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USGLC in the News

THE NEWS COURIER
Athens State President to Serve on USGLC Committee

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The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition recently invited Athens State
University President Dr. Bob Glenn to serve as a member of their
Alabama Advisory Committee. The invitation came from committee
co-chairs Josiah Bonner, who served in the U.S. House of
Representatives from 2003-2013, and Jim Folsom, Jr., who served as
Alabama's governor from 1993-1995. The USGLC Alabama Advisory
Committee currently consists of a 47 member group of leaders from all
areas of Alabama. Glenn's committee appointment began in
November.

Transition 2016

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State |

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Micahel D. Shear and Maggie Haberman

President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday officially selected Rex W.
Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of
state. In saying he will nominate Mr. Tillerson, the president-elect
is dismissing bipartisan concerns that the globe-trotting leader of an
energy giant has a too-cozy relationship with Vladimir V. Putin, the
president of Russia. A statement from Mr. Trump's transition
office early Tuesday brought to an end his public and chaotic
deliberations over the nation's top diplomat - a process
that at times veered from rewarding Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of his
most loyal supporters, to musing about whether Mitt Romney, one of his
most outspoken critics, might be forgiven.

THE HUFFINGTON POST
Trump Picks David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel |

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Eric Beech, Matt Spetalnick, and Yara Bayoumy

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate bankruptcy attorney David
Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel and Friedman said he looked
forward to taking up his post in Jerusalem, a step that would reverse
decades of U.S. foreign policy and spark rancor in the Muslim world.
The Republican made clear during his campaign that he would support
Israel in a number of critical areas, including moving the American
embassy to Jerusalem, all but enshrining the city as Israel's
capital over international objections. He also pledged to not put
pressure on Israel to engage in talks with the Palestinians.

THE HILL
Trump Taps Keith Kellogg for National Security Council Post |

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Ben Kamisar

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired Lt. Gen. Keith
Kellogg as National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff, expanding
the reach of generals in the new administration. He'll be one of the
president-elect's top advisers on national security issues, serving
under retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who will lead the NSC, and K.T.
McFarland, a former Fox News host and White House aide who will serve
as Flynn's deputy.

THE WASHINGTON POST

House Conservatives Want Trump to Undo Regulations on Climate, FDA,
Uber |

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David Weigel

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the incoming chairman of the conservative
House Freedom Caucus, used a meeting with Donald Trump to deliver a
list of 232 regulations that the incoming president could repeal
immediately. "We felt like it was important to put together a
real working document," Meadows told CNN. International
development. In addition to nixing the Export-Import Bank - a
conservative cause celebre - Republicans advise scrapping the
111-year-old Overseas Private Investment Corp., created during
Theodore Roosevelt's prsidency. In both cases, the development
organizations are characterized as too political.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Trump's Team Differs on Foreign Policy Issues |

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Carol E. Lee and Felicia Schwartz

President-elect Donald Trump has selected a national-security team
whose members hold conflicting positions on some major foreign-policy
issues, leaving open the question of how he will exert U.S. power on
the world stage. Mr. Trump's core advisers differ on topics
including climate change, trade, and the international nuclear deal
with Iran. But there is an overarching similarity in their worldviews:
that the time has come for a shift from the current U.S. approach to
global affairs.

Who's in the News

POLITICO
Gates, Rice Praise Tillerson for Secretary of State |

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Jake Sherman and Matthew Nussbaum

Bob Gates and Condoleezza Rice are backing ExxonMobil CEO Rex
Tillerson for secretary of state. The pair, who command bipartisan
respect in foreign policy circles, issued separate statements of
support soon after President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick.
"He would bring to the position vast knowledge, experience and success
in dealing with dozens of governments and leaders in every corner of
the world," Gates said in a statement. "He is a person of great
integrity whose only goal in office would be to protect and advance
the interests of the United States."

Development & Diplomacy

THE WASHINGTON POST
Aleppo Evacuation Thrown Into Chaos With Thousands Still Stranded |

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Hugh Naylor, Andrew Roth and Brian Murphy

The dramatic evacuation of Syrian civilians and rebels from besieged
eastern Aleppo was thrown into chaos Friday as Russia signaled that
the convoys were ending even as thousands of people waited to be
ferried to safer ground. Opposition fighters remaining in the
embattled city, meanwhile, remanned positions in preparation for a
possible renewal of battles amid reports that Syrian-allied militiamen
seized and possibly killed some civilians trying to flee before the
window to escape closed. The situation was further clouded when
Turkey, which brokered the evacuation effort with Russia, insisted
that the convoys from Aleppo have not ended despite Moscow's
announcement.

REUTERS
Portugal's Guterres Sworn in as Next U.N. Secretary-General |

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Michelle Nichols

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in on
Monday as the ninth United Nations Secretary-General, pledging to
personally help broker peace in various conflicts and reform the
71-year old world body to become more effective. Guterres, 67, will
replace Ban Ki-moon, 72, of South Korea on Jan. 1. Ban steps down at
the end of 2016 after two five-year terms. Guterres was Portugal's
prime minister from 1995 to 2002 and U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees from 2005 to 2015. "From the acute crises in Syria, Yemen,
South Sudan and elsewhere, to long-running disputes including the
Israeli/Palestinian conflict, we need mediation, arbitration as well
as creative diplomacy," Guterres said.

CNN
Colombian President Accepts Nobel Peace Prize for Deal With FARC |

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Amy La Porte

Half his country may not support his efforts at peace, but Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos now has a Nobel Peace Prize for pursuing
a deal to end the longest-running war in the Americas. Santos accepted
his award Saturday after brokering a deal to stop the fighting in the
50-year conflict with the leftist rebel group Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia, better known by its Spanish acronym, FARC. "After
six years of serious and often intense, difficult negotiations ...
this agreement marks the beginning of the dismantling of an army and
its conversion into a legal political movement," he said at the
ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

NPR
Amid Growing Unrest, South Sudan Kicks Out Aid Workers |

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Jason Beaubien

Over the last week, South Sudanese authorities expelled two top
officials from the Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the largest
international aid groups working in the country. The United Nations
has condemned the decision by South Sudan. As an ethnically charged
civil war escalates, the U.N. and other aid officials say South Sudan
is becoming one of the most difficult and dangerous places in the
world for humanitarian groups to operate. The U.N. has warned that
South Sudan could be headed toward a Rwanda-like genocide. Human
rights groups say the expulsion of foreign aid workers is part of a
growing campaign to get rid of independent witnesses and stifle public
dissent.

Politics & Foreign Policy

FOX NEWS

Obama Says US Needs to Respond to Russian Cyberattacks -- 'And We
Will'

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The U.S. will "take action" against Russia for alleged cyberattacks on
Democratic officials, President Obama warned Thursday, hours after his
spokesman claimed that President-elect Donald Trump "obviously knew"
about the breaches and leaks that critics say propelled him to victory
in last month's election. "I think there is no doubt that when any
foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections ...
we need to take action," Obama said. "And we will - at a time
and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and
publicized; some of it may not be."

FORBES
Hearing the Benefits of Globalization in Your Ear

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James K. Glassman served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public
Diplomacy and Public Affairs in 2008-09.

The results are in. Most Americans, it seems, are souring on
globalization. A recent Pew Research poll, for example, found that a
majority of the public believes that "U.S. involvement in the
global economy" is a "bad thing because it lowers wages
and costs jobs in the U.S." Foreign policy experts, on the other
hand, have the opposite view. Only 2% see globalization as a
"bad thing" while 86% of them say it's a "good
thing because it provides the U.S. with new markets and opportunities
for growth."

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran, Angered By US Sanctions Bill, Considers Atomic Boats |

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Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell

Iran's president on Tuesday ordered officials to draw up plans to
build nuclear-powered ships and to show how the United States violated
last year's nuclear deal, a response to a vote by the U.S. Congress to
extend some sanctions on the country. The move by President Hassan
Rouhani came in response to the extension of the Iran Sanctions Act,
and was widely seen as posturing that would not affect the landmark
nuclear deal concluded with world powers. The sanctions act awaits
President Barack Obama's signature to become law, and comes amid
speculation over how President-elect Donald Trump, a critic of the
nuclear deal, will address the issue when he assumes office next
month.

CNN
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Warmer US-Russia Relations |

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Stephen Collinson and Jeremy Diamond

The President-elect's Russian gambit seems like a solid foreign policy
goal, given that the estrangement between the rivals -- owners of the
world's biggest nuclear arsenals -- is deeper than at any time since
the Cold War. An improvement in relations could yield gains for the
United States in reviving non-proliferation projects and closer
anti-terrorism cooperation. But there are big questions about whether
Trump will be any more successful than his predecessors, whose initial
inroads eventually foundered largely due to the behavior of President
Vladimir Putin, and whether he will end up emboldening a leader that
many -- including key Republicans in Congress -- see as a top US
adversary.


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