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Clinton to Urge Security Council Action on Syria

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF January 31, 2012 @ 7:59am

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to urge the U.N. Security Council to support an Arab League peace plan for Syria, after Washington strongly condemned escalating violence by President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Clinton will join the foreign ministers of France and Britain at Tuesday's Security Council session.  Western powers have been working on a draft resolution endorsing the Arab League plan, which calls for Assad to step aside as a way to resolve the crisis.

 

Bahrain Opposition Fears Effects of Iran-West Tensions

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF January 31, 2012 @ 7:56am

Opposition supporters in Bahrain have expressed concern that escalating tensions between Iran and the West may further stifle their calls for democratic reform in the Persian Gulf kingdom. 

Bahrain’s majority Shi’ite Muslims took to the streets nearly a year ago demanding a new government and more rights from their Sunni leaders.

 

Polls Show Romney Leading Gingrich in Crucial Florida Primary Showdown

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF January 30, 2012 @ 8:41am

Voters in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida go to the polls Tuesday in a primary election that could prove pivotal in the battle for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich are the top two candidates left in the Republican race, with former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul also on the ballot.

The latest polls show Mitt Romney with a big lead in Florida, and the former Massachusetts governor is focusing his attacks on President Barack Obama. “People are hurting out there and you know what?  This president needs to connect with the American people and understand just how tough things are.  And I will tell the American people the truth and the fact that he has not made things better, he has made them worse," he said.

 

Taliban, US Negotiators Meet in Qatar

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF January 30, 2012 @ 8:38am

Afghan Taliban negotiators are meeting with U.S. officials in Qatar for a series of discussions aimed at building trust between the two sides ahead of the upcoming peace talks.

Maulavi Qalamuddin, who once led the group's religious police, said Sunday the delegation includes several former officials, as well as a former secretary to the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar.

 

Pakistan Lifts Travel Ban on Former Diplomat

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF January 30, 2012 @ 8:34am

Pakistan has lifted a travel ban on its former ambassador to the United States who had been under investigation for his connection to a controversial memo urging U.S. help in reining in the military.

Husain Haqqani, who resigned his diplomatic post, said Monday he intends to travel to the U.S. to join his family there after meeting with leaders of the country's ruling Pakistan People's Party.