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Five races to watch in 2017
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By Lisa Hagen and Jonathan Easley |
After 2016’s bruising election cycle, 2017 might seem like a break for Republicans and Democrats to gear up for 2018’s midterms. But a handful of 2017 contests could serve as an indicator of the mood of the electorate in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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By Rebecca Kheel |
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to end the nation-building missions of the military will be tested in Afghanistan, where President Obama repeatedly came up against the reality of a country unready for U.S. forces to leave.
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Spying after Snowden: What’s changed and what hasn’t
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By Julian Hattem |
Over the last three and a half years, Edward Snowden has gone from an anonymous government contractor to a global celebrity made the subject of two major motion pictures. But for all of his cultural import, Snowden’s decision to leak thousands of classified documents has done little to change the way the United States conducts surveillance.
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