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sen. john mccain still at the center of debate a year after his death

More recently, when Trump stood silently as an Ohio crowd chanted, 'Send her back,' referring to a member of Congress Trump had disparaged in a racist tweet, others compared the president to McCain's 2008 town hall when he corrected a supporter who wrongly said Obama was 'an Arab.' . ... 'The..

venezuela's guaido courts russia; powers divided on maduro

The U.S. government warned Russia and other countries from “last-minute looting” of oil and gold on Thursday, after Reuters reported Venezuela was planning to sell gold from its central bank vaults to the United Arab Emirates in coming days in return for euros in cash, citing a senior source. ...

china and russia: ‘we are preparing for war’

We’ll also talk about Donald Trump’s sending thousands of troops to deal with a migrant caravan from Mexico, Israel’s breakthrough in relations with Arab states, political turmoil in Sri Lanka, and what happens in America if Republicans win midterm elections. . . ..

congress and war

Part of the blame lies with the White House: it held substantial discussions with its NATO and Arab partners, rebel leaders, and outside foreign policy experts, but not with members of Congress. Yet leaders of the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate made no..

the dangers of guantánamo

transferring men to United Arab Emirates this week, some members of Congress, including Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte, from New Hampshire, are once again making alarmist claims about the released detainees supposed dangerousness. ..

the american muslim (tam)

Also, results of a poll commissioned by the Arab American Institute are out.  ... A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry . Anti-Muslim Sentiments Are Strongest Amongst Republicans and People Who Trust Fox News . ..

bush vows to ask for congress' ok

Bush's demand for 'regime change' in Iraq -- and his lack of specifics about how he would achieve that -- caused a backlash not just among Democrats, but Republicans and most of the United States' most dependable allies. European and Arab leaders who pledged support for the U.S. war on..

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