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WASHINGTON (Press Release) – A former CIA officer was arrested Thursday on charges that he illegally disclosed national defense information and obstructed justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, 43, of O’Fallon, Mo., was charged in a

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon President Barack Obama to condemn by name the Islamist terrorists who carried out attacks in Egypt, Iraq, Palestinian-controlled areas and Nigeria that have occurred in recent weeks and months. The ZOA has argued that it is inadequate that President Obama merely expresses condolences

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar from January 8-13. At each stop, Secretary Clinton will consult with government officials on a full range of regional and bilateral issues, and emphasize the importance of government-civil society engagement. In addition to these meetings,

By Matthew RJ BrodskyWASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Palestinian-Israeli peace process returning to a deep freeze, the Obama administration is eyeing an opportunity to make headway with Syria. The theory is nothing new: If the regime in Damascus can make peace with Israel, end its sponsorship of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, distance

GABORONE, Botswana (Press Release)– The University of Haifa’s debating team, Meir Yarom and Michael Shapiro, are World Debating Champions for 2011 .  The team took first place in the English-as-a-second language category at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) currently being held in Botswana, where more than 300 teams from 150 universities representing about 50

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama issued the following statement through the White House press office on Monday: “I strongly condemn the separate and outrageous terrorist bombing attacks in Egypt and Nigeria. The attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt caused 21 reported deaths and dozens of injured from both the Christian and Muslim communities. 

By Samara Greenberg   WASHINGTON, D.C.  — President Barack Obama bypassed the U.S. Senate Wednesday  and appointed four new U.S. ambassadors to fill empty envoy positions in Azerbaijan, Syria, Turkey, and the Czech Republic. Lawmakers had previously blocked or refused to consider the nominees’ confirmations for months. The appointees can now serve without Senate confirmation until the

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Representative Steve Rothman (D-NJ), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense, and State and Foreign Operations, sent the following letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy requesting that France reconsider its reported plans to sell anti-tank missiles to the Lebanese Armed Forces. The full text of the letter: President Nicolas Sarkozy

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging the U.S. government to move expeditiously to close any gaps in the otherwise stringent economic sanctions imposed on nuclear-aspiring Iran. A New York Times investigation, published Monday, revealed that sanctions enforcement is not uniform. “Loopholes in our own country’s sanctions regime, now exposed, require