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** Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders in Yemen
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At least 15 people were killed today in northern Yemen when warplanes bombed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders, as the
New York Times reports (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/world/middleeast/yemen-doctors-without-borders-hospital-bombing.html) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman today authored a new commentary: “U.S. Wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen: What Are the Endstates? (https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-wars-iraq-syria-libya-and-yemen-what-are-endstates) ”


** Guccifer is Back
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Guccifer 2.0 has returned to Twitter after being suspended for leaking personal contact details of US politicians, as
PC Magazine reports (http://www.pcmag.com/news/347001/guccifer-2-0-returns-to-twitter-after-dem-data-leak) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s James Andrew Lewis today authored a new commentary, “Russia and the DNC Hacks (https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-and-dnc-hacks) ,” in which he says “a first step is to not let hacking go unpunished.”


** New Front on ISIS in Mosul
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Kurdish peshmerga forces today said they had secured a river crossing point enabling them to open a new front against the Islamic State and further tighten their grip on the militants' capital Mosul, as Reuters reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKCN10Q1KB) .

Dive Deeper: CFR has an updated “backgrounder (http://www.cfr.org/iraq/islamic-state/p14811) ” on the Islamic State and why it endures.


** In That Number
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** 1.47 billion
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Page views for the Drudge Report in July…the best month Drudge has had in its 21-year history. Source: Politico (http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/08/more-than-two-decades-old-the-drudge-report-hits-a-new-traffic-high-227008) .


** Critical Quote
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** “For the first time in its national history, the United States may get through a Presidential campaign amidst multiple wars without seriously debating or discussing where any of its wars are going or what their longer-term impact will be.”
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—CSIS’s Anthony H. Cordesman on the absence of substantive political discourse on America’s ongoing wars. Source: CSIS (https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-wars-iraq-syria-libya-and-yemen-what-are-endstates) .


** One to Watch
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(Photo Credit: Starfish Media Group)

Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien (https://twitter.com/soledadobrien) ) is joining (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/08/15/hearst-tv-re-launches-sunday-political-show-hosted-by-soledad-obrien/) Hearst TV to launch “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien,” a Sunday political talk show. The premier on September 10. And be sure to stay tuned for an interview that Bob Schieffer and I did with Soledad for a forthcoming episode of the “About the News (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/bob-schieffers-about-news-h-andrew-schwartz) ” podcast.


** Optics
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(Photo Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.)

Edinburgh Fringe Festival entertainers perform on the Royal Mile on August 15, 2016, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The fringe remains the largest performing arts festival in the world; this year, it will host more than 3,269 shows in nearly 294 venues across the city.


** Highly Recommended
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President and CEO of Hilton Worldwide Christopher J. Nassetta’s “A Generation at Stake: Addressing the Global Youth Unemployment Crisis (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-j-nassetta/a-generation-at-stake-add_b_11460868.html) ” in today’s
Huffington Post.


** CSIS This Week
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Join CSIS and the US Naval Institute on Thursday, August 18, at 10:00 a.m. for a Maritime Security Dialogue on the future of naval aviation (https://www.csis.org/events/future-naval-aviation) , with Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker.


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This Town Tomorrow
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Join Freedom House, the Atlantic Council, and the National Democratic Institute at 10:00 a.m. for “The Zambia Elections and Closing Democratic Space in Southern Africa (https://freedomhouse.org/event/zambia-elections-and-closing-democratic-space-southern-africa) .”


** CSIS On Demand
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In June, the CSIS Americas Program hosted “Venezuela and the OAS: A Presidential Perspective (https://www.csis.org/events/venezuela-and-oas-presidential-perspective) ,” featuring Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, and Jorge Quiroga, former president of Bolivia.


** Sounds
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The latest episode of the ChinaPower podcast explores the sources of tension in the Sino-Japanese relationship (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/chinapower-podcast) .


** I Like It Like That
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Have you seen the good looking new website, “Charged Affairs (http://chargedaffairs.org/) ,” by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP)? It’s a showcase of perspectives by future leaders in foreign policy and very well done.


** Smiles
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I wasn’t kidding about “Live From Daryl’s House.” It’s just about the best reengineering of a rock star’s career that I’ve seen.

Daryl Hall was a superstar. Everyone knows the music of Hall & Oates. They sold over 40 million records—that’s third best for a duo of all time. In the 70s and 80s they were huge. In 2014 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

But Daryl is doing his own thing now and has made a second career out of inviting his friends over to his house to jam. And filming it brilliantly. And posting it on the web. It was so good on the web that TV figured they should spin it too. Good idea. I watch the jams on the web. This is one of my favorites featuring the incomparable Billy Gibbons doing “La Grange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbaGJN2ioQ) .” Have Mercy…


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