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A Window Into Obama’s Foreign Policy

The former Clinton-era State Dept. official shares with the president-elect a frustration with conventional foreign-policy thinking. Impatient with ideology, she focuses on transnational threats, challenges and opportunities — befitting the emphasis of a new generation of global strategists. Her experience with Africa has taught her invaluable lessons.

Palin Administration Opposed Darfur Divestment

In a little-noted comment from Thursday’s vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin was quick to take credit for a push among some Alaskan lawmakers to pull the state’s investments in Sudan — a recognition of the country’s years-long Darfur genocide:
When I and others in the legislature found out we had some millions of dollars in [...]