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							<title><![CDATA[The AI Deal Only Trump and Xi Could Make]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a state visit awash in pomp and pageantry, Washington is in the throes of full-scale panic over a potential artificial intelligence apocalypse and what, if anything, to do about it. As former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump-Kim Shake Hands, Commit to 'Complete Denuclearization']]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Clasping hands and forecasting future peace, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un committed Tuesday to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'complete denuclearization'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of the Korean Peninsula during the first meeting in history between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. Yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Kim Shake Hands to Open Momentous Summit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/11/trump_kim_shake_hands_to_open_momentous_summit_137255.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump and North Korea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Kim Jong Un kicked off a momentous summit Tuesday that could determine historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat, with Trump declaring they would have a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'great discussion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and Kim saying...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Expresses Optimism Amid Final Kim Summit Preparations]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' On the eve of their unprecedented summit, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepared Tuesday for a meeting that could define the fate of millions, along with their own political futures.
Trump forecast a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'nice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' outcome, while Kim...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Announces Summit Meeting With Kim Jong Un Is Back On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/02/trump_announces_summit_meeting_with_kim_jong_un_is_back_on_137182.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Korea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Kim Jong Un is back on.
The June 12 meeting in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pompeo Issues Steep Demands for Nuclear Treaty With Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/21/pompeo_issues_steep_demands_for_nuclear_treaty_with_iran_137083.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a steep list of demands Monday that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal, threatening '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the strongest sanctions in history'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' if Iran doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t change...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Announces U.S. Will Exit Nuclear Accord With Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/08/trump_announces_us_will_exit_nuclear_accord_with_iran_136999.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, declaring he was making the world safer but dealing a profound blow to allies and deepening the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s isolation on the world stage.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The United...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pompeo Vows to Reinvigorate Diplomacy, Restore U.S. 'Swagger']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/02/pompeo_vows_to_reinvigorate_diplomacy_restore_us_swagger_136954.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' He didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t mention Rex Tillerson by name. But the contrast was clear as new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived at the State Department on Tuesday vowing to reinvigorate American diplomacy and help the United States get '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'back our swagger.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Pompeo...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Get Ready Russia, Missiles 'Will Be Coming' to Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/11/trump_get_ready_russia_nice_and_new_missiles_will_be_coming_136774.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Defying Russian warnings against U.S. military strikes in Syria, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that missiles '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'will be coming'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in response to Syria'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s suspected chemical attack that killed at least 40 people.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Russia vows to shoot down any...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bolton Takes the Helm on National Security at Time of Tumult]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/10/bolton_takes_the_helm_on_national_security_at_time_of_tumult_136762.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The U.S. military is bracing for a possible strike in Syria. Preparations for a high-risk North Korea summit are barreling forward. The White House staff is on edge, unsure who will be fired next, and when. And the national security team is holding its breath to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Scales Back U.S. Goals in Syria, Against Aides' Advice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/05/trump_scales_back_us_goals_in_syria_against_aides_advice_136719.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Syria long term, pushing for a quick military withdrawal over a prolonged effort to stabilize the country and prevent the Islamic State group from re-emerging.
Trump has signaled to his advisers that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Private, Trump Has Mused About Syria Pullout for Weeks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/02/in_private_trump_has_mused_about_syria_pullout_for_weeks_136681.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unscripted remark this week about pulling out of Syria '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'very soon,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' while at odds with his own policy, was not a one-off: For weeks, top advisers have been fretting about an overly hasty withdrawal as the president has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Expels 60 Russian Diplomats Over Poison Attack in Britain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/26/us_expels_60_russian_diplomats_over_poison_attack_in_britain_136622.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain.
Senior Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Marathon U.S. Tour, Crown Prince Seeks Saudi Image Makeover]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/20/on_marathon_us_tour_crown_prince_seeks_saudi_image_makeover_136581.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Saudi Arabia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s young crown prince has an ambitious list of to-dos: modernize his conservative kingdom, weaken Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hand across the Mideast and, this week, rehabilitate his country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s image in the eyes of Americans.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Hits Russia With Sanctions for Election Meddling, Cyber Attacks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/16/us_hits_russia_with_sanctions_for_election_meddling_cyber_attacks_136554.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In its toughest challenge to Russia to date, the Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of an elaborate plot to penetrate America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s electric grid, factories, water supply and even air travel through cyber hacking. The U.S. also hit targeted Russians...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson Out at State, to Be Replaced by CIA Chief Pompeo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/13/tillerson_out_at_state_to_be_replaced_by_cia_chief_pompeo_136514.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, in a major staff reshuffle just as Trump dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea.
Trump announced the change in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Replaces Tillerson With Pompeo in Dramatic Shakeup]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/13/trump_replaces_tillerson_with_pompeo_in_dramatic_shakeup_136518.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet on Tuesday and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s turbulent tenure as America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top diplomat and escalating the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Mideast Peace Plan in Limbo as Netanyahu Visits]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/05/trumps_mideast_peace_plan_in_limbo_as_netanyahu_visits_136437.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s much to celebrate but plenty of cause for trepidation, too, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet Monday at the White House.
For all his talk about brokering the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ultimate deal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' between Israelis and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden, in Public and Private, Tiptoes Toward a 2020 Run]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/18/biden_in_public_and_private_tiptoes_toward_a_2020_run_136304.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential presidential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides.
Huddled in his newly opened office steps from the U.S. Capitol, Biden began a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Interview, Tillerson Says Fix Sought to Law on Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/07/in_interview_tillerson_says_fix_sought_to_law_on_iran_deal_135944.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration is working with key lawmakers on a legislative fix that could enable the United States to remain in the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The changes to the U.S. law...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Roots On Iran's Protesters, Declares 'Time for Change']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/03/trump_roots_on_irans_protesters_declares_time_for_change_135912.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration has thrown the weight of the U.S. government behind the protesters taking to the streets of Iran, rooting them on despite the risk of helping Iranian authorities dismiss a week of major demonstrations as the product of American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Weighs Plan to Replace Tillerson With CIA's Pompeo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/30/trump_weighs_plan_to_replace_tillerson_with_cias_pompeo_135659.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The White House is discussing a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo in a major shake-up of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s national security team, administration officials said Thursday.
The move would put...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Attacked in Bed, Safe a Few Feet Away: Cuba Mystery Deepens]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/14/attacked_in_bed_safe_a_few_feet_away_cuba_mystery_deepens_135002.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agonizing sound hit him again. It was as if he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d walked through some invisible...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson to Abolish Most Special Envoys, Including Climate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/29/tillerson_to_abolish_most_special_envoys_including_climate_134866.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most of the United States' special envoys will be abolished and their responsibilities reassigned as part of the State Department overhaul, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress on Monday, including envoys for climate change and the Iran deal.
Special envoys...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Afghanistan Plan Could Offer Clues to 'Trump Doctrine']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/24/new_afghanistan_plan_could_offer_clues_to_trump_doctrine_134833.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Never tip your hand to the enemy. No timelines for military operations. No free pass for a neighbor who tolerates extremists or enables U.S. foes.
In President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan strategy, elements of a broader approach to America's most pressing national...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Renews Afghan Commitment But Says No 'Blank Check']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/21/trump_renews_afghan_commitment_but_says_no_blank_check_134804.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring the U.S. will win "in the end," President Donald Trump vowed Monday night to keep American troops fighting in Afghanistan despite his earlier inclination to withdraw. But he insisted the U.S. would not offer "a blank check" after 16 years of war, and he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Touts Nuke Strength as Tillerson Urges Calm on North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/09/trump_touts_nuke_strength_as_tillerson_urges_calm_on_north_korea_134703.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump declared the U.S. nuclear arsenal "far stronger and more powerful than ever before," even as his top diplomat was working to calm the North Korea crisis and insisting there wasn't "any imminent threat."
In a series of early-morning tweets...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nations Race to Prevent Backsliding on North Korea Sanctions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/07/nations_race_to_prevent_backsliding_on_north_korea_sanctions_134684.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Armed with extraordinary new U.N. sanctions, nations raced Monday to ensure that North Korea's biggest trading partners actually carry them out, an elusive task that has undercut past attempts to strong-arm Pyongyang into abandoning its nuclear weapons.
North...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea Long-Range Missile Test Spurs U.S. Calls for Action]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/05/north_korea_long-range_missile_test_spurs_us_calls_to_action_134378.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea's first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, demonstrating a dangerous new reach for weapons it hopes to top with nuclear warheads one day, is spurring U.S. demands for "global action" to counter the threat.
U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Extends Iran Nuke Sanctions Relief, Adds Other Sanctions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/17/us_extends_iran_nuke_sanctions_relief_adds_other_sanctions_133916.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Lederman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration said Wednesday it will continue granting nuclear sanctions relief to Iran, keeping the Obama-era nuclear deal intact for now. But the U.S. also announced new unrelated sanctions in a bid to show it wasn't letting Tehran off the hook.
Under the...]]></description>
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