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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 22, 2011
Congresses and Parliaments
Friday File: Debt Deal Deadline
President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press on the debt talks on July 19, 2011. (Jason Reed/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. When I was a college professor I always warned my students not…
November 18, 2011
Friday File: How Good Are U.S. Universities?
Student protestors hold signs at the Sather Gate at the University of California at Berkeley. (Kevin Bartram/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. President Obama’s trip to Asia has been in the news th…
November 19, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Obama Heads to Lisbon
Above the Fold. President Obama’s scheduler must be nursing a grudge. Last Sunday the president returned from what had to be an exhausting ten-day, around-the-world trip that took him to four coun…
February 18, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Mubarak Is Gone, Now Comes the Hard Part
A family of Egyptian pro-democracy supporters ride on a motorcycle carrying an Egyptian flag after Friday prayers near Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Amr Dalsh/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The TV cam…
February 25, 2011
Politics and Government
Friday File: Washington Braces for the Showdown over the Government Shutdown
Senate Budget Committee Ranking member Jeff Sessions and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speak in response to President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget in Washington. (Jason Reed/cou…
