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U.S. to Pull 2,500 Troops from Afghanistan and Iraq
November 18, 2020
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced this week that President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to pull 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by mid-January 2021.
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NPR: Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle
November 18, 2020
NPR: Key government policies on religious freedom and discrimination were once set through legislation but today are increasingly dictated by presidential orders, shifting from one administration to the next.
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Justice Alito Warns of Danger to Free Speech and Religious Liberty
November 16, 2020
In his address at the virtually held Federalist Society’s Annual National Lawyers Convention, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito refers to the Covid crisis as « a constitutional stress test », warning of dangers to free speech and religious liberty.
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Russia, China and North Korea Scold U.S. on Human Rights at UN Meeting
November 12, 2020
On Monday's session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, US envoys endured a lashing over issues of domestic equality and fairness from countries including Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.
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U.S. Concerned WHO Not Sharing Enough Info on Covid Investigation in China
November 12, 2020
Garrett Grisby of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expressed concern that the criteria for the World Health Organization's (WHO) planned mission to China, investigating the animal origins of the coronavirus, has not been sufficiently shared with other nations.