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- Syd Seiler speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Seiler is freshly retired after decades of advising presidents, military commanders and diplomats, making reported secret trips to North Korea and serving as a lead U.S. negotiator on talks to contain its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Ex-US intelligence officer for North Korea points to growing concern on nuclear threat toward South
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Thu,09/07/23-11:21PM , 252 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder of North Korea's ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian leader named Kim Il Sung, was still building some of the country's first nuclear facilities when Syd Seiler arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a young U.S. military intelligence officer.
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- Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The U.S. is making precautionary plans to evacuate two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger if that becomes necessary under the West African nation’s new ruling junta. That word came Friday, Aug. 18, from the Air Force commander for Africa, Gen. James Hecker. The Air Force general stressed to reporters in Washington that there had been no U.S. decision to evacuate Niger, which has been the United States' top counter-terror outpost in West Africa's Sahara and Sahel regions. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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US readying plans to evacuate drone bases if necessary under Niger's new junta, commander says
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Fri,08/18/23-10:10AM , 477 Reads
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- Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., look on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Israeli president tells Congress his country is committed to democracy but concedes 'painful debate'
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Wed,07/19/23-11:39AM , 704 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure Congress on Wednesday about the state of Israel's democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship, acknowledging “heated and painful debate” at home and criticism abroad over actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline government.
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- Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., look on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Israeli president seeks to reassure Congress on his country's democracy, U.S. ties
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Tue,07/18/23-11:09PM , 527 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure U.S. allies Wednesday on the state of Israel's democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship, in a speech to Congress acknowledging “intense and painful debate” at home over actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline government.
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