourth Estate, Tel Aviv, Michael Friedson, Public Relations, Journalistic Standards, Arab, Mideast Press Club, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ramallah, CharityHelp International, Intifada, News, Media News

When Felice Friedson brought Palestinian journalists to Israel's parliament for the first time, the powerful chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs a...

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Shot to Fame: the Story of Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia's New Photography Sensation

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 04.20.2010 | World

Read More: Photos, Photography, Creativity, Arab World, Middle East, Arab, Cameras, Saudi Arabia, Muslim, World News, Digital Cameras, Creative, World News

Almalki, now a celebrated Saudi photographer, says his gift is in his photography and the more time he dedicates to it, the more rewarding it becomes.

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An Hilarious Movie About Hilarious Saudis (And Other Arabs)

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.09.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: Israel, Ahmed Ahmed, Arab, Films, Hollywood, Middle East, Lebanon, Egypt, Stand-Up, Comedy, Dubai, Entertainment News

It is rare that anything related to the Middle East makes me laugh at loud. But Just Like Us, starring and directed by the Egyptian-American comedian and actor Ahmed Ahmed, had me laughing until it hurt.

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Will Smith's Last Pharaoh vs. Egypt's History by Hollywood

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 06.08.2010 | World

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News

Will Smith's upcoming movie sheds light on long forgotten Egyptian history. If you want to know the true story of the Last Pharaoh of Egypt, you'd better pay attention to what's going on in Egypt today and in the near future.

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A Revolution in the Making?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 06.02.2010 | World

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News

A sense of frustration, hopelessness and repression seems to be haunting Egyptian youth and the older people as well, struggling to make ends meet. The result has impacted Egyptian society.

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AFP Rattled, CEO Quits, French Unions/Government Slug it Out

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.27.2010 | Media

Read More: French Football Federation, French CGT Journalists' Union, Lady Liberty, Pierre Louette, Twitter, American, Asia, Cyprus, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Nicolas Sarkozy, Nathaniel Harrison, Paris, France, Le Monde, David Sharp, Backchichinfo, Arab, Middle East, British, Augustin Scalbert, Simon Piel, Agence Havas, ElyséE Palace, LibéRation, Afp-Sos, rue89, France-TéLéCom, Media News

Journalists in France want to know who will lead their international news agency and whether it will emerge unscathed from a tug-of-war between unions and the government.

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Thirty Years after Khomeini: Will Egypt Turn into another Iran?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.22.2010 | World

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News

The 83-year-old President Mubarak of Egypt has been in power since 1981. Concerns about his health draw much greater attention to the question of who will next rule the nation of Egypt.

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Is Egypt's Economy in Crisis?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.22.2010 | World

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News

Egypt is undergoing a severe liquidity crisis caused by the loss of hard currency from few sources: tourism was a key source of foreign exchange and the main engine of growth.

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Sarah Palin: Exploitation of Women at its Worst

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.16.2010 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Europe, Islam, Jews, Congress, America, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Usa, 9/11, Best Seller, Middle East, Iran, Aladdin Elaasar, Tolerance, Movies, Conservatives, Jewish, Robin Wright, Librarians, North Africa, John McCain, Africa, Nancy Pelosi, Will Smith, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Romance, Arab, Sarah Palin, Israel, Bill O'Reilly, Hot, Politics News

Sarah Palin is definitely the embodiment of the antifeminist movement in this country as she aims to appeal to female voters and consumers in the so-called pink economy.

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Will Smith, The Last Pharaoh

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.15.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: William J. Bennett, Europe, Islam, Jews, Congress, America, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, 9/11, Best Seller, Middle East, George W. Bush, Iran, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Fareed Zakaria, Movies, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Conservatives, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Pyramids, Jewish, Jon Stewart, Dick Cheney, Robin Wright, Librarians, Hosni Mubarak, Nile, North Africa, Africa, Will Smith, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Glenn Beck, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Harry Potter, Copts, Rush Limbaugh, Stephenie Meyer, Bill O'Reilly, Hot, Entertainment News

Will Smith's latest project, The Last Pharaoh, is a greatmega action movie expected by millions of fans around the globe.

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Risky Business in the Arab World

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.15.2010 | Books

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, Usa, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, Books News

Why is it hard for Arab and Muslim writers, professors, intellectuals and average persons to speak out against suicide bombers, Jihadists, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism in their countries?

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The Arab Jewish Tradition and the Past and Future Promise of Peace

David Shasha | Posted 05.05.2010 | Religion

Read More: Jews, Levantine, Bernard Lewis, Sephardic, Zionism, Religion, Orhan Pamuk, Arab, Arabs, Jew, Likud, Israel, Isrealis, Ashkanazi, Religion News

It is standard practice to see Jews and Arabs as embattled enemies rather than try to recall a time when the Jews of the Middle East were integrated into the Arab culture and civilization.

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Filippo Grandi: The New UN Official Intent on Defending Palestinian Refugees Rights and Living Conditions

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.18.2010 | World

Read More: Jordan, Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab, Salam Fayyad, Mahmood Abbas, Palestinian, Daoud Kuttab, Unrwa, Kevin-Grandia, World News

Fillipo Grandi was clearly prepared for his new mission: defending and preserving the rights and interests of Palestinian refugees. But despite his preparedness, he was still shocked by what awaited in Jordan.

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Lost in Translation

Jamal Dajani | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Yemen, Jordan, War on Terror, Abdullah Asieri, Afghanistan, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, Saud Arabia, Nigeria, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Cia, Middle East, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, Arab, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal Al Balawi, Muslim, World News

The US security failure is not at airports, but rather with an overseas intelligence agency doing a shoddy job at gathering information. The president did not name the agency, but I will: it's the CIA.

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America's New Face of Terrorism

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Profiling, News, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, World, Civil Rights, America, Politics News, Uniteds States of America, 7/7, London 7/7, Arabs, Civil Liberties, Saudi Arabia, El Al, United States. U.S., Black Men, Richard Reid, Nigeria, Senator Joe Liberman, Discrimination, Thurgood Marshall, Newsweek, Islam, American Muslim, Usama Bin Laden, Politics, U.S. Government, Transportation Safety Administration, John Muhammad, Blacks, Newt Gingrich, Tsa, Muslim Public Affairs Council, General McInerney, U.S. Pysche, Arab, Racial Profiling, Muslims, African American, Nigerian, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Israel, New York Times, Fox News, Joe Lieberman, Terrorism, Dc Sniper, Shoe Bomber, European Allies, The West, Alejandro Beutal, World News

Thanks to a 23-year-old black man who deceptively looks like an innocent boy, African-Americans, Arabs and the Muslim Diaspora all have something in common. They are more easily viewed as terrorists, and there's no escaping it.

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Arab Countries Aim to Improve Journalism Education With UNESCO's "Model Curricula"

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: The Middle East, Europe, Russian, French, Converged Media, Unesco, North and South America, American, Asia, University of Bahrain, Chinese, Arabic, Journalism, Paris, English, Singapore, Mauritania, Un, North Africa, Spanish, Africa, Media Academic Programs, Morocco, Tunisia, World Journalism Education Congress, Media Ethics, Anglo-Saxon, Bahrain, Model Curricula for Journalism Education, Media Laws, Education, Arab, Algeria, Gulf Cooperation Council, Manama, Francophone, Rabat, World News

Arab countries are making strides in trying to improve journalism curricula, but still face strictures, obstacles and challenges to press freedom as w...

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Palestinian Children Suffer From a Lack of Appropriate TV Programming

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Palestine, Television, Arabic, Children, Arab, Palestinian, Middle East, Sesame Street, World News

Palestinian children badly need programming that can address their issues. This need is all the more pressing considering that over 65% of Palestinian children have no pre-school education.

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Childhood Christmas Wonder Reborn in a Place You'd Never Guess (Hint: They're Too Big to Fail, Too)

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Gcc, News, Abu Dhabi, Muslim Christmas, U.S., World, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, America, United Arab Emirates, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Abdul Raheem Salim, Dean Martin, Middle East, Oman, Global News, Sheikha Lubna, Bing Crosby, Christians, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Mahalia Jackson, Oud, Wafi Mall, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Minister of Finance and Industry UAE, U.S. Dollar, United States, Minister of Economy UAE, Nat King Cole, Santa, Arab, Abdul Rahim Salim, Santa Claus, Sheikh Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Foreign Trade UAE, Christmas Tree, Christian, Duba, Dirham, Syria, Lebanon, Muslim, World News

I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.

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The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Senior Citizen Hegemons, Qatif Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al Khabaz, Education for Employment, News, Arab Employment, United Nations, Employment, Sheikh Hamad Bin-Khalifa-Al-Thani, Simmons College, Lebanon, World, Arab Youth Supercomputer 2010, United Arab Emirates, Arab Youth, Arab Unemployment, Investigation and Prosecution Commission, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Google, Violence, Ilo, Jobs, Arab Youths, Manpower, Palestine, Yemen, Crime, United States, MENA Region, Prince Sultan University, Morrocco, Cisco, Qatif Youth Achievement Award, Uae, Prince Salman Education for Employment Initiative, Arab, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Gallup, Al Hadi Medical Clinic, International Labor Organization, Us Unemployment, Mena, Ron Bruder, Terrorism, Sheikha Mozah, Google Economy, Ipc, Efe, Silatech, Qatif, Riyad, World News

While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.

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J Street Again

James Zogby | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Arab, Jewish, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News

In the 1990s, when we came together, we only did it at the behest of the White House, and Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn validated the effort. This time is different.

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House, President, Relief, President Obama, International, Indigenous, Council, Washington, War, Oxfam, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, America, Dick Cheney, Muslim, World Vision, Counter Insurgency, Terror, Development, Faith, History, Tragedy, Afghan Government, Democracy, Counter Terrorism, Special Forces, Religious, Terrorist, Richard Stearns, Congress, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Foreign Policy, Urgency, Moral Issues, Occupier, Arab, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

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