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Who's in the News

ABC NEWS

Trump Offers Heather Nauert Role of US Ambassador to the United
Nations |

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Jonathan Karl Conor Finnegan

President Donald Trump has told State Department spokesperson Heather
Nauert that he wants to nominate her as U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations, a senior White House official told ABC News. It is unclear
whether she has accepted the position, now held by Nikki Haley, who
said she would leave by the end of the year... Nauert met President
Trump at the White House on Monday, two sources told ABC News -- her
second meeting with the president about the role. The role requires
Senate confirmation.

DESERET NEWS

The Last Statesman: Can Jon Huntsman Jr. Keep the Art of Diplomacy
Alive in the Time of President Trump? |

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Jesse Hyde

Since his confirmation hearing, Huntsman and Trump had seemed to be on
the opposite page when it came to Russia. Huntsman had been
unequivocal in his belief that Russians meddled in the 2016 election
and vigorously supported sanctions in response. He supported the
Mueller investigation. All of which had created some confusion about
where Huntsman's loyalties lie and why he was in Russia, serving
a president he had once said was unfit for office... When I asked
Huntsman if he served the president or the country, he said he made no
distinction between the two. "The president is an extension of
the country, and represents the will of the people."

Development & Diplomacy

USA TODAY

Migrant Caravan Persists on Foot in Mexico After Bus Plan Falls
Through |

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Daniel González

Thousands of migrants traveling in a caravan toward the U.S. border
decided to continue on foot across the isthmus of Mexico Thursday
toward Veracruz after an arrangement to travel by bus directly to
Mexico City fell through, coordinators announced late Wednesday. The
coordinators blamed the Mexican federal government with blocking a
plan to have buses transport migrants to the capital, forcing the
caravan to take a well-traveled route through Veracruz that will
expose migrants to violent attacks by criminal organizations.

IRIN NEWS

Millions of People in Need Are Being Left Behind. Let's Fix That

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Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies

A report released today by the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) offers that evidence, stating that
millions of people who need humanitarian assistance are being
"left behind" in their moments of greatest need.
It's a sobering assessment for those of us at the IFRC and all
of us who organise and run humanitarian assistance donors; affected
governments; and international, national, and local humanitarian NGOs
and organisations... Even those who are prioritised to receive
assistance are by no means guaranteed to receive it. In major
emergencies such as Afghanistan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo and Ukraine the UN itself states that fewer than 60 percent
of the people in need of help actually received it.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In the Crosshairs: Palestinian Refugee Agency Faces Financial Crisis
Amid Funding Cut |

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Laura Kelly

UNRWA - and operations specifically in the Gaza Strip -
faced an existential financial crisis this year when the Trump
administration decided to provide only $60 million in funding for the
agency, compared with approximately $350 million the previous year.
For the U.S. government, the cuts were meant as a way of imposing hard
truths on Palestinians: that Washington would no longer shoulder the
lion's share of the financial burden for an institution seen as
deeply flawed in both concept and execution. The U.N. agency, critics
contend, provides special status for Palestinian refugees from all
other displaced people in the world and implies that their descendants
have an equal claim to international support and justice in any
negotiated solution with Israel.

NPR

Merck Pulls Out of Agreement to Supply Life-Saving Vaccine to Millions
of Kids |

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Michaeleen Doucleff

The pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. is ending a long-term
agreement to supply a lifesaving vaccine for children in West Africa.
At the same time, the company has started sending the vaccine to
China, where it will likely be sold for a much higher price. The
vaccine is for a deadly form of diarrhea, called rotavirus, which
kills about 200,000 young children and babies each year. Merck's
decision means it will fall short of its commitment to supply its
rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, to four low-income countries in 2018 and
2019, according to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. By 2020, the company
will completely stop delivering its vaccine.

DEVEX
Four Ways to Bring Human Rights into Development Work |

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Carmen Iezzi Mezzera

Seventy years ago, the world laid out a common standard of fundamental
rights for all people, which they said should be universally defended.
Now, the global environment is shifting. Nations that once led the way
in promoting cross-border protections are retrenching. Scandals
undercut major international development agencies when they fail to
uphold these sentiments. Meanwhile, corporations - once vilified
for their behavior - are building human rights into their
work... Incorporating human rights into development work may require
you to consider national politics, social media, sexual
discrimination, and everything in between.

POLITICO
Trump's State Department Eyes Ban on Terms Like 'Sexual Health' |

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Nahal Toosi and Dan Daimond

U.S. diplomats may soon be prohibited from using the phrases
"sexual and reproductive health" and "comprehensive
sexuality education" under a proposal being floated to Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo, four people familiar with the issue said. The
proposal is being pushed by a handful of conservative political
appointees at the State Department and other agencies, including Mari
Stull, an adviser at State whose alleged mistreatment of career
government staffers has already sparked multiple federal
investigations.

Politics & Foreign Policy

THE WASHINGTON POST

Bolton Promises to Confront Latin America's 'Troika of
Tyranny' |

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Josh Rogin

The George W. Bush administration had its "Axis of Evil."
Now the Trump administration has coined the term "Troika of
Tyranny" to describe the group of oppressive Latin American
dictators it is now pledging to confront... National security adviser
John Bolton gave a speech Thursday afternoon at the Freedom Tower in
Miami to a crowd filled with people who fled Cuba and Venezuela to
escape the cruelty and oppression of the Castro and Maduro regimes.
Linking those situations with the escalating repression of the Daniel
Ortega government in Nicaragua, Bolton promised a new, comprehensive
U.S. approach that will ramp up U.S. involvement in pushing back
against what the administration sees as a leftist, anti-democratic
resurgence in the region.

THE ATLANTIC
Progress Without Peace in the Middle East

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Aaron David Miller and Hillel Zand, Wilson Center

Flanked by his wife, his national-security adviser, and the head of
the Mossad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise
visit last week to Oman and met with its leader, Sultan Qaboos bin
Said. Beyond the headline is a stunningly paradoxical trend line: The
most significant period of Israeli-Arab de facto cooperation since the
last real peace process, in the 1990s, is now taking place without
one. Netanyahu and his right-wing government are reversing the notion
that only peace with the Palestinians can ensure Israel's
acceptance into an angry and hostile Arab world. The Arab street may
still oppose Israel, but Arab leaders clearly don't.

ABC NEWS
Trump Administration Begins New Push to End War in Yemen |

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Conor Finnegan

Nearly four years after the war in Yemen began, eventually killing at
least 16,200 civilians and creating a humanitarian crisis with a
deadly cholera epidemic and 14 million people facing a possible
famine, the U.S. is finally saying enough. The Trump administration
issued two strong statements Tuesday night to call for an end to the
war between Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, and the Yemeni
government, powered by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates.

VOICE OF AMERICA

Confidence Mounts for Possible Yemen Cease-fire in Wake of Khashoggi
Death |

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Jamie Dettmer

Western diplomats say they're confident Saudi-led forces and
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will acquiesce to a U.S. demand to
halt four years of bloodshed within 30 days - and they expect
all the warring factions to meet for talks in Sweden next month. The
U.S. call Tuesday for a cease-fire in Yemen, which was coordinated
with Britain and France, is sparking cautious hopes that a
breakthrough is now possible in the international effort to end a
disastrous war which has left more than 10,000 dead from the fighting
and more than 50,000 dead from starvation.

BLOOMBERG
Ghani Pushes to End Afghanistan War While Taliban Tightens Grip |

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Eltaf Najafizada

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said the Taliban must embrace direct
talks with the nation's government to help end the 17-year war
that's maimed and killed tens of thousands of people and cost
the U.S. more than $900 billion. The Taliban and other terrorist
groups are trying "to turn our beautiful country into a breeding
ground of violence," Ghani, 69, said in an interview on Thursday
in his office in Kabul, adorned with a huge portrait of an 18th
century king widely regarded as the founder of Afghanistan. "We have
to pursue peace, a lasting, just and sustainable peace."

AP NEWS

S. Korea's Moon: N. Korean Leader Kim to Visit Seoul
'Soon' |
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Hyung-Jin Kim

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a
series of high-profile diplomatic efforts aimed at ridding North Korea
of its nuclear weapons. Moon said in a speech to parliament that a
second North Korea-U.S. summit is also "near at hand" and
that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit North Korea
soon. Moon also said he expects Kim to visit Russia soon and that Kim
may meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Moon has previously
said that Kim told him he would visit Seoul within this year when the
leaders met in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, in September.

THE HILL
China Is Investing in Latin America, and the US Is Jealous

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Benjamin Creutzfeldt, Wilson Center

Beginning with the National Defense Strategy in January, a trio of
China-critics surrounding the president have built the case that China
presents a threat to U.S. interests in every sector, culminating in
Vice President Pence's outlining the new China policy at the
Hudson Institute on Oct. 4... Criticizing China has become the new
norm, even though it is really a spectacular case of the pot calling
the kettle black - all major powers believe they can make
exceptions to the rule. It is really much simpler: China's
wealth and size put it in a position to make new friends, and
Washington is uncomfortable with that. "Thou shalt not have any other
gods before Me," is the message the U.S. State Department is now
carrying out to the rest of the world, including its southern
neighbors.

POLITICO

Trump: Trade Discussion with China 'Moving Along Nicely' |

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Adam Behsudi

President Donald Trump tried to soothe Wall Street on Thursday by
claiming to have had "a long and very good conversation"
with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Thursday phone call,
indicating some optimism about an upcoming meeting between the two
leaders. "We talked about many subjects, with a heavy emphasis
on Trade," Trump tweeted. "Those discussions are moving
along nicely with meetings being scheduled at the G-20 in
Argentina." China's state-run Xinhua news agency said the
call on Thursday was made at the invitation of Trump.


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