By Alex Rogers
- “This was supposed to be the year the U.S. economy would finally break out of the doldrums—the year it would deliver the kind of robust growth that could lift President Barack Obama’s dismal approval ratings and help Democrats avoid a shellacking in November. We are about to find out if that dream is dead.” [Politico]
- “CIA officers subjected some terrorism suspects the agency held after the Sept. 11 attacks to interrogation methods that were not approved by either the Justice Department or their own headquarters and illegally detained 26 of the 119 in CIA custody, the Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded in its still-secret report…” [McClatchy]
- Nuclear Disposal Agreement Could Bring Russia, U.S. to Negotiating Table [WashExaminer]
- The ‘Most Powerful Man in China’ Is About to Be Purged [Atlantic]
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