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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Donald Trump Is Endorsed by Nearly 90 Military Figures |

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Maggie Haberman

Donald J. Trump's campaign will release an open letter on
Tuesday from about 90 retired generals and military officials
endorsing his presidential campaign, urging a "long overdue
course correction in our national security posture." The letter
in support of Mr. Trump, signed by 88 retired military figures, will
come as the campaign prepares for a week focused on national security,
with a forum hosted by NBC and MSNBC on Wednesday evening alongside
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee.

POLITICO

Clinton Camp Fires Back: We Have 95 Retired General, Admiral
Endorsements |

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Nick Gass

A day after Donald Trump unveiled a list of 88 retired generals and
admirals endorsing his candidacy against Hillary Clinton, the former
secretary of state's campaign fired back with an even longer list of
95. The endorsements, all but six of which were unveiled before
Wednesday, come hours before both Clinton and Trump will go before the
Commander-in-Chief Forum in New York City.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Poll: Most Americans Say That Globalization is a Positive and That
Free Trade Improves Their Lives |

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Adam Taylor

Despite the negative rhetoric during the campaign, a new poll from the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs appears to show an American public
with some surprisingly positive attitudes toward globalization.
Remarkably, 65 percent of Americans said globalization is mostly good
for the United States, while 34 percent said it is mostly bad.

MIAMI HERALD

Zika Funding Becomes a Political Weapon in Florida's U.S. Senate
Race |

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Jeremy Wallace

For the third time in three months, Congress - as expected
- refused to commit a promised $1.1 billion in emergency funding
to fight the growing public health crisis of Zika. Now that paralysis
is threatening to overtake the Florida U.S. Senate race, with both
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic challenger, Rep.
Patrick Murphy, blaming the other for the impasse.

Who's in the News

FOREIGN POLICY

Review: General Michael Hayden's 'Playing to the
Edge' |

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Daniel Runde

I did ask him about U.S. diplomacy and U.S. foreign assistance
(let's call them soft power). He has associated himself, along
with dozens and dozens of other retired flag officers, with the U.S.
Global Leadership Campaign - a group that supports U.S.
diplomacy and development. My conclusion from the conversation and the
anecdote is that Hayden believes that U.S. soft power needs to be used
to take advantage of the precious time bought by our military and
intelligence victories in order to attempt to change facts on the
ground - no small task.

Development & Diplomacy

TIME
UNICEF: 11 Million Children Are Refugees and Asylum-Seekers |

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Sarah Begley

Some 11 million children around the world are refugees and
asylum-seekers living outside their native countries, according to a
UNICEF report released on Tuesday. From 2005 to 2015, UNICEF says the
number of child refugees doubled (though the global population also
increased by a much smaller amount). In addition to refugees, there
are 20 million child migrants and 17 million children displaced by
conflict within their native countries. Out of this total of nearly 50
million children, 28 million were forcibly displaced by violence and
insecurity.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Rodrigo Duterte's Anti-American Outburst Complicates U.S. Goals
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Trefor Moss

An anti-American rant by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, which
he later recanted, cast a shadow on Washington's bid to bolster
ties with Asian allies such as Manila to help offset China's
growing might. U.S. President Barack Obama scrapped a planned meeting
with Mr. Duterte in Laos on Tuesday after the outburst, sparking
strains with one of Washington's oldest Asian allies. Still, the
Philippines is a prime beneficiary of U.S. aid, as Mr. Obama tries to
tighten American ties to the Asia-Pacific region. That includes the
planned deployment of U.S. troops to the Philippines for the first
time in two decades under the terms of a 2014 defense pact.

VOX

We Can Reduce Extreme Global Poverty by Three-Fourths - Right
Now

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Andy Sumner is a reader in International Development at King's
College London, and a visiting fellow at the Center for Global
Development, Washington, DC.

Suppose someone said you could cut global poverty by three-quarters
within a year or so - without waiting for economic growth to do
the job. A generation ago it may have been, but today it's
entirely possible, given the new public and private financial
situations emerging in developing countries...We find that
approximately three-quarters of extreme global poverty...could now be
eliminated if available national resources were reallocated toward
those below it.

CNN
15 Years On, We Must Not Let Afghanistan Slide Backwards

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David Miliband is president and CEO of International Rescue Committee
and a former British foreign secretary.

At the time of writing, 8 million Afghans are in need of life-saving
humanitarian assistance, lacking enough food to feed their families,
enough money to buy clothes or medicine, safe water to drink, and a
secure place to sleep. We must, firstly and as a point of urgency,
increase the sheer amount of humanitarian aid directed at Afghanistan
to meet immediate and overwhelming need. Second, more aid needs to be
allied to an agenda for better aid.

Politics & Foreign Policy

THE WASHINGTON POST

Kabul Shaken By Attacks on International Charity and Defense Ministry
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Sayed Salahuddin and Pamela Constable

For nearly 24 hours, the Afghan capital became a city under siege as
suicide bombers set off twin blasts in a shopping area near the
Defense Ministry on Monday and gunmen stormed the offices of an
international charity early Tuesday, battling security forces for 11
hours before the assailants were killed. Officials said the first
attack killed at least 35 people, including two army generals and a
senior police official, and wounded more than 100. The second assault,
a car bombing followed by the protracted shootout at the offices of
CARE International, ended with one civilian killed and dozens wounded,
officials said.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Obama Outlines Remaining Foreign-Policy Goals as He Leaves Asia Summit
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Carol E. Lee

Mr. Obama's goals include closing the U.S. detention facility at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a new trade pact with Asia and persuading China
to do more to help the U.S. deter the threat from North Korea-a
narrow list of priorities that would essentially ensure that much of
U.S. foreign policy will be handed to his successor in its current
form. He said he would continue to explore ways to reduce the threat
from North Korea during his final four months in office and renewed
his offer for diplomatic talks with Pyongyang.

THE NEW YORK TIMES
A Big Blast in North Korea, and Big Questions on U.S. Policy |

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David E. Sanger, Choe Sang-Hun, and Jane Perlez

North Korea's latest test of an atomic weapon leaves the United
States with an uncomfortable choice: stick with a policy of
incremental sanctions that has clearly failed to stop the
country's nuclear advances, or pick among alternatives that
range from the highly risky to the repugnant. Mr. Obama noted that
sanctions had failed at having much effect. That is largely because
the Chinese have left open large loopholes that have kept the North
Korean economy alive and, by some measures, enjoying more trade than
anytime in years.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Mexican Finance Minister Videgaray Forced Out After Trump Visit |

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Joshua Partlow

Mexico's finance minister, who pushed to invite U.S.
presidential candidate Donald Trump to Mexico and then got hit by a
public backlash after the visit last week, has resigned from his post,
Mexican news organizations reported Wednesday. The departure of Luis
Videgaray came days after Trump appeared with President Enrique Peña
Nieto in what was widely viewed here as an embarrassing moment for the
Mexican leader.


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