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		<title><![CDATA[Testing Time for Syria's Rebels]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It's a rule of thumb in Middle East conflicts that
whenever peace talks are announced, each side steps up the fighting so
it can grab as much territory as possible before the cease-fire lines
are drawn.

This struggle for position is...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1329265</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Ways of Washington on Display]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The hundred pages of Benghazi emails released last week
tell us almost nothing about how four Americans came to die so
tragically in that Libyan city. But they are a case study in why nothing
works in Washington.

Rather than reading...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1326819</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Government's Chain of Error]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- At a time when Congress can't pass a budget and the
president can't win approval of any important legislation, the public is
indignant about the threat of an overreaching, all-powerful federal
government that uses the IRS and the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1325573</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/16/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For Syria Talks, a Beginning]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It shouldn't have been this hard, but Secretary of State
John Kerry has finally gotten Russia to back the peace plan on Syria
that it endorsed in principle last June. This isn't a breakthrough but
at least it's a beginning.

What the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1322734</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Limits to Surveillance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- America's top intelligence official said Thursday there
isn't any evidence so far that the Boston Marathon bombers had help from
foreign terrorist networks.

"At this point I haven't seen anything that raises a concern there was a
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1319751</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/03/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frustrated by Obama's Caution]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Gen. Salim Idriss, the commander of rebel forces in Syria,
complained late Tuesday that President Obama's desire "to wait and wait
for more evidence" that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons is
encouraging their continued use...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1318626</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/30/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For Israel, Tranquil Days]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[EDITORS -- David Ignatius has been honored by the Overseas Press Club of
America for best commentary on international news for his writing about
the Middle East.

TEL AVIV -- It's a measure of the relatively quiet time for Israel these
days that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1316159</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/28/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In the Footsteps of Keynes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- John Maynard Keynes once said that words should be used
aggressively, "for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking."
That's a starting point for an appreciation of Mervyn King, who will
retire soon as governor of the Bank ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1314945</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/25/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sandbagged by Guantanamo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- For an example of how the U.S. government can work at
cross-purposes in dealing with terrorism, take a look at the failed
effort to release Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo. It shows how an
incorrect analysis -- that the Taliban and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1312355</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Threat That's Always With Us]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- "Nothing broken but my heart," was the subject line on an
email from one of the Boston Marathon runners to his friends Monday
night after the bombs had detonated near the finish line. And every
American shared some of that trauma as ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/davidignatius/s-1311111</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/17/2013</pubDate>
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