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In the Foreign Policy Advisory Index, The National Interest online tracks top links and new info on Barack Obama's foreign-policy team.

Friday, November 20

So far, so good. Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration speech yesterday made U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton happy: "I was personally pleased to see the president set an ambitious goal for the training of the Afghan national security forces." Karzai said he is "determined that within the next five years the Afghan forces" would be able on their own to make sure the country is stable and secure. Clinton of course pledged greater U.S. assistance in the effort. The secretary of state has been trying hard to stay positive yet firm in public, but who knows what's going on

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by The National Interest
Why are American newspapers so bad at explaining foreign-policy issues?
The Willing Misinterpreter
by David Rieff
Almost fifteen years ago, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen burst onto the international stage, alleging that ordinary Germans willingly assisted Hitler in the mass murder of European Jewry. In a new book, Goldhagen argues that genocide and “eliminationism” continue to endanger millions. But a careful reading of his work reveals that Goldhagen’s sweeping assertions are not as groundbreaking as he claims—nor wholly accurate pictures of the history he recounts.
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