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Obama Expected To Pick Ash Carter, Says Report
President Obama reportedly will nominate former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to helm the Pentagon. By Gordon Lubold
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FBI Accuses Two in Minnesota of Trying To Join ISIS
A 20-year-old Somali American is believed to have made it to Syria and his 18-year-old friend was stopped before he could leave the U.S. By Kaveh Waddell
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India's Quiet Role as a Hotbed of Terror
A recent study placed India sixth on the Global Terrorism Index—behind only Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria. Here's why. By Saptarishi Dutta
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Al-Shabab Escalates Its War Against 'Infidel Powers'
A recent history of Kenya's escalating conflict with the Somali militant group al-Shabab. By Matt Schiavenza
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The Search for the Plan To Destroy ISIS
In Syria, ISIS is offering a better deal than the U.S. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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Hagel's Rise and Fall Had Nothing To Do With Foreign Policy
The defense secretary's role is not to set a course, but to execute it. Hagel never did that well. By Peter Beinart
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What Iran Loses From the Failed Nuclear Talks
Tehran stands to lose billions in oil exports as the days without a deal drag on. By Steve LeVine
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Tunisia May Be Headed for Another Arab Spring
Tunisia just held its second consecutive peaceful election -- but regional instability means it's still too soon to celebrate a stable democratic transition in Tunis. By Sam Kimball and Nicholas Linn
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The Many Iranian Obstacles in the Way of a Strong Nuclear Deal
The military option isn't much of an option. But diplomacy could inadvertently pave the way to a nuclear Iran. By Jeffrey Goldberg
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Obama Orders Expanded US Role in Afghanistan
Caught between the Pentagon's demands, a promise to end a war, and the fallout in Iraq, President Obama is allowing the military to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan next year. By Allen McDuffee
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The US Just Launched Its 500th Drone Strike
The tactic is almost as old as the Afghanistan war. And nowadays it has become completely routine. By Micah Zenko
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Can Burkina Faso's Military Put the Country on the Path to Democracy?
After years of resentment toward American influence in the troubled West African nation, a U.S.-trained lieutenant colonel is in charge of assembling a new government. By Molly Rapaport
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The US-Turkey Relationship Is Undergoing Death By a Thousand Slights
Here's what makes Ankara the reluctant and very important U.S. ally it is today. By Steven A. Cook
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