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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The U.S.-Saudi Partnership Is Vital

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Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State

The Trump administration's effort to rebuild the U.S.-Saudi
Arabia partnership isn't popular in the salons of Washington,
where politicians of both parties have long used the kingdom's
human-rights record to call for the alliance's downgrading. The
October murder of Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey has
heightened the Capitol Hill caterwauling and media pile-on. But
degrading U.S.-Saudi ties would be a grave mistake for the national
security of the U.S. and its allies... Abandoning or downgrading the
U.S.-Saudi alliance would also do nothing to push Riyadh in a better
direction at home.

USA TODAY

The AIDS Crisis Is Not Over. We Need Help from Trump and Congress to
Continue the Fight.

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Gayle E. Smith, former Administrator, USAID

Ahead of World AIDS Day this weekend, we must remind ourselves of the
hard lessons we have learned and the emergency that endures. If our
greatest asset in the fight against AIDS has been the ingenuity,
commitment, and generosity of the American people, complacency
threatens to be our greatest liability... Over the past 15 years, the
Global Fund and PEPFAR have helped save tens of millions of lives.
Over 2.4 million babies who otherwise would have been infected have
been born HIV-free. For the first time ever, if you have HIV,
you're more likely to be receiving life-saving treatment than
not.

Development & Diplomacy

AP NEWS
In a Twist, Trump Fights to Keep Some Palestinian Aid Alive |
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Matthew Lee

For two years, the Trump administration has unabashedly slashed U.S.
aid to the Palestinians. Now, amid signs it may finally roll out its
long-awaited Middle East peace plan, the administration is scrambling
to save what little remaining Palestinian assistance it provides. The
striking turnabout is the result of the belated realization that an
obscure new law will likely force the U.S. to terminate all aid to the
Palestinian Authority, including security assistance supported by
Israel, by the end of January. Eliminating such aid, which totaled $61
million this year even as other assistance was being cut, would deal a
blow to Palestinian-Israeli security cooperation that both sides
value.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Battle Against Ebola in Congo Pits Medical Hope Against Local Chaos |
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.

The battle against Ebola now underway in central Africa is like no
other. It is the first for which doctors have both a promising vaccine
and treatments to offer. These medical innovations are experimental,
but the vaccine seems to work well, the four new treatments have given
preliminary hints of curative powers and a clinical trial of them
began Monday... It is unique in another way: it's the first to
erupt in an area rived by gun battles. Doctors and other experts
currently or formerly working in the region described a landscape that
is not quite a war zone but in which shooting can break out almost
anywhere for unknown reasons.

CNN
US 'Slams the Brakes' on UN Yemen Ceasefire Resolution |

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Michelle Kosinski

The US has "slammed the brakes on" a United Nations Security Council
resolution calling for a limited ceasefire and increased humanitarian
aid in Yemen over concerns about angering Saudi Arabia, two sources
tell CNN. One source familiar with the negotiations over the
resolution tells CNN the US "has slammed the brakes on," saying that
"we can't support a resolution at the moment." The source also said
the move is at odds with what US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has
been signaling to her counterparts at the UN, since she was supportive
of the planned resolution weeks ago... The reason for the delay
continues to be a White House worry about angering Saudi Arabia, which
strongly opposes the resolution, multiple sources say.

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Trump's New USAID Education Policy Props Up World Youth

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Grazie Pozo Christie, The Catholic Association

The U.S. Agency for International Development has just announced a
policy to guide U.S. investments in the education of foreign children.
Here's the critical piece: The new policy stresses
Americans' commitment to the world's most marginalized
children, including girls, who are too often left behind when it comes
to learning... As much as USAID's new policy will improve the
lives of the world's most vulnerable people and their societies,
investing in the education of foreign young people is also a sound
investment in America's future. When other countries and regions
become more stable, resilient, and prosperous, security threats and
violence diminish.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A New Marshall Plan to Ease Central America's Agony - and
Benefit the U.S. |
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Editorial Board

For years, Central America has endured a humanitarian crisis. It was
easy for Americans to ignore, but now we realize how civil strife,
poverty and organized crime in our backyard endanger us. Conditions
have become so desperate that people are leaving El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras as never before... The U.S. should address the
migrant crisis at its source. These countries need improved
governance, economic growth and public safety. In the early 2000s,
Washington largely succeeded with Plan Colombia, which helped end a
leftist insurgency and overcome the power of criminal drug cartels in
a country once hopelessly out of control. A similar effort would help
Central America.

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

From Texas to Botswana, Connecting to the Humanity in Families with
HIV |

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Editorial Board

It's been 15 years since President George W. Bush launched
America's historic President's Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief, which today supports lifesaving HIV treatment for more than 14
million people worldwide and has helped nearly 2.5 million babies to
be born free of HIV. With Dec. 1 marking the 30th anniversary of the
first World AIDS Day in 1988, we thought it fitting to recognize the
great strides we've made globally in fighting what was once the
deadliest pandemic facing the developed and developing world.

USGLC GLOBAL IMPACT BLOG
Keystone Vets Discuss Security, Development & Diplomacy |

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Danny Restivo

From pandemics to natural disasters to strained resources from a
growing global population, there are a multitude of challenges for our
nation that threaten global stability and go beyond the scope of a
military solution. Last week, retired Vice Admiral Frank C. Pandolfe,
one of 200 flag and general officers who comprise USGLC's
National Security Advisory Council, touched on these challenges in
conversation with a diverse group of veterans in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania at the USGLC event America's Role in the World: How
Investments in Development and Diplomacy Advance Our National
Security.

USGLC GLOBAL IMPACT BLOG
Fragility to Stability: An Investment in Global Security |

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Zach Wehrli

For every $1 we spend to prevent conflict and atrocities, we have the
potential to save $16 in response costs, according to the Institute
for Economics and Peace. And this week, in an effort to solidify state
fragility as a national security priority, the House passed the Global
Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018. Now, we turn to the
Senate to reframe America's national security agenda and combat
the threats posed by global fragility.

Politics & Foreign Policy

AP NEWS
Trump to Sign Bill Extending HIV/AIDS Program, Pence Says |
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Darlene Superville

President Donald Trump will soon sign legislation to extend a
15-year-old HIV/AIDS program that has helped millions, primarily in
Africa. HIV/AIDS advocates welcomed the news and immediately called on
Trump to drop efforts to cut federal funding for the life-saving
program. Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement Thursday at a
White House event marking World AIDS Day on Saturday. The Senate late
Wednesday passed legislation extending for five years the
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, and
advancing the bill to the White House for Trump's signature. The
House passed an identical measure in mid-November.

FOREIGN POLICY
How to Respond to Chinese Investment in Latin America |

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Max Nathanson

Over the past several years, China has managed to turn itself into
Latin America's largest creditor, mostly by funding large-scale
infrastructure projects. In doing so, Beijing has managed to grow
quite close to some of the region's capitals... For the Trump
administration, though, China's presence in the United
States' backyard is worrying... One cost has been to the
environment and to indigenous communities... Another consequence has
been a significant loss of U.S. influence in Latin America... There is
a way for the United States to help address both problems at once...
If the United States, the U.S. Agency for International Development,
the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and
multilateral organs such as the World Bank and the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) are seen as genuinely contributing to Latin
American development in a way that puts the long-term interests of the
region above (or at least on par with) U.S. commercial interests,
Washington's reputation as a trustworthy partner will grow.

THE GUARDIAN
The Chinese Export We Really Should Be Worried About: Repression |

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Simon Tisdall

The trial of leading Chinese pro-democracy activists that opened this
week in Hong Kong, is the latest, dismaying example of how
China's president, Xi Jinping, appears hellbent on extirpating
every last vestige, squawk and squeak of political pluralism and
public dissent. Tales of repression in China are sadly nothing new...
Xi's repressive vision of one-party conformity, stability and
order at home is matched by an ultra-nationalist, aggressively
expansionist worldview that, unlike his predecessor Hu's, seeks
superpower status for China by all available means. His $1 trillion,
64-country One Belt, One Road Eurasian trade, infrastructure and
development initiative symbolises China's economic, financial
and developmental outreach, which now extends throughout the
Indo-Pacific region, Africa and Latin America.

THE HILL
In the New China-US Cold War, Will Xi or Trump Blink First?

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Joseph Bosco, former China Country Director, Office of the Secretary
of Defense

When Vice President Mike Pence addressed the recent Asia-Pacific
Economic Summit, he criticized China for its myriad violations of
international norms. America and the world have lost patience, he
warned: "Things must change." ... With his follow-on
speeches in Asia last week, Pence signaled that America's new
China policy will not be transactional, transitory, or temporary
- as he, the president, and other administration officials have
stated, the U.S. commitment to challenge China's hostility and
deception will be sustained over the long term... He has yet to play
his ultimate card: the need for either change in China's
policies, or a change of the regime.

FOREIGN POLICY

How One Top Diplomat Took a Stand Against Trump's Immigration
Policy |

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Robbie Gramer

Tom Shannon, who was the State Department's highest-ranking
career diplomat until he retired in June, waged a quiet bureaucratic
protest last year in an attempt to prevent the Trump administration
from canceling a humanitarian program that affects hundreds of
thousands of immigrants... His action spotlighted a relatively obscure
but important feature of diplomacy in the United States: a formal
dissent process that allows State Department employees to file
objections directly to the secretary without fear of retribution...
His story, which he shared with Foreign Policy, is an example of how
some civil servants have tried to push back against Trump
administration policies viewed as excessive or inhumane.

STARS AND STRIPES
Senators Defy White House, Move to End US Role in Yemen |

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Claudia Grisales

The Senate on Wednesday voted to move a legislative measure forward
that could end the U.S. military role in Yemen and its support of the
Saudi-led coalition there, effectively rebuking pleas from White House
officials to dismiss the plan... The vote increases pressure on the
White House to re-evaluate its current direction in Yemen, as well as
push for a peaceful resolution in the country's ongoing civil
war. The move comes on the heels of a closed-door meeting in the
Capitol earlier Wednesday between senators and Defense Secretary Jim
Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Mattis and Pompeo urged the
senators to thwart the resolution.

AP NEWS
Trump's Embrace of Saudi Arabia Causes GOP Rift |
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Deb Riechmann

President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia has exposed a
foreign policy rift in the Republican Party, as some of his GOP
colleagues warn that not punishing the kingdom for its role in killing
a U.S.-based columnist will have dangerous consequences. Many
Republicans - even Sens. Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul, who share
their views on the matter with the president - have denounced
Trump's decision not to levy harsher penalties on Saudi Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death and dismemberment of Jamal
Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Tear Gas and Intimidation Won't Fix the Root Causes of Migration

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Anita Isaacs and Anne Preston, Haverford College

The Trump administration is on a mission to guard Fortress America
against an invading caravan of migrant families from Central
America... But no matter how much President Trump increases the
intimidation tactics, his strategy of deterrence is bound to fail. The
United States is failing to recognize the blind desperation of the
Central American migrants. If the president were serious about
regulating undocumented migration, he would consider a strategy of
constructive engagement with regional governments and migrant
communities, which is the only policy with a realistic chance of
working.


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