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<title><![CDATA[Josh Rogin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20849.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Josh Rogin]]></description><category domain="20849">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[In '18, Diplomats Warned of Risky Experiments in a Wuhan Lab]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/08/josh-rogin-chaos-under-heaven-wuhan-lab-book-excerpt-474322</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After seeing a risky lab, they wrote a cable warning to Washington. But it was ignored.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The G-7 Summit Failed, and the G-7 Is Failing]]></title>
							<link>https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/g-7-dysfunctional-and-out-of-touch-1.66103412</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Time to reinvigorate institutions that have underpinned global stability for 75 years]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Universities Finally Waking Up to the China Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/americas-universities-are-finally-waking-up-to-the-china-threat/2019/04/04/1b21e616-5716-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Higher ed is taking a sober look at the Chinese government presence on campus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's Foreign Policy Legacy Lives On in Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newstimes.com/opinion/article/McCain-s-foreign-policy-legacy-lives-on-in-13432970.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate's stunning bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump's handling of U.S.-Saudi relations shows that the internationalist, values-based foreign policy of the late Sen. John McCain still holds significant weight in both parties.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['America First' Doesn't Work Without American Values]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/america-first-doesnt-work-without-american-values/2018/10/18/f8d92120-d315-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.2a280bac68d4</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s haphazard response '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is an unmistakable sign that U.S. foreign policy has swung too far away from its roots in promoting American values abroad.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ethnic Cleansing Makes a Comeback--in China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/ethnic-cleansing-makes-a-comeback--in-china/2018/08/02/55f73fa2-9691-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.6178dafe26a8</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If ethnic cleansing takes place in China and nobody is able to hear it, does it make a sound?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Threat Isn't Russia, It's China]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/07/26/the-real-threat-isnt-russia-its-china/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top intelligence officials publicly declared last week that China is seeking to supplant the United States as the dominant world power and represents the number one economic and national security threat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Right to Counter China's Economic Warfare]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/03/28/trump-is-right-we-have-to-counter-chinas-economic-warfare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lost in last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s coverage of tariffs and trade deficits was the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s landmark decision'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to confront China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unfair and illegal practices that threaten our economic security. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the opening salvo of the key economic battle of the 21st century...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Puts World's Worst Crooks and Killers on Notice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-puts-the-worlds-worst-crooks-and-killers-on-notice/2017/12/24/a4726488-e753-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html?utm_term=.0aff7f654595</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After months of conflicting messages, last week the Trump administration took a big step toward drastically expanding punishments for human rights abusers and kleptocrats all over the world. The move also reveals how government professionals and political officials inside the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump, You Are No Ronald Reagan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/president-trump-you-are-no-ronald-reagan/2017/12/03/76fae1d6-d855-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?utm_term=.21b48a2508cc</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his soon-to-be-unveiled national security strategy, President Trump intends to claim the foreign policy mantle of Ronald Reagan and frame his presidency as a tribute to Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worldview and an extension of his legacy. But Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s words, actions and policies reveal how far...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Deal Restricts the U.S. More Than Congress Knew]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-21/iran-nuclear-deal-restricts-u-s-more-than-congress-knew</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Members of Congress knew the Iran nuclear deal came with strings attached. They just didn't know how many.When the administration presented the agreement to Congress, lawmakers were told that new sanctions on Iran would violate the deal. Now the administration is trying to sidestep a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No One But Obama Believes Russia Will Abandon Assad]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-10-31/no-one-but-u-s-believes-russia-will-abandon-assad</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What if Putin just has to outlast Obama -- for 15 months?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Is Driving Mideast Allies Toward Putin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-10-26/u-s-is-driving-mideast-allies-toward-putin</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s traditional Middle East allies, having run out of patience with President Barack Obama's policy in Syria, are now reaching out to a resurgent Russia -- even though it is bolstering the very dictator so many of them have pushed to leave power.Some in Washington see the new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Alarmed by Iran Pact's Secret Deals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-07-24/congress-alarmed-by-iran-pact-s-secret-understandings</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the White House campaign to persuade Congress about the wisdom of its Iran nuclear deal moves into its second week, important components of the complex agreement are emerging that will be shrouded from the public and in some cases from the U.S. government itself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush to Call Out Putin in Europe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-08/jeb-bush-to-call-out-putin-in-europe</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Hillary Can't Run on Her State Dept Record]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-03/why-hillary-can-t-run-on-her-state-department-record</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's record as secretary of state became a hot-button issue this week after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Bloomberg Television that the Barack Obama administration's failed "reset" policy with Moscow was her "invention."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Zarif: Congress Can't Stop Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-29/iran-s-zarif-says-congress-can-t-stop-obama</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Iran strikes a deal with the West, all sanctions will be lifted very quickly and there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nothing the U.S. Congress can do to stop it, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a New York audience Wednesday.In a set of blustery and self-righteous remarks, Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Syrian Rebels to Use Weapons to Fight Assad]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/11/syrian-rebels-we-ll-use-u-s-weapons-to-fight-assad-whether-obama-likes-it-or-not.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has reversed course, and is finally promising to openly arm the moderate Syrian opposition. But he wants the rebels to use those weapons to fight only ISIS, not the Bashar al-Assad regime. The Syrian rebels plan to use them to fight both at the same time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Calls Syria Criticism Horses'&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';']]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/11/exclusive-obama-told-lawmakers-criticism-of-his-syria-policy-is-horsesh-t.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton and congressmen alike have called on Obama to arm Syria'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rebels. But the president fumed at lawmakers in a private meeting for suggesting he should'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve done more.President Obama got angry at lawmakers who suggested in a private meeting that he should have armed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the White House-Israel Meltdown]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/29/inside-the-kerry-israel-meltdown.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State has been furiously working on a Mideast ceasefire, but his ad hoc efforts were dealt another blow Monday when Israel rejected his latest peacemaking plan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Moves Closer to Teaming Up With Assad]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/03/iraq-crisis-pushes-u-s-closer-to-assad-the-dictator-it-said-must-go.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that the U.S. government and the Syrian regime are both fighting ISIS in Iraq, the faltering U.S. drive to topple Assad is in even more peril.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Bergdahl Deal First Step to Emptying Gitmo?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/02/bergdahl-deal-could-be-first-step-to-emptying-gitmo.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama released five Taliban leaders from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility on Saturday without consulting Congress and without strict assurances that the militants won'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t somehow return to the fight. Republicans on Capitol Hill worry that the swap of these Taliban leaders...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[World Doubts WH Will Enforce Red Line on Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/25/world-doubts-obama-s-wavering-red-lines.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/25/world-doubts-obama-s-wavering-red-lines.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The interim nuclear deal struck on Sunday morning avoids outright confrontation with Iran for six months, but foreign leaders and international experts warned that the gamble over reaching a final deal could substantially raise the risk of open conflict.Over 200 officials, lawmakers, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Defends Obama, Biden on Libya]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/12/white_house_obama_and_biden_were_never_aware_of_requests_for_more_benghazi_security</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President JosephBiden speaks only for himself and President Barack Obama, and neither man was aware that U.S. officials inLibya had asked the State Department for more security before the Sept. 11attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, a top White House official told The Cable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney National Security Team Takes Shape]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/04/romney_national_security_transition_team_takes_shape</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Timeline of the Mission to Kill Bin Laden]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/01/the_timeline_of_the_mission_to_kill_osama_bin_laden</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mission to kill Osama bin Laden was years in the making, but began in earnest last fall with the discovery of a suspicious compound near Islamabad, and culminated with a helicopter based raid in the early morning hours in Pakistan Sunday."Last August, after years of painstaking work...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind Obama's Turnaround on Libya]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/18/how_obama_turned_on_a_dime_toward_war?wpisrc=obinsite</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the start of this week, the consensus around Washington was that military action against Libya was not in the cards. However, in the last several days, the White House completely altered its stance and successfully pushed for the authorization for military intervention against Libyan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Secret Briefing, Libya War Plan Revealed]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/17/inside_classified_hill_briefing_administration_spells_out_war_plan_for_libya</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several administration officials held a classified briefing for all senators on Thursday afternoon in the bowels of the Capitol building, leaving lawmakers convinced President Barack Obama is ready to attack Libya but wondering if it isn't too late to help the rebels there.Undersecretary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House-State Department Rift on Egypt]]></title>
							<link>http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/09/inside_the_white_house_state_department_rift_on_egypt</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Rogin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House and the State Department have been sending out different messages over the past few days regarding the U.S. position on Egypt. The seeming disparity between the focus and tone of remarks by officials from each part of the government has the Washington community wondering...]]></description>
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