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<title><![CDATA[David Sanger - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15855.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Sanger]]></description><category domain="15855">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, a Sleepy Congress Stirs]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/A9Gl7</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has been in the forefront of the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'what-me-worry?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Faces Decision on Whether To Start Ground War in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/SXsD1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president wants a negotiation, but the Iranians say they are refusing until a cease-fire is declared. And while Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division offer new leverage, the risks escalate quickly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: 'Time Will Tell' on U.S. Oversight of Venezuela]]></title>
							<link>https://www.staradvertiser.com/2026/01/08/breaking-news/trump-says-u-s-oversight-of-venezuela-could-last-for-years/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, President Trump said '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'only time will tell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' when it comes to how long the United States aims to control the country.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Biden, a Subtle Shift in Power Balance With China's Xi]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/16/for-biden-a-subtle-shift-in-the-power-balance-with-chinas-xi-jinping/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When President Biden met President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the edges of Silicon Valley, there was a subtle but]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Finding Way Out of Ukraine War Proves Elusive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/us/politics/russia-ukraine-us-endgame.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attempts at diplomacy have hit a stone wall as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia refuses to engage in any serious negotiation, but his endgame is unclear.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC Hears Echoes of the '50s: Is This a Cold War w/China?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/politics/china-new-cold-war.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Incursions into Taiwan's air zone, a space launch and what looked like a prisoner swap raise a question that is about more than just semantics. It could signal a dangerous new mind-set.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Bets Big Govt Can Get Something Done]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/politics/biden-infrastructure.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden feels a burning sense of competition, his aides say, to prove that democratic capitalism can work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blowups With China &amp; Russia Mark Biden's First 60 Days]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/us/politics/china-russia-biden.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may look like the bad old days of the Cold War, but today's bitter superpower competition is about technology, cyberconflict and influence operations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lessons of One of the Worst Years in American Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-trump.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-trump.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald J. Trump lost his job in large part for mishandling a crisis he at first denied. President Biden knows his legacy depends on bringing the catastrophe to a swift conclusion.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gravest Threat to the Election: President Trump Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tuesday-s-debate-made-clear-the-gravest-threat-to-the-election-the-president-himself/ar-BB19A4TR</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's unwillingness to say he would abide by the result and his disinformation campaign about election fraud went beyond anything President Vladimir V. Putin could have imagined.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Search for COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes Global Competition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-competition.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States, China and Europe are battling to be the first to find a cure, bringing a nationalist element to a worldwide crisis.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After 18 Years, Is This Afghan Peace, or Just a Way Out?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/spotlight/after-18-years-is-this-afghan-peace-or-just-a-way-out/ar-BB10zEAR</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has left no doubt that his first priority in Afghanistan is a peace treaty that would enable him to claim that he is fulfilling his vow to withdraw American troops.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al-Baghdadi Raid Was a Win Built on Factors Trump Derides]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/al-baghdadi-raid-was-a-victory-built-on-factors-trump-derides/ar-AAJrTBj?pfr=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The death of the Islamic State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leader in a daring nighttime raid vindicated the value of three traditional American strengths: robust alliances, faith in intelligence agencies and the projection of military power around the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When 'Get Out' Is a President's National Security Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/when-e2-80-98get-out-e2-80-99-is-a-president-e2-80-99s-national-security-strategy/ar-AAIr8O9</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is once again pursuing a national security strategy at odds with the official position of his government, ordering a pullback of US forces just inside the Syrian border. It is a move that his own senior advisers have warned would risk new chaos throughout the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Start, Trump Muddied Clear Message: Putin Meddled]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=todayspaper&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;cont</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mr. Trump sounded grudgingly convinced, according to several people who attended the intelligence briefing. But ever since, Mr. Trump has tried to cloud the very clear findings that he received on Jan. 6, 2017, which his own intelligence leaders have unanimously endorsed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cyber Conflict: What Comes Next?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/13/david_sanger_on_what_comes_next.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the fifth and final video installment, Andrew Walworth asks his guest, David Sanger, author of The Perfect Weapon, War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age, about whether he is optimistic about the future in an era of mounting cyber conflict.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Cyber Require a New Strategy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/10/david_sanger_does_cyber_require_a_new_strategy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the second video installment, Andrew Walworth and his guest, David Sanger, author of The Perfect Weapon, War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age, compare the current state of strategic thinking about cyber conflict with that of the nuclear age.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We Already In a Cyber War?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/09/interview_part_1_are_we_already_in_a_cyber_war.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the first video installment, Andrew Walworth and his guest, David Sanger, author of The Perfect Weapon, War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age, discuss the many forms of cyber conflict and how they are already changing the balance of power among nations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. and North Korean Envoys Work to Salvage Negotiations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/us/politics/us-north-korea-trump-summit-meeting.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American diplomats made a rare visit to North Korea as officials sought to dispel skepticism about the chances of reaching a framework for a deal in such a short time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Deal-Making Playbook's Biggest Test: North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/asia/trumps-gamble-hits-reality-check-in-north-korea-negotiations.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president had sought to deal with Kim Jong-un the same way he had handled real estate negotiations '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? with threats and flattery. It didn't work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea's Test Amplifies a Global Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The test '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s response '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' immediately raised new questions about the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s North Korea strategy and opened a new rift with a major American ally,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' South Korea, which Mr. Trump criticized for its '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'talk of appeasement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' with the North.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Options With North Korea Are Few and Risky]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/us/politics/trump-north-korea-missile-icbm.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's earlier assertion that North Korea would not produce a missile that can reach the United States has now been upended.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump on Korea: Tactic? Madman Theory? Or Mixed Messages?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/world/asia/trump-kim-jong-un-north-korean.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' It was only a few hours after his secretary of state cracked open the door on Thursday to negotiating with the North Koreans that President Trump stepped in with exactly the kind of martial-sounding threats against the country that the White House, until now, had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dwindling Time for U.S. Action as N. Korea Hoards Bombs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-missile-program.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-missile-program.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Behind the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s sudden urgency in dealing with the North Korean nuclear crisis lies a stark calculus: a growing body of expert studies and classified intelligence reports that conclude the country is capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A 'Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion' in North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/us/politics/north-korea-missile-crisis-slow-motion.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/us/politics/north-korea-missile-crisis-slow-motion.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' All the elements of the North Korean nuclear crisis '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the relentless drive by Kim Jong-un to assemble an arsenal, the propaganda and deception swirling around his progress, the hints of a covert war by the United States to undermine the effort, rather than be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Striking at Assad Carries Opportunities &amp; Risks for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/world/middleeast/airstikes-syria-trump-russia.html?_r=0</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/world/middleeast/airstikes-syria-trump-russia.html?_r=0]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In launching a military strike just 77 days into his administration, President Trump has the opportunity, but hardly a guarantee, to change the perception of disarray in his administration.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Plans Border Wall, Sets Sights on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/wall-border-trump.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/wall-border-trump.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Wednesday will order the construction of a Mexican border wall '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the first in a series of actions this week to crack down on immigrants and bolster national security, including slashing the number of refugees who can resettle in the United States and blocking...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kerry Rebukes Israel, Calling Settlements a Threat to Peace]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/john-kerry-israel-palestine-peace.html?_r=0</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/john-kerry-israel-palestine-peace.html?_r=0]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State John Kerry warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday that the Israeli government was undermining any hope of a two-state solution to its decades-long conflict with the Palestinians, and said that the American vote in the United Nations last week...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Concedes $400M Payment to Iran Delayed as 'Leverage']]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/world/middleeast/iran-us-cash-payment-prisoners.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/world/middleeast/iran-us-cash-payment-prisoners.html?ref=todayspaper]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State Department conceded for the first time on Thursday that it delayed making a $400 million payment to Iran for several hours in January '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'to retain maximum leverage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and ensure that three American prisoners were released the same day.For months the Obama administration...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Wrestles w/How to Fight Back Against Cyberattacks]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sanger</author>
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