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THE TENNESSEAN
Global Food Security Makes Tennessee, U.S. Safer

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Lt. Cdr. Patrick Ryan USN, Ret. is the founder and president of the
Tennessee World Affairs Council. Yuri Cunza is the president and CEO
of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

The Global Food Security Act's chief aim is to lift millions out
of hunger and poverty in the developing world - all while
building on existing programs to sustain agriculture development and
strengthen market-based agricultural adjustments. As members of the
Tennessee Advisory Council of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, we
commend Congress for its bipartisan action on the Global Food Security
Act - an effort that will strengthen America's role abroad
and lift communities from hunger and poverty.

Campaign 2016

NEWSWEEK
Kenya's Ex-PM Raila Odinga: Donald Trump Has No Africa Policy |

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Conor Gaffey

Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga has thrown his weight
behind Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, saying he is
not aware of Donald Trump having any policy on Africa. "It is
our hope that the next president of the U.S., together with the EU and
Britain, will support democracy in word and in deed. The West must
show an incredible support for civil society and the rule of law,
accountability, human rights, and free and fair elections if the march
of democracy is to be guaranteed," said Odinga.

BBC
What Trump and Clinton Would Mean for US Foreign Policy |
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Jonathan Marcus

Who sits in the White House matters for the world. For the United
States, despite all the reports about its relative decline and
diminishing influence, remains the one truly global power. This year's
presidential race is being watched even more closely by governments
and foreign ministers around the world. That is because this is a race
like no other. It is hard to remember a candidate as out of step with
the existing foreign policy mainstream as the Republican contender
Donald Trump. A US president with such views would be an unwelcome and
uncomfortable problem for most of America's allies.

TIME

Hillary Clinton Woos Catholic and Evangelical Leaders With Global
Development |
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Elizabeth Dias

Hillary Clinton campaign representatives and supporters have held two
private meetings with top Catholic and evangelical leaders in
Washington to discuss the global development policies of a potential
Clinton administration. Several of Clinton's former State
Department advisors organized the meetings via their foreign policy
volunteer group, "Idealists for Hillary," which is working
to activate supporters in global development networks. Cindy Huang, a
former advisor for State's Global Hunger and Food Security
Initiative, helped to convene the closed-door sessions, each for about
a dozen religious leaders.

POLITICO
Trump Changed Views on Ukraine After Hiring Manafort |

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Michael Crowley

Trump has spoken positively about Putin for years and from the
beginning of the Ukraine crisis, he has focused less on Putin's
aggression and more on what Trump calls Obama's weakness. But until
recently, Trump also frequently suggested that the U.S. needed to take
a stronger stand in response. Trump's changed tone comes after a
period in which he has drawn extensive counsel from relative newcomers
to his orbit who have strong views about Ukraine and Russia. One of
them is Manafort, whom Trump hired in March and named as his campaign
chairman in mid-May. The 67-year-old Manafort advised
Yanukovych's successful presidential campaign in the winter of
2009-2010. Manafort's client was viewed as the Kremlin-backed
candidate against more Western-aligned rivals.

Development & Diplomacy

REUTERS
WHO Chief Going to the Olympics, Says Zika Risk Low |
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Winni Zhou and Ben Blanchard

The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and
manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday,
a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been
hardest hit by the disease outbreak, and many physicians, competitors
and potential visitors have expressed fears the Olympics could serve
as a catalyst to spread the virus globally.

CNBC

Singapore's 50-Year Relationship with US to Be Celebrated at White
House State Dinner |

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Aza Wee Sile

Singapore will be the first Southeast Asian country to have a
political leader honored with a U.S. state dinner, and only the fifth
Asian nation after India, China, Japan and South Korea. Judith Fergin,
executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
(AmCham Singapore), explained that the state dinner also highlighted
"the pivotal role that Singapore has played over the years in
anchoring the relationship between the U.S. and Asia."

THE NEW YORKER
The Refugee Olympians in Rio |

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Robin Wright

When the Olympic Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, the opening ceremony,
on Friday, will pay tribute to the world's displaced and
stateless persons. During the parade of nations, a team of ten young
refugees will enter Maracanã Stadium as their own team-a first
in Olympic history. The ten team members-six men and four
women-were announced in June. All have fled conflicts in their
home countries. There are two swimmers from Syria, two judokas from
the Democratic Republic of Congo, a marathoner from Ethiopia, and five
middle-distance runners from South Sudan. They were selected by the
International Olympic Committee from among forty-three athletes
nominated for the team. Their talents, their refugee status, and their
personal situations were all factors in the final decision, the
I.O.C.'s Rachel Rominger told me.

DEVEX
What Would Hillary Clinton's US Aid Agenda Look Like? |

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Michael Igoe

Clinton traveled extensively throughout the developing world as first
lady, visiting USAID projects and using her position to get them more
funding. Former USAID Administrator Brian Atwood (who also heads
Devex's board of advisers) recalled a conversation with
then-President Bill Clinton. He told Atwood, "Hillary called me
again last night, Brian, and every time she goes on a trip she wants
more money for USAID." "As president she would be more
fully immersed in development policy issues than we've ever seen
from an American president on day one," said Scott Morris,
senior fellow at the Center for Global Development.

Politics & Foreign Policy

LOS ANGELES TIMES
The Tragedy of South Sudan, Only Five Years After Its Birth |

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The Times Editorial Board

"Nation-building" is in disrepute these days. Just listen
to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. But while it makes sense to be
skeptical of military adventures, to be cognizant of the obstacles
that may arise abroad and to be careful about spending taxpayer
dollars on lost causes (the U.S. government has poured billions of
dollars in aid into South Sudan), it would be a grave mistake for the
U.S. to retreat from constructive engagement with the world. South
Sudan has been a terrible, tragic disappointment, but whether or not
it can be fixed, the United States should not forswear its important
efforts to use its vast wealth to bring peace, stability and economic
development to troubled countries around the globe.

BOSTON GLOBE
John Kerry to North Korea: Learn from Iran Nuclear Deal, Or Else |

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Vijay Joshi

North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons - when the world
is trying to rid itself of them - is ''very
provocative and deeply concerning,'' US Secretary of State
John Kerry said Tuesday, warning that there will be consequences if it
does not stop. Kerry, who was in the Laotian capital to attend an
Asia-Pacific security conference that includes North Korea, said its
actions present a very serious threat not just to this region, but
also to international peace and security. He said North Korea should
learn from Iran, also a bitter enemy but with whom the United States
and other countries made a deal to end its nuclear program.

ABC NEWS
Congress Urged to Return From Recess as Zika Money Dries Up |

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Serena Marshall

The Zika virus is in the United States and money dedicated to fighting
the virus is running out, but that doesn't mean Congress has plans to
return, yet. Health and Human Services (HHS) sent a letter today
outlining exactly how and when the current funds will run out,
pleading with Congress to work together on a bipartisan bill. Congress
left for a nearly two-month recess without coming to an agreement on
the president's $1.9 billion request for emergency funding to fight
Zika. According to the letter from HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell,
multiple ongoing efforts to fight Zika will stop by the end of the
fiscal year (October), with some even stopping by the end of August.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Think of Obama as a Foreign-Policy Version of Warren Buffett

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Derek Chollet, assistant secretary of defense for international
security affairs from 2012 to 2015, is a senior adviser at the German
Marshall Fund of the United States. This piece is adapted from his
book "The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined
America's Role in the World."

The idea that the United States has retreated defies reality. Today
the United States is more engaged, in more places and in more ways,
than it was eight years ago. In fact, on the issues that matter most
- how and where the country uses military force, how it
approaches its enemies and works with its partners, and how it should
conceive of its power and exert its leadership - Obama's
mark will be enduring and largely positive. Instead of allowing the
consensus for the United States' global leadership to fray, the
president has worked to strengthen and sustain it.


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