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The World Next Week: Foreign Aid in Congress, Romney in Michigan

<p>Boxes containing copies of the 2013 Federal Budget at the Government Printing Office in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/courtesy Reuters)</p>
Boxes containing copies of the 2013 Federal Budget at the Government Printing Office in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/courtesy Reuters)

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The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed upcoming congressional hearings on the international affairs budget; next week’s Republican presidential primaries in Arizona and Michigan; the UN Human Rights Council’s meeting in Geneva; and the Oscars.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2012/20120223_T…]

The highlights:

Bloomberg News covers Romney’s efforts to reconnect with his family history in Michigan, and a recent NBC News/Marist poll shows a close race in that state. Bloomberg Businessweek reviews the administration’s international assistance spending plans, and Josh Rogin covers five battles to watch over this budget. The UN News Centre discusses reports delivered to the Council regarding the situation in Syria, and Robert Danin previews the “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunis this weekend that will set the backdrop for the UN Human Right Council’s meeting. ABC offers up a dizzying array of information about the Academy Awards.