List of U.S. Government articles
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A mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear weapon test during Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER. Over two thousand Marines witnessed the event, which was conducted in 1952 at the Nevada Proving Ground. The American Government’s Secret Plan for Surviving the End of the World
Newly declassified CIA files offer a glimpse of the playbook the Trump administration will reach for if it stumbles into a nuclear war.
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US President Donald Trump (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Should Make the Case for Trade With China
Past administrations have made progress in enforcing trade rules with China, but not in convincing the American public of their effectiveness.
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From left : Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson sit at a table on the second day of a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries on April 11, 2017 in Lucca, Tuscany. / AFP PHOTO / Vincenzo PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) Is This as Good as Rex Tillerson Gets?
The secretary of state still has time to improve. But if he doesn’t change some things soon, it will be too late.
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A Korean People's Army (KPA) soldier stands between flags prior to an opening ceremony for the Ryomyong Street housing development in Pyongyang on April 13, 2017. Completion of the sprawling Ryomyong Street development, just down a wide avenue from the mausoleum where Kim Jong-Un's grandfather Kim Il-Sung and father Kim Jong-Il lie in state, was repeatedly promised in time for the 105th anniversary of the birth of the North's founder. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Tweets About North Korea Are Making Bad Matters Worse
The best option is a combination of further sanctions and intense, boring, frustrating diplomacy.
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks during a discussion on national security at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on April 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s CIA Chief Slams WikiLeaks as ‘Hostile Intelligence Service’
In his first public speech, Mike Pompeo lambasted the site run by Julian Assange for stealing U.S. secrets and working with Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference in Moscow on April 11, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 11, 2017, warned of future chemical weapons "provocations" in Syria that would be used to frame Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad. "We have information from various sources that such provocations -- I cannot call them otherwise -- are being prepared in other regions of Syria, including in the southern outskirts of Damascus, where they are again planning to throw some kind of substance and accuse Syrian official authorities of using it," Putin said during a televised press conference. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI CHIRIKOV (Photo credit should read SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump Could Forge a Coherent Russia Strategy
In an attempt to learn the lessons of years past, we’ve selected five tidbits of advice.
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The Power of the Arts
How can culture be used to address some of the greatest challenges of our time?
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a press conference in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 11, 2017 met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after complaining of worsening ties with Donald Trump's administration as the two sides spar over Syria. Putin received Tillerson at the Kremlin along with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after the top diplomats held several hours of talks dominated by the fallout of an alleged chemical attack in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) 5 Conservative Principles for Dealing With Russia
Putin’s regime is not the only viable model for Russia.
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ST. LOUIS, MO - MARCH 31: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses law enforcement members at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse on March 31, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. Attorney General Session is in town to work with federal, state and local law enforcement about efforts to combat violent crime and restore public safety. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) Sessions Announces ‘New Era’ in Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants
The United States will go after undocumented immigrants for identify theft and document fraud and will prosecute immigrants with felonies if they re-enter the country illegally.
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rex in moscow What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Rex Tillerson in Moscow)
Despite being seemingly at odds on Syria, experts say there’s still some room for agreement.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson disembarks from an airplane upon his arrival at the Vnukovo II Government airport in Moscow on April 11, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow on April 11 to confront the Russian leadership over its support for President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime. Before setting off for Moscow, Tillerson told a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Italy that Russia should rethink its alliance in the light of the latest alleged chemical attack in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) An Optimist’s Guide to Tillerson’s Moscow Visit
Here's what the secretary of state should say in Russia.
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(Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) Civilian Casualties Are Up and Congress Is AWOL
Battlefield mistakes are on the rise, but nobody’s trying to find out why.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq: A boy carries an old USAid container that he is using to collect fuel at a supply center in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City in northern Baghdad 11 August 2005. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan vowed tough action to prevent the recurrence of corrupt practices in the UN procurement department following bribery charges filed against one of its officers accused of corruption in the oil-for-food prgramme in Iraq during the dictatorship of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Republicans Can Learn to Like Foreign Aid Again
Too often conservatives are faced with what they see as a choice between support for aid and their conservative principles.
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GettyImages-51044440crop U.S. Govt. Hackers Get Burned by Online Vigilantes, Researchers
Or is Russia retaliating for President Donald Trump’s Syria strikes through one of its cyber-proxies?
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This undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on March 7, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving to North Korean officers during the launch of four ballistic missiles by Korean People's Army (KPA) during a military drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on March 6 in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Getting Worse By the Day
North Korea’s nuclear-weapons capabilities are increasing at an alarming rate. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping need to do something about it now.
