For the U.S., the Choice Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Should be an Easy One
By Fahad Nazer As the P5+1 nations seal an agreement with Iran over its nuclear energy program, some in the United States and Iran are hoping that an agreement over this contentious issue will usher in...
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CPJ to Iran Judiciary: Intervene in case of Jason Rezaian
Iranian-American Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and his Iranian wife Yeganeh Salehi posing while covering a press conference at Iran’s Foreign Ministry in Tehran, on September 10, 2013....
View Article50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do
By President Barack Obama “The right to vote is one of the most fundamental rights of any democracy.” Fifty years ago today, because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, that right was...
View ArticleAn Appeal for More Support for Youth Civic Engagement
Posted by Maryanne Yerkes on August 12, 2015 The program carries a simple name, but a powerful purpose. Since 2012, Ana Usharek — which means “I Participate” in Arabic — has brought together more than...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s op-ed on Iran
How Diplomacy Can Prevent a Nuclear Iran By President Barack Obama as published in the Dallas Morning News At the height of the Cold War, with Soviet warheads pointed at all of America’s major cities,...
View ArticleDefense Secretary Ash Carter on Iran Nuke Deal
Iran deal features defense backstop Ash Carter – USA Today Today, the Iran deal provides the opportunity to address an even greater nuclear threat. Congress should support it because, once...
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Secretary of Navy: Why Our Fleet is Growing After Years of Decline
By Ray Mabus – Secretary of U.S. Navy – Time Magazine Since the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy has kept international sea lanes open around the world. We’ve protected trade and commerce not just...
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Being Catholic
By Catherine Maddux Being a practicing Catholic is never easy. And for me, who was raised Catholic along with my four brothers and sisters, I never found the key ingredient that makes adopting such a...
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Empowering Global Voices Against Extremism
Khadijah lived in London, was disillusioned with her University courses, and was lured by Da’esh to Syria. Now she is back home, looking directly at the camera and saying: “Da’esh is not protecting...
View ArticleTo Do List for the Next President: Afghanistan
By Kevin Enochs Perhaps the most telling moment of President Obama’s statement on slowing the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan came in the early moments of his press availability. “This...
View ArticleA Trade Deal for Working Families
By Barack Obama – Bloomberg View As president, my top priority is to grow our economy and strengthen the middle class. When I took office, America was in the middle of the worst recession since the...
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Obama: ‘This Is Not Normal’
By President Barack Obama The last thing Americans should have to do, over the holidays or any day, is comfort the families of people killed by gun violence — people who woke up in the morning and bid...
View ArticleObama’s Reaction to San Bernardino Shootings on CBS News
Before police had cornered and killed two suspected shooters believed to be responsible for the massacre in southern California, President Barack Obama said this during an already scheduled interview...
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Transforming the Health, Well-Being, and Livelihoods of Millions Across the...
By Timothy Ziemer [this article was originally posted on DipNote] Since 2000, global malaria deaths have dropped 66 percent among all age groups, and by 71 percent among children under five. More than...
View ArticleSamantha Power: Putting ISIS Out of Business
The President made clear — as he has consistently — that while military power is an essential component of our campaign, we must bring to bear every instrument of American power in this fight. That...
View ArticleKerry Praises Rout of ISIS in Ramadi
Secretary of State John Kerry We commend the Government of Iraq and the brave Iraqi forces that are displaying tremendous perseverance and courage in this fight to return the capital of Anbar province...
View ArticleBarack Obama: ‘Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility’
An opinion piece by the President of the United States published in the The New York Times Even as I continue to take every action possible as president, I will also take every action I can as a...
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Breaking the Silence on FGM in Egypt: One Activist’s Story
Posted by Catherine Russell February 5, 2016 One of the hardest parts about tackling female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is the silence surrounding this problem. In many places, FGM/C is...
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Obama Pledges to Carefully Select Replacement for Justice Scalia
President Obama walks past a portrait of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after paying his respects at his casket in the U.S Supreme Court Feb. 19, 2016. REUTERS The Constitution vests in the...
View ArticleEmpowering Adolescent Girls
Secretary of State John Kerry launches the U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, at the Department of State on March 15, 2016. We are here, all of us, every single one of us, because we...
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