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<title><![CDATA[Josh Gerstein - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16966.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Josh Gerstein]]></description><category domain="16966">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Department of Justice Terrified by Trump's Return]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/trump-return-justice-department-00188623</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump blames DOJ for much of his torment over the past four years. Lawyers there fear what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s next.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Supreme Court Could Reshape 2024 Race - Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/07/supreme-court-new-term-election-cases-00182646</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the Supreme Court convenes Monday to open its new term, there will be 29 days until Election Day and one question on everybody'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mind: Will the justices once again find themselves in the middle of the presidential race?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump on Trial in Manhattan, But Other Cases Seem Stalled]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/trump-four-criminal-cases-one-trial-00156962</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What once resembled a wall of legal obstacles that stood between Donald Trump and his return to the White House is now looking like little more than a series of speed bumps.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS May Become the Decisive Player in 2024 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/21/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court-election-00132975</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court may become the decisive player in the 2024 election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Five Takeaways From Supreme Court Leak Investigation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/19/five-takeaways-from-supreme-court-leak-investigation-00078673</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Investigators chased social media speculation and interviewed dozens of Supreme Court employees.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leaked Supreme Court Draft Would Overturn Roe v. Wade]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Roe v. Wade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decision, according to an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' initial draft majority opinion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Front Row Seat for Dole's Doomed White House Run]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/06/bob-dole-1996-white-house-run-523821</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I saw the late senator's wit up close '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even if the public didn't always get the joke.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeachment Trial Morphs Into Time Machine on Day 1]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/09/trump-impeachment-trial-time-machine-468204</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The lawyers for each side drew on (sometimes dubious) historical arguments to argue their case.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Flynn Seeking to Withdraw Guilty Plea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/14/michael-flynn-guilty-plea-withdraw-099021</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for the former national security adviser contend the government undermined its own deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservatives Blast Roberts for Political Game-Playing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/conservatives-blast-roberts-1386124</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 5-4 decisions on federal rules and citizenship question, chief justice joins court liberals and frustrates the right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Legal War Looms Over Trump's Emergency Declaration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/14/trump-national-emergency-legal-challenges-1170936</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers, activists and state officials are planning to challenge what they say is a presidential end-run around the Constitution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is Harvard Trying to Hide?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/21/harvard-admissions-affirmative-action-221669</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, reporters have been trying to get elite universities to be more transparent about their admissions process. It might take a court to pry it all open '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? with unforeseen consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller's 'Slam Dunk' Manafort Case in Jeopardy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/08/manafort-trial-mueller-gates-ellis-768715</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A seeming slam-dunk case runs up against 'improper statements' and other obstacles as the prosecution prepares to wrap up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Assault on the FBI Divides Civil Libertarians]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/01/trump-fbi-civil-libertarians-616117</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attacks on the FBI are forcing civil libertarians to make painful choices between their distaste for Trump and their distrust of federal law enforcement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Background, Biography on Trump's Court Pick Neil Gorsuch]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/who-is-neil-gorsuch-bio-facts-background-political-views-234437</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is expected to announce his pick at 8 p.m. Tuesday from the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Deal Nears to Speed Release of Server Emails]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/09/clinton-email-release-foia-228674</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A judge ordered the two sides to try to work out a compromise to devote more of State's resources to processing Clinton's emails in the coming weeks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: DOS Seeks 2-Yr+ Delay in Suit on Aide Emails]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/06/clinton-emails-state-lawsuit-delay-request-224981</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[State says it will be unable to meet the court-ordered deadline of July 21 in the lawsuit Citizens United brought seeking some emails of ex-State Department officials.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Fights Back on Classified Emails]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/hillary-clinton-fights-back-on-classified-documents-121532.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[State Dept.: 9 p.m. Hillary Clinton Email Release No Cover-Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2015/06/state-dept-pm-hillary-clinton-email-release-no-coverup-209752.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will SCOTUS Cement Obama's Gay Rights Legacy?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/supreme-court-gay-marriage-barack-obama-114356.html?hp=c1_3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new move towards a definitive ruling on same-sex marriage could cement President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s claim to having presided over the most significant advances in gay rights in United States history.Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s term has already seen the enactment of a federal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Exceptional UN Address]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/obama-exceptional-united-nations-address-111309.html?hp=f1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Call it the American exceptionalism exception.If there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s one place on President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s annual speaking calendar where rhetoric about the U.S. being the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s greatest power doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t sell, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s at the United Nations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holder: Obama Can Order Drone Strike Inside U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/03/holder-obama-could-order-lethal-force-in-us-158548.html?hp=l1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama could order the use of deadly force against an American inside the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pentagon, CIA, WH Open Up to Hollywood]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/05/pentagon-cia-white-house-opened-up-to-hollywood-on-124293.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just weeks after Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies and at the White House granted Hollywood filmmakers unusual access to those involved in planning...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Conservative Assault on the Voting Rights Act]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73058.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a political system where even the most trivial issues trigger partisan rancor, the Voting Rights Act has stood for several decades as a rare point of bipartisan consensus.Until now.An intensifying conservative legal assault on the Voting Rights Act could precipitate what many civil...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Libya Center Stage as Barack Obama Returns]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51859.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Returning to Washington Wednesday after a tour of South America, President Obama encountered a perhaps familiar pattern from his five days overseas: his decision to launch a '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'no-fly zone'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to protect Libya'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s pro-democracy rebellion trumped the trade and diplomatic accomplishments of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: We Know What We're Doing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51701.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama insisted Monday that the U.S. military's mission in Libya is not confused, even though the aerial attacks unleashed against Col. Muammar Qadhafi'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s regime two days ago aren'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t intended to force him out of power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: 'You Guys Are Pretty Impatient']]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49563.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama used his first press conference of the year Tuesday to defend his new budget plan against critics who say it doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t move quickly enough to cut the federal government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s massive deficit and fails to confront the difficult choices needed to reform...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Cabinet Hit Road to Sell SOTU]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48242.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a roadshow Wednesday aimed at putting some momentum behind his State of the Union proposals to beef up American competitiveness and spur job creation.Just  hours after delivering his address to the joint session of Congress,  Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama Defends Tax Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46086.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A day after striking a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts he has long vowed to end, President Barack Obama said he had little choice because GOP leaders were willing to cripple the weak economy and increase joblessness in order to get their way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War of Words Over Obama's Soft Tone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35946.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Rogue states'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is being pushed aside in favor of the less  confrontational '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'outliers.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Islamic radicalism'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is being converted to the less religiously  freighted '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'violent extremism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' And in one of the most important speeches of his presidency,...]]></description>
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