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** Northwestern students face criminal charges for pro-Palestinian newspaper parody ([link removed])
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By Connor Echols on Feb 05, 2024 04:40 pm
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** Pass Ukraine aid, but make it  conditional on ending the war ([link removed])
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By Stephen Crowley on Feb 05, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image In the debate over funding aid to Ukraine, both Republicans and Democrats are trapped in their own delusions. Congress needs to allocate the funding, but with a singular goal: to bring the war to a speedy conclusion.
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** Congress poised to cede more foreign weapons oversight. Why? ([link removed])
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By Lora Lumpe,William Hartung on Feb 02, 2024 09:05 am
Featured Image At a time of record U.S. weapons sales ([link removed]) and many wars, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has decided that Congress should provide less, rather than more oversight of the booming business.
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** Unreal: White House still denies Mideast turmoil linked to Gaza ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Feb 02, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image The Biden administration continues to deny ([link removed]) any connections between the war in Gaza and the ongoing conflicts involving U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.
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** No magic US weapon left for offensive Ukraine victory ([link removed])
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By Mark Episkopos on Feb 01, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image The stark failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, which Kyiv billed ([link removed]) as the one-two punch that can knock Russia out of the war, has led proponents of maximalist war aims in Ukraine to revise their timetable for victory.
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** US troops should have left Syria and Iraq long ago ([link removed])
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By Joshua Landis on Feb 01, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image The death of three Americans in Jordan due to an attack by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” was an avoidable tragedy. It should prompt the United States to speed up its exit from Syria and Iraq, something policy makers have been contemplating for some time. Washington must minimize its risks. To dig in and escalate would be a mistake that is likely to lead to more Americans killed. The mission that brought U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria – to destroy ISIS – has been accomplished. Residual policing of ISIS remnants can be undertaken from bases in Qatar, Kuwait and Turkey.
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