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Kenyans Vote — And Pray
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People of World Influence Former U.S. Ambassador to Mali
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Economics In U.S. and Around World,
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Diplomacy
Obama Continues Tradition
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Business Mideast Business Boom Fuels
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The Rotunda: Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill Kerry and Hagel:
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Inside the Chamber Dynamic President, Policy Veteran
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Medical The Right Moves: Exercise, Sports
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If Mali becomes the world’s next major breeding ground for terrorists, nobody can say former Ambassador Vicki Huddleston didn’t warn them. 
Americans have had a hate/hate relationship with taxes since before they were even Americans. But how much do they really pay compared to the rest of the world? 
For more than a century, U.S. presidents have used cushy diplomatic appointments to reward donors, political operatives and other allies — a proud yet dubious tradition continued by President Obama. 
Dulles International Airport, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, expects to serve a record 24 million passengers in 2013 — driven in part by a business boom in the oil-rich Persian Gulf that shows no sign of slowing down. 
It was a tale of two hearings: In John Kerry’s Senate confirmation hearing, the public got the reasoned debate it deserved — in the Chuck Hagel hearing, it got the small-minded politics it’s come to expect in lieu. 
The US-Taiwan Business Council gingerly navigates an “unofficial” relationship in which a bustling trade in goods, services and people has flourished in a zone of political ambiguity. 
Sports and fitness practices from other countries expose people to other cultures through movement, music and cherished tradition. 