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Cover Story
Long-Neglected Somalia
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People of World Influence
Ex-Senator Continues Dogged Pursuit
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Yemen Cold Shoulder
Compassion Fatigue Sets In
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Political Circus
The City Built Upon
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Training Tug of War
U.S. Efforts to Train
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Trafficking Fracas
State Department Faces Backlash
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Book Review
Pundit Boils America’s Role Down
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Medical
Adult Obesity Rate Tops
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Sam Nunn left the Senate after four terms, saying he no longer had “zest and enthusiasm” for the job. Fortunately, the pragmatic lawmaker never lost his enthusiasm for ridding the world of nuclear weapons. 
In Yemen, an entire generation is on the verge of being lost to hunger and violence as factions jockey for influence and territory. Yet Yemen remains one of the most underfunded humanitarian crises in the world. 
Critics say Obama’s plan to train Syrian rebels is too little, too late to make a dent in Syria’s civil war. Supporters counter that it’s too soon to write off an audacious undertaking that has yet to get off the ground. 
A bureaucratic rite of passage sparked an unusually fierce backlash this year when the State Department’s 2015 trafficking report came under fire for putting politics ahead of principle. 
Ian Bremmer dissects U.S. foreign policy and the failures of past presidents in “Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World.” 
Obesity plagues millions of Americans, but the epidemic is spread disproportionately throughout the country, with the South and Midwest reporting some of the highest rates.