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<title><![CDATA[Julian Pecquet - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20750.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Julian Pecquet]]></description><category domain="20750">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Saudi First Foreign Policy Comes Back to Bite Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/10/saudi-arabia-foreign-policy-trump-khashoggi.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[US alignment with Riyadh's worldview is under scrutiny after the disappearance of journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So ISIS Is Committing Genocide. Now What?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/isis-genocide-congress-iraq-syria-kerry.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now they're demanding he do something about it. "It would be travesty if we were to mistakenly take solace in this designation, if the designation did not then yield some sort of action," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in a statement after returning to Congress following his withdrawal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Years On, Reflecting on U.S. Policy in Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/syria-war-us-officials-five-years-failure.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the 2011 uprising, lawmakers and former administration officials shared their reflections on the key moments that have shaped recent US policy in Syria. They paint a picture of a president who hoped to guide events on the ground but was never...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paving the Way for a Christian Safe Zone in Iraq?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/congress-paving-way-christian-safe-zone-iraq-isis.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can the US Congress help save Middle East Christians from extinction? Christian activists are making the unlikely gamble as their years long exodus from Syria and Iraq has turned into an outright stampede under the Islamic State (IS). They&rsquo;re launching a lobbying blitz to get the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Seen as Wild Card on Iran Nuclear Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/europe-iran-nuclear-deal-implementation-wild-card.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran want the Obama administration to quickly set firm limits on sanctions relief to prevent the international coalition that brought Tehran to the table from unraveling. With the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) having gone into effect Oct. 18,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Offer of Anti-Iran Bomb Is a Dud in Israel]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/us-offer-anti-iran-bomb-israel.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The proposal is expected to come up during next month&rsquo;s visit to Washington by Defense Minister Moshe Ya&rsquo;alon as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s Nov. 9 meeting at the White House. Interviews with current and former top-ranking Israeli military officials,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kurds to U.S.: We Were Your Friends First]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/kurds-lobbie-congress.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the first bastion of resistance to last year&#194;&#146;s IS onslaught, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its peshmerga fighters have a special claim to US support. However, recent battlefield gains by central Iraqi forces and Ankara&#194;&#146;s entry into the fray are putting a damper on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is State Dept Skirting U.S. Law on Sanctions?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/sanctions-delay-state-department-late-iran-report-gao.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State Department (State) is three years late in slapping certain sanctions on Iran, prompting new allegations that the Barack Obama administration is deliberately skirting US law in its quest for a nuclear deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gulf Nations Rake Billions From Ex-Im Bank]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/us-export-subsidy-program-analysis-gulf-companies.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Companies from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates together pulled in about $12 billion in trade financing over the past five years &mdash; 8.5% of the $141 billion global total &mdash; to help pay for nuclear reactors, industrial power generators and new fleets of Boeing jets.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meet the Senate's Iran Hawks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/Iran-hawks-infographic-nuclear-deal-senate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For most people paying attention to the nuclear negotiations with Iran, US lawmakers fall neatly into one of two categories: Either they're eager to give free rein to President Barack Obama's diplomats, or they're determined to toughen American demands &mdash; even at the risk of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Benghazi Evidence Puts Spotlight on Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/298395-new-evidence-in-benghazi-probe-puts-the-spotlight-back-on-clinton</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New revelations about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, are pulling Hillary Clinton back into a political firestorm that the presumptive 2016 candidate had so far managed to escape unscathed.House Republicans have unearthed new evidence suggesting the Obama administration could...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Libya Attack Back on Front Burner in Congress]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/267189-benghazi-back-on-front-burner</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The terrorist attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya is back on the front burner in Congress now that President Obama has won reelection.No fewer than four House and Senate panels plan to hold closed-door briefings with administration officials about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Candidates Joust on So-Called &quot;Apology Tour&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/263433-candidates-joust-on-israel-apology-tour</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama called Mitt Romney's allegation that he went on an "apology tour"]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney: State Health Mandate Is 'Conservative']]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/200793-romney-doubles-down-on-argument-that-state-health-mandate-is-conservative</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Requiring people to have health insurance is "conservative," GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told MSNBC on Wednesday, but only if states do it.The argument aims to improve Romney's appeal to Republican voters concerned about the healthcare reform plan he signed into law as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: 'Investment' Spending Essential]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/146243-obama-down-payment-spending-essential-to-win-the-future</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Julian Pecquet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama reiterated his call for Congress to invest in the  nation's long-term future in his weekly address Saturday, at times  repeating almost to the word what he said during his State of the Union  address last month.As lawmakers prepare to take up a stop-gap budget bill to...]]></description>
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