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							<title><![CDATA[Under Biden, U.S. Would Play More Predictable Role in World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/biden-knows-that-the-world-wont-organize-itself/616953/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Crocker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden understands what career diplomats know: America's relationships overseas require hands-on management, and conditions in the field are messier than they appear.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Was Ambassador to Afghanistan. This Is Surrender.]]></title>
							<link>https://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/14557561-74/ryan-crocker-the-us-is-surrendering-to-taliban</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Crocker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[January 2002. I arrive in Kabul, Afghanistan, to reopen the U.S. Embassy. Destruction is everywhere. Kabul airport is closed, its runways cratered and littered with destroyed aircraft.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dismantling the Foreign Service]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/opinion/dismantling-foreign-service-budget.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Crocker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration's proposed deep budget cuts to the State Department and failure to fill key diplomatic posts threaten the country's security.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ISIS Is Getting Stronger And It's Targeting America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Islamic+State+Is+Getting+Stronger%2C+and+It%27s+Targeting+America&amp;rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS418US418&amp;oq=Islamic+State+Is+Getting+Stronger%2C+and+It%27s+Targeting+America&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.1432j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=93&amp;ie=UTF</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Crocker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday that an international coalition is forming to confront the terrorists of the Islamic State. President Obama plans to address the nation Wednesday night, as he said over the weekend, to get "the American people to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Needs to Exit Iraq - Slowly]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Crocker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much has been written in recent days about Iraq and anniversaries. August 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait. August 2010: The last U.S. combat brigade withdraws from Iraq. Are these the bookends of a 20-year war? Did we win? What does winning mean?The significance of August 1990 remains...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Diplomat's Perspective on the Post-9/11 World]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/214988</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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