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Campaign 2016

POLITICO
GOP Foreign Policy Elites Flock to Clinton |

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Michael Crowley and Alex Isenstadt

Two weeks before he hopes to consolidate his party at the Republican
convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump is driving Republican foreign
policy elites into the arms of Hillary Clinton, as several more Reagan
and Bush administration veterans say they not only oppose Trump but
will likely vote for Clinton this fall.

CNBC
Trump vs. Clinton: How China Views the US Elections |

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Everett Rosenfeld

Decision-makers in Beijing aren't buying into the threats lobbed their
way by the U.S. presidential candidates. But that doesn't mean Chinese
lawmakers aren't taking the elections seriously. Beijing has learned
over the years to expect U.S. candidates to make anti-China postures
while they're campaigning, so Chinese leaders have learned to reserve
judgement until a new president has settled into office, experts said.

POLITICO

Foreign Policy Adviser: Trump 'Has Acted Impeccably as a Statesman' |

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Nick Gass

Those concerned about Donald Trump getting briefed on matters of
national security and intelligence need not fret, according to the
presumptive Republican nominee's top foreign policy adviser. "With
regard to Mr. Trump receiving national security briefings and talking
about them, this is impossible," Walid Phares said in an interview
with The Daily Caller News Foundation published Monday night.

Who's in the News

REUTERS
John Kerry Commits More U.S. Military Aid for ex-Soviet Georgia |
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Lesley Wroughton and Margarita Antidze

Secretary of State John Kerry told ex-Soviet Georgia that the United
States would help it bolster its army as he reassured a close U.S.
ally days before a NATO summit expected to focus on the threat a
resurgent Russia poses. Kerry, on his first visit to Georgia as
Secretary of State, made the commitment ahead of a NATO summit in
Warsaw on Friday at which members of the Western military alliance
plan to announce action to deter possible Russian military aggression.

Development & Diplomacy

DEVEX

US Congress Approves Long-Sought Foreign Aid Transparency and
Accountability Act |

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Adva Saldinger

The Foreign Assistance Transparency and Accountability Act has been
approved by the United States Congress and is on its way to President
Barack Obama's desk for his signature. The legislation will
require U.S. government agencies to closely monitor and evaluate all
foreign aid programs based on their outcomes and improve transparency
by publicly sharing the data about what's working and
what's not, in large part through the foreignassistance.gov
portal.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Narco-Terror Is Being Rewarded in Colombia

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Álvaro Uribe Velez, the former president of Colombia (2002-10), is now
a senator.

Since 2012, the government of Colombia has been negotiating with the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for an end to FARC's
decades-long narco-terrorism campaign against the Colombian people.
But peace in Colombia will only be sustainable if it is achieved
through a genuine commitment to justice, reparation for victims, and a
definitive end to FARC's violence on terms that are acceptable
to their victims and to the Colombian people at large. Colombian and
American taxpayers-the latter through U.S. foreign aid to
Colombia-will carry the entire burden of economic reparations
for FARC's victims.

DEVEX
Now Is the Time for the US to Change Its Approach to Food Security

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Hugh Evans, founder of Global Citizen and Global Citizen festival;
Michele Sullivan, U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on
the Status of Women and President of the Caterpillar Foundation

The Global Food Security Act, sponsored by Reps. Chris Smith and Betty
McCollum, and Sens. Johnny Isakson and Bob Casey, will reduce the
number of individuals facing food insecurity and malnutrition across
the globe. This impressive effort deserves to be heralded. The Global
Food Security Act will help more of the world's poorest get enough
food to eat without costing U.S. taxpayers a penny more. The bill will
guarantee two years of funding for U.S. food security investments. The
legislation is also a shining representation of what a 21st century
aid strategy, with the U.S. working alongside governments from around
the world, can look like. Let's get this bill on the books and
get vital nutrition to those who need it the most.

Politics & Foreign Policy

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Don't Let Iran's Progress on the Nuclear Deal Go to Waste
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Editorial Board

One year later, the nuclear deal between Iran and the major powers is
working. It has substantially restricted Iran's ability to
produce fissile material, the key ingredient for a nuclear bomb, and
in that way has made the world safer. But, there are clouds on the
horizon that raise doubts about whether the nuclear deal can be
sustained. Those include growing tensions between Shiite-majority Iran
and Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia, concerns in Washington about
Iran's destabilizing activities in the region, and elections in
the United States this year and in Iran in 2017 that could strengthen
the forces eager to upend the agreement.

THE HILL
It Is Time for a Paradigm Shift in U.S. Foreign Aid

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Rep. Ted Yoho serves on the Foreign Affairs and Agriculture
Committees. He represents North Florida's 3rd Congressional
District.

Through my work on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I have come to
appreciate the good that can be accomplished from well administered
aid programs such as the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). When
foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient
country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States
will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading
partners. The Global Food Security Act is the culmination of nearly
three years of hard work and collaboration between the House Foreign
Affairs and the House Agriculture committees as well as their Senate
counterparts. The GFSA is a step in the right direction to reset our
foreign aid and make it as effective as possible.

REUTERS
Obama Urges NATO to Stand Firm Against Russia Despite Brexit |
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Yeganeh Torbati and Wiktor Szary

U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm
against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine,
saying Britain's vote to leave the European Union should not weaken
the Western defense alliance. "The special relationship between the
U.S. and the UK will endure. I have no doubt that the UK will remain
one of NATO's most capable members," he said, but noted that the
vote raised significant questions about the future of EU integration.


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