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Morning Brief: Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan Top news: With initial returns indicating Nawaz Sharif secured a resouding majority in parliamentary elections Saturday, the former prime minister, who was ousted in a coup in 1999, has begun discussions...

Published Mon, May 13 2013 5:40 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records

Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records Top news: The U.S. Justice Department secretly obtained two months' worth of phone records for Associated Press journalists and editors, the AP announced on Monday. The seizures -- which...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 5:23 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Obama's new AfPak diplomat: U.S. forces needed in Afghanistan 'well beyond' 2014 if peace talks fail

In 2011, James Dobbins, Barack Obama's newly appointed special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, published a 100-page analysis on the importance of a negotiated peace deal for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The document makes...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 4:45 PM by FP Passport
Morning Brief: North Korea may have capacity to build nuclear missile

North Korea may have capacity to build nuclear missile Top news: A report issued last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency found, with "moderate confidence," that "North [Korea] currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic...

Published Fri, Apr 12 2013 5:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Ecuador's ambassador to Peru proves that getting trounced in a supermarket brawl doesn't have to end your diplomatic career

It's every diplomat's worst nightmare: being summoned back to the mother country after getting trounced in a supermarket slapfest. But that's exactly what happened, at least temporarily, to Rodrigo Riofrío, Ecuador's ambassador to Peru...

Published Thu, May 02 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport
FP's Situation Report: American suicide bomber in Syria raises fears; U.S. forpol has an E.D. problem; Dempsey: military will not "look away" from Bergdahl allegations; What about other Americans in captivity?; and a bit more.

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Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 4:57 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report
FP's Situation Report: Foreign jihadis in Syria pose risk to West; The seat gets hotter for Shinseki; Russian troops retreat; Terry Mitchell's last day; Peter Scoblic to leave FP post; Westboro Baptist to protest Pentagon; and a bit more.

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Published Fri, May 30 2014 5:26 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report
FP's Situation Report: The tick-tock on Bergdahl; Derek Chollet in Kiev talking assistance; Shinseki's successor to have qualities he did not possess; USMC cleared in classification review; Eric Olson (and his mother!) win a prize; and a bit more.

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Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 5:23 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report
FP's Situation Report: U.S. assistance to Syrian rebels to expand; 9,800 troops for Afg, out by 2016; Missile defense for Seoul?; What Washington's sturm and drang is doing to veterans; George Wright departs; and a bit more.

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Published Wed, May 28 2014 5:09 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report
FP's Situation Report: VA hid waiting lists, Shinseki feels the heat; No drone strikes in Pakistan since December; Obama: America's great hammer shouldn't be looking for a nail; FP wins: Nicole Duran, Kate Brannen aboard; and a bit more.

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Published Thu, May 29 2014 5:20 AM by Foreign Policy

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FP's Situation Report: Over Bergdahl, a White House on the defense; Dunford outlines post 2014 Afg plans; Iraqis take their first F-16 today; New humanitarian aid for Syria; The FP story of a 70-year-old war crime – exclusive!; and a bit more.

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Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 5:04 PM by Foreign Policy

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FP's Situation Report: The White House wakes up to VA troubles; As Republicans played politics, Libya burned; Hagel needs to make nice with the House; Will Robert Irvine open a restaurant in the Pentagon?; and a bit more.

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Published Wed, May 21 2014 5:26 AM by Foreign Policy

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FP's Situation Report: Is military justice going soft?; Obama stands by Shinseki but makes no new friends; ISR crewmembers to Chad; Obama's terrorism strategy stalls; Sessions to Comey: stop encouraging the kids to smoke weed, and a bit more.

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Published Thu, May 22 2014 4:57 AM by Foreign Policy

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FP's Situation Report: Video emerges of a chlorine attack in Syria; The coup in Thailand; DOD wants drone disclosure; On Colbert, Bush's memo to Obama on the VA; Everything you need to know about Irvine's new restaurant in the Pgon; and a bit more.

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Published Fri, May 23 2014 5:10 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report
FP's Situation Report: U.S. Spec Ops forming elite units in Africa; Have the schoolgirls been found?; Shinseki, a quiet professional but maybe for the wrong time; Vets groups strike back at Burr; WH slips name of CIA officer; and a bit more.

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Published Tue, May 27 2014 5:17 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report

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