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Cover Story
Indonesian Envoy Steps Down
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People of World Influence
War Reporter Says Obama,
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Interpreters Speechless
Afghan, Iraqi Interpreters
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EU’s Future
Roadblocks, Speculation
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Feeding the Hungry
Local, Global Charities
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The Rotunda: Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill
Bush Lawyer Wants Post-9/11
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Book Review
Bernanke’s Book Is Useful Primer
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Medical
The State of Statins:
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks is a self-proclaimed fan of the military and of President Obama, but ask him about top brass and Obama’s performance as commander-in-chief and you’ll get an earful. 
Congress is likely to extend programs that offer visas for Afghan and Iraqi interpreters who helped the U.S. war effort, but thousands have been left stranded in backlogs while facing danger back home. 
Croatia’s accession to the European Union gave its Balkan neighbors hope that they would be next, but the path to EU membership is lined with hurdles for each candidate country. 
Ambassadors normally seen at cocktail parties were slicing and dicing in the kitchen, hairnets and all, as part of a State Department effort to highlight local community service projects. 
The man who helped craft a sweeping post-9/11 terrorism law under the Bush administration is now pushing for that law to be updated — and reined in. 
Ben Bernanke steps down as Fed chairman in January, the end of an eight-year tenure as the head of America’s central bank that’s been hugely consequential and unexpectedly controversial. 
A new cardiovascular risk calculator to determine if otherwise healthy patients should go on statins was released with much fanfare in November — and plenty of confusion. 