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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on September 24, 2014 in New York City. The annual event brings political leaders from around the globe together to report on issues meet and look for solutions. This year's General Assembly has highlighted the problem of global warming and how countries need to strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations
U.S. retreat from U.N. could mark a “breakdown of the international humanitarian system as we know it.”
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TOPSHOT - A photo taken on January 14, 2016 shows a placard reading "Stop terrorism we are the world" and flowers lying in tribute to victims at the site of the January 12 deadly attack in the Istanbul's tourist hub of Sultanahmet. Turkey has arrested a total of seven suspects over a suicide bombing blamed on the Islamic State (IS) group that killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul, the Turkish interior minister said on January 14, 2016. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) U.N. Seeks More Than $100 Million to Tackle Violent Extremism
The U.N. development agency repackages its anti-poverty work as a cure for terrorism. But can Turtle Bay sell it to a wary President Trump?
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gettyimages-647216282crop Trump White House Shopping for Technology to Plug Leaks
Not content to just search staffers’ phones, officials are considering high-end security software for White House networks.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson boards his plane at Cologne Bonn Airport, western Germany, as he leaves after a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G20 leading and developing economies on February 17, 2017. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Has Little Time for the United Nations
The U.S. secretary of state rebuffed an early meeting with the U.N. chief and is unlikely to attend a high-level Security Council meeting on South Sudan.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Trump Taps Putin Critic for Senior White House Position
The selection of Brookings scholar Fiona Hill comes as the Trump administration draws fire for contacts with Russian officials.
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cbp Trump Administration Seeks to Loosen Hiring Requirements to Beef Up Border Patrol
According to an internal memo, laxer standards are needed to expand the number of Border Patrol agents, but that could come at a cost in security.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: A sign stand outside the U.S. State Department September 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Critic Poised for Senior State Department Job
Brian Hook, a former Mitt Romney adviser, is favored by Rex Tillerson to lead his foreign-policy brain trust.
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GRAND JUNCTION, CO - OCTOBER 18: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) jokes with retired Gen. Michael Flynn as they speak at a rally at Grand Junction Regional Airport on October 18, 2016 in Grand Junction Colorado. Trump is on his way to Las Vegas for the third and final presidential debate against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Flynn Pressured U.N. on Israel Vote Before Taking Office
A month before inauguration, President Donald Trump’s would-be national security advisor sought to scupper a U.N. resolution condemning Israel.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: Randy Berry (L), the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons, delivers remarks during a reception in his honor with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Ben Franklin Room at the Department of State February 27, 2015 in Washington, DC. The State Department said Berry's responsibility will be to "reaffirm the universal human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Keeps Obama’s Top Gay Rights Envoy at State Department
The move is stunning LGBT activists and is expected to anger evangelicals.
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley testifies during her confirmation hearing for US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) before the Senate Foreign Relations committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 18, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) -
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: A sign stand outside the U.S. State Department September 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Ex-Palin Aide Lands Job at Trump’s State Department
The former Alaska governor’s “go-to girl” for communications and Christian outreach has found a new home in Foggy Bottom.
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A doctor carries a young wounded boy at a hospital in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, who was injured when a shell, released by regime forces, hit his house on August 24, 2012. Syrian forces blitzed areas in and around the Aleppo , activists said, as Western powers sought to tighten the screws on embattled President Bashar al-Assad. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages) Trump Travel Ban Threatens to Silence Voices on Atrocities at U.N.
A Syrian doctor and nurse have borne witness to Syrian war crimes. But they can’t travel to the U.N. to talk about it.
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An Iraqi boy, whose family fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, eats while waiting on November 3, 2016 at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Mosul. Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The Kurdish Government Is Torturing Boys
Boys as young as 11, accused of fighting for the Islamic State, are being detained and brutally tortured in prisons.
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Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Outgoing U.S. Official Urges Diplomats to ‘Stay’ and Protect Constitution
In a critical speech of Donald Trump's foreign policy, Tom Countryman implored colleagues to protect the U.S. from "all enemies foreign and domestic."
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gtmo Obama Makes Last-Minute Move to Get Detainees Out of Gitmo
The Obama White House transfers its last detainees from Guantánamo in a dramatic midnight-hour move before President Trump throws away the key.
