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Obama administration should be helping Egypt, not punishing it

Late last month the Egyptian military razed 800 houses in Rafah, a city situated on the border with Gaza. Cairo claims the heavy-handed action, which followed an Oct. 24 attack that killed 31 soldiers in northern Sinai, was necessary to stop the flow of weapons and militants from Gaza into …

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UN whistleblowers (still) exposed to retaliation

In December, 2005, reform was in the air at the stolid United Nations. Kofi Annan, then Secretary General, established whistleblower protections for everyone who worked there, together with a new Ethics Office to receive the disclosures of wrongdoing from employees and appeals for relief from reprisal. That was the high …

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Ebola crisis: Mr. Obama, fire Ron Klain, adopt Gilmore Commission recommendations

Like many Americans, I was outraged by President Obama’s appointment earlier this month of a political operative to be “Ebola Czar.” Appointing czars is frequently a meaningless gesture, but the appointment of Ron Klain, who has no experience either in epidemiology or crisis management, suggests that the White House views …

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