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City Lights: Teaching and learning from a Libyan friend
I imagine she would still look the same. My flatmate was in her early 20s when I saw her last, and less than a decade has passed since then. When I see crowd photos of the uprising in Libya, I scan the faces to check for hers — smiling or yelling...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, National Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government, George W. Bush
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The Benghazi talking points
The furor over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a "sideshow." Finally, on Wednesday, the White House released more...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, White House, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Pakistan, Kim Jong Il, Leon Panetta, Police Investigations, Somalia
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Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Which Way Is the Front Line from Here?'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 14 -20, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Community Annie (Alison Brie) secretly...
Tags: Ginnifer Goodwin, Nina Dobrev, Sarah Hyland, Danny Masterson, Richard Childress Racing
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COLUMN: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we’re on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said,...Tags: Rebellions, Bashar Assad, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Wars and Interventions, White House
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McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...
Tags: Rebellions, White House, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Wars and Interventions, Saudi Arabia
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TV This Week: April 14 - 20: 'Veep' on HBO
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 14 -20, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY "Parts unknown" can refer to exotic...
Tags: Entertainment, Television, Lynda Carter, AMC (tv network), Michelle Rodriguez
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, John O. Brennan, U.S. Department of Defense, World War II (1939-1945), Cell Phones
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Malian guitarist finds beauty in minimalism
Guitarist Vieux Farka Toure conveys a sense of restrained urgency on his disc, "The Secret" (Six Degrees). His minimalism leaves room for international guest musicians, while he responds with subdued ferocity. Toure also talks about his home with a global...
Tags: Entertainment, John Lee Hooker, Vieux Farka Toure, Music, Malaria
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Drone strikes: Who's on the 'kill list'
Who decides who will be killed by U.S. drone attacks? Protectors of civil liberties have expressed dissatisfaction with the present system of unreviewed presidential discretion, whether in the hands of George W. Bush or Barack Obama. Must an...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Judges, Justice System, September 11, 2001 Attacks, George H.W. Bush
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McManus: Susan Rice, done in by the 'fiscal cliff'
It's no secret that Senate Republicans, led by John McCain, took aim at Susan Rice. The only question is, why? It wasn't primarily her views on foreign policy; Rice and McCain actually aren't that far apart on many issues. (They both pressed for U.S....
Tags: NATO, John McCain, Barack Obama, Elections, U.S. Department of State
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Fractious Syrian opposition says it has formed a united coalition
World NowThe deeply divided Syrian opposition said Sunday that its myriad factions had reached an initial agreement to form a new coalition -- the Syrian National Coalition -- to oversee a push to oust the government of President Bashar Assad....
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