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THE COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE

Lamborn Speech Puts Arch-Conservative to the Left of Donald Trump on
Foreign Policy |

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Tom Roeder

The 10-year incumbent's remarks wouldn't be remarkable, except for the
contrast they give to Republican presidential front-runner Donald
Trump, who built election momentum last week with a foreign policy
address that decried most of the things Lamborn supported Monday. It's
a rift in the party that Lamborn embraced with a strong endorsement of
America's place on the global stage. "When you think of the vast
legacy of American intervention, humanitarian work and diplomatic
negotiations, it becomes clear that America has shed too much blood,
expended too much treasure, saved too many lives, and solved too many
problems to cast aside our calling and retreat from the world,"
Lamborn told the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition crowd gathered at
The Broadmoor hotel...Lamborn, a member of the House Armed Services
Committee, said Trump's position seems ill-informed and he worries
about what would happen if America turns toward isolationism.
"Consistent and continued engagement on the diplomatic and
humanitarian front is essential in troubled parts of the world,"
Lamborn said. "When voids exist, they tend to be filled by violent
extremists who warp and twist minds into thinking that the only way to
deal with other nations is through violent conquest."

Campaign 2016

THE WASHINGTON POST
Clinton Will Trounce Trump on Foreign Policy |

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Jennifer Rubin

You'll notice [Clinton] speaks in complete sentences, is measured and
correctly identifies a few of Trump's more ludicrous ideas (backing
away from NATO, a complete absence of explanation as to how he
achieves his aims). If you knew nothing about foreign policy -
and many voters don't - you'd perceive her as calmer, more
reasonable and more rational. If asked which one sounds and looks more
like a commander in chief with his or her finger on the button, it
would be a no-brainer. And in this case most foreign policy experts
would agree with that assessment. That's what the general election is
going to look like - a raving, ignorant candidate who cannot get
out a sentence or two without contradicting himself up against a
poised, sober Clinton. It's why many Republicans, without the choice
of a third candidate, will vote for her.

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk |

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Maureen Dowd

On some foreign policy issues, the roles are reversed for the
candidates and their parties. It's Hillary the Hawk against
Donald the Quasi-Dove... "There's no doubt that Hillary Clinton's more
muscular brand of American foreign policy is better matched to 2016
than it was to 2008," Jake Sullivan, Hillary's policy adviser both at
the State Department and in her campaign, told [New York Times White
House Correspondent Mark] Landler. But Hillary never expected to meet
this mix of dove, hawk and isolationist [in Trump]. She thought she
would face Marco Rubio, a more traditional conservative who would
out-hawk her. Instead, she's meeting Trump, who is "a sheep in
wolf's clothing," as Axelrod put it. Like a free-swinging
asymmetric boxer, Trump can keep Hillary off balance by punching from
both the left and the right.

FINANCIAL TIMES
Trump and the Future of American Leadership

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A Trump presidency would gravely damage American global leadership and
the liberal international order that depends on a strong United
States. Mr Trump has consistently shown contempt for America's closest
global allies, including Japan, South Korea and the EU. He shows
little interest in nurturing the network of global alliances that is
the foundation of American power and seems to see US security
commitments as little more than business deals. Mr Trump is also an
avowed protectionist, whose tariff policies would promise the
destruction of the international trading system. Mr Trump's antitrade
stance and isolationism carry disturbing echoes of the 1930s.

Who's in the News

THE WASHINGTON POST
The TPP Would Let America, Not China, Lead the Way on Global Trade

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Barack Obama, President of the United States

I understand the skepticism people have about trade agreements,
particularly in communities where the effects of automation and
globalization have hit workers and families the hardest. But building
walls to isolate ourselves from the global economy would only isolate
us from the incredible opportunities it provides. Instead, America
should write the rules. America should call the shots. Other countries
should play by the rules that America and our partners set, and not
the other way around. That's what the TPP gives us the power to do.
That's why my administration is working closely with leaders in
Congress to secure bipartisan approval for our trade agreement,
mindful that the longer we wait, the harder it will be to pass the
TPP. The world has changed. The rules are changing with it. The United
States, not countries like China, should write them. Let's seize this
opportunity, pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership and make sure America
isn't holding the bag, but holding the pen.

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES
U.S. Must Step Up Fight Against Genocide

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)

The undeniable truth is, when America leads, the rest of the free
world follows. If we sit in silence, the world is left without a moral
compass. America has been the defender and the source of hope for
persecuted peoples across the globe. That has defined our nation as
unique and exceptional in the history of the world. That is why
earlier this year, I joined with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland to
introduce the bipartisan Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act. The
legislation will help ensure America utilizes a wide range of tools,
including diplomatic, political, financial and intelligence, to
provide early warnings about at-risk communities to help prevent mass
atrocities against civilians. Fighting against the threat of genocide
is an effort that should unite all Americans, regardless of our
political differences.

THE HILL

Restore the Bipartisan Cooperation in the Design and Conduct of U.S.
Foreign Policy

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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Former Connecticut Sen. Joe
Lieberman, National No-Labels Co-Chairs

Too often the candidates' views on national security issues that
manage to break through the noise are crude soundbites. The lack of
substance in our debates compared to the steady stream of personal
invective is undermining confidence abroad in U.S. leadership by
spreading doubts about the judgment of our presidential candidates.
It's worrying our allies and encouraging our enemies. There's
something worse than a world that expects too much of American
leadership. And that's a world that expects too little of us. It's a
world that learns to accommodate aggressors rather than resist them,
where nations seek security by attempting to reorder regional power
balances on their own rather than relying on strong and stable
alliances with the U.S. that are the key to peace. It's a world where
America's power to protect our security at home and interests abroad,
advance the global progress of our values and shape world history is
seriously curtailed. We hope the general election campaign features
greater seriousness about the security challenges of our time, and
that the parties' nominees offer smart, forward thinking policies to
address them and not limit themselves just to arguing their
differences. We know all campaigns draw distinctions, but the threats
facing America and our allies are great and urgent. Overcoming them
will require greater cooperation between leaders in both parties, and
between the White House and Congress.

FINANCIAL TIMES
Lunch with the FT: David Petraeus |

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Edward Luce

Petraeus concedes that the US should also draw a lesson of humility
from the [invasion of Iraq]. Yet his cure for today's crises is for
more US intervention, only better executed. "Ungoverned spaces in the
Islamic world will be exploited by people who wish us ill, they will
not be contained," he says. "Syria is a veritable political Chernobyl
- tsunamis of refugees, contributing to extremist activity even
in our own homeland. US leadership is imperative. There is no
substitute."

Development & Diplomacy

THE HILL

Malaria and Other Neglected Diseases Are the Itch That Must Be
Scratched |

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Ashley Birkett, director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

When Ebola became a major issue two years ago, during an epidemic that
killed 11,000 people in West Africa, there were no approved drugs to
treat the disease or vaccines to prevent transmission of the
virus-even though the first known outbreak took place in the
early 1970s. The urgency of the situation, along with robust media
coverage of the outbreak, resulted in a surge in research funding,
which accelerated development and testing of a number of candidate
drugs and vaccines in early stage development. And yet for malaria,
the last several years have seen no such surge in funding. We are
hopeful for the coming year, thanks to the commitment in President
Obama's State of the Union Address in January and his latest budget
proposal. However, the outlook for other neglected diseases and the
institutions critical to ensuring their eventual demise is not as
rosy. A new report from the Global Health Technologies Coalition
highlights some of these funding problems. The US government's
investment in research and development for neglected diseases like
malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS has stagnated since 2009. And if you set
aside the Ebola funding surge, funding for these diseases has dropped
nearly 13 percent from its peak in 2009.

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Record-Setting Drought in Africa Requires U.S. Leadership on Disaster
Relief

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Joshua Meservey, Policy Analyst at the Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign and National Security Policy

The latest iteration of El Niño-a recurring weather pattern
associated with warmer Pacific Ocean temperatures-is one of the
strongest ever recorded. The higher temperatures it has brought,
coupled with unusually low rainfall in a number of countries, has
since early 2015 created a drought in swathes of Africa more severe
than has been seen in decades. The drought has decimated crops and
livestock, and hunger among their citizens is overwhelming the ability
of countries to respond adequately. The crisis is projected to worsen
and requires sustained effort from the international community to
avoid further deterioration. It is also another reminder of the need
for reforms that strengthen countries' resiliency to food crises and
the U.S.'s ability to respond quickly and effectively...Countries
around the world look to the U.S. to lead in calamities of all kinds,
as with the current African food crisis. The U.S. should work to
ameliorate the crisis while also pushing for longer-term reforms that
can break the cycle of drought and food insecurity that grips too many
regions of Africa.

Politics & Foreign Policy

LANCASTER FARMING
War Complicates Food Aid Delivery |

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Philip Gruber

Deciding how to distribute international food aid is hard enough in
the best of times, and those questions only get more difficult when
bullets are flying. "The main concentration of world hunger now is in
countries that are struggling with conflict," said David Beckmann,
president of Bread for the World, a Christian anti-hunger advocacy
group...Conflict countries can be sources of immigrants and terrorists
who come to rich countries, so "their problems are also our problems,"
Beckmann said. Perhaps the most immediate challenge is delivering food
around maneuvering armies. In Syria, ISIS has seized some food
shipments and tried to impose conditions on the operations of aid
organizations. "There are massive denials of access," said Allan Jury,
vice president of the World Food Program USA, a nonprofit that
supports the United Nations World Food Program. The World Food Program
tries to reach 4.5 million people each month in Syria. Usually, it can
get to 4 million, Jury said. The nonprofit Oxfam America had to stop
shipments to North Korea after the food kept getting hijacked by the
military, said Ray Offenheiser, the aid group's president. It was
morally unacceptable to feed soldiers who were starving their people,
Offenheiser said. "Literally the population was eating grass."

NPR

U.S. Spent $1.4 Billion To Stop HIV By Promoting Abstinence. Did It
Work? |

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Michaeleen Doucleff

In the past 12 years, the U.S. has spent more than $1.4 billion
funding abstinence programs in Africa. They're part of a larger
program - called PEPFAR - aimed at stopping the spread of
HIV around the world. Many health officials consider PEPFAR a succes.
It is credited with giving lifesaving HIV drugs to more than 5 million
people and preventing nearly 1 million babies from getting HIV from
their mothers. But a study, published Monday in Health Affairs, finds
the abstinence programs have been a failure.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Public Uncertain, Divided Over America's Place in the World

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The public remains wary of U.S. international involvement, although on
some measures opposition to an active U.S. global role has declined
since the last America's Place in the World study in 2013. While
more Americans say the U.S. does too much (41%) than say it does too
little (27%) to solve world problems, the share saying the United
States does too much globally is 10 percentage points lower than three
years ago (51%). The number of Americans who say the U.S. should "mind
its own business internationally" which in 2013 surpassed 50% for the
time in a half-century (52%) has declined to 43% in the current
survey. However, just 37% say the U.S. "should help other countries
deal with their problems," while a majority (57%) say the nation
should "deal with its own problems and let other countries deal with
their problems the best they can."


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