State Department launches foreign policy webchat series
The Department of State will be holding a live webchat today at 12:30 PM EST with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan…

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An open letter to Manmohan Singh
Dear Dr Singh, At the outset, many congratulations on completing six years in office, making you the longest serving Indian prime minister since Indira

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Special Report: Planes, trains and frontier markets
Josephine Jimenez has a chunk of money to invest and she is hunting for opportunities in the usual places — Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, among others. Jimenez is a specialist in so-called frontier markets. She stacked up a million air miles long ago.

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Highlights of House and Senate spending bills
Highlights of House tax and spending bill, and Senate war funding measure

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South Carolina National Guard ADT advises Afghans
By Janet Killeen LOGAR, Afghanistan — As Coalition forces struggle to defeat the Taliban, and Karzai and Obama square off in Washington D.C., it is difficult to see any promise on the horizon for Afghanistan. Yet quietly out in the countryside, one of the main pillars of Obama’s counterinsurgency strategy is working — the Agribusiness Development Teams (ADTs). read more

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