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By MacKenzie C. Babb IIP Staff Writer Washington, May 21 2012   President Obama and leaders of the United States’ NATO allies have formally agreed to transfer security responsibility across Afghanistan to Afghan forces in 2013, a significant step toward transition as U.S. and international forces prepare to end their combat mission in the country [...]

The new gardens are easier to care for, better for biodiversity, and require no water.

President Obama has nominated the first U.S. ambassador to Burma in 22 years and announced an easing of financial sanctions on the country in response to its “significant progress along the path to democracy.”

During World War II, Raoul Wallenberg could have chosen to live a life of comfort and safety with his loving family. Instead, he risked his life to save the lives of others. Raoul Wallenberg paid dearly for his brave choice and his actions speak to the core of our common humanity.

The head of the State Department’s new Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations says efforts to get people to stop fighting and build peace will be done differently in the future.

Syria’s parliamentary elections were “an illegitimate process” illegitimately timed while violence in the country continued, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said, and the United States does not consider them to be free, fair, transparent or representative of the will of the Syrian people.

The Department of Homeland Security said the action builds on a series of administrative reforms designed to increase the department’s commitment to attracting international students.

“Our governments did not send us here to endlessly discuss procedure and negotiate phantom programs of work, they, or certainly my government, sent us here to negotiate substance, beginning with this next step for nuclear disarmament.”