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April 24, 2018 Dispatches

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April 24, 2018 News Release

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April 24, 2018 Commentary

Friends of Syria must speak up for refugee rights

Bar Elias, a town in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, has become home to Syrian refugees who were evicted from the Rayak air base, and have settled here in informal encampments.
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Why A Former CIA Director Shouldn’t Run The State Department

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Mike Pompeo's way is not the American way. Reject him as secretary of State.

Mike Pompeo would try to reverse U.S. human rights commitments and normalize discriminatory rhetoric. Senators should reject him as secretary of State.

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