- The senior United Nations official in Libya says the July 7th Libyan election was an extraordinary accomplishment, but the country’s new government faces major challenges.
- Marc Lynch, a professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University explains his opposition to the international community taking military action in Syria.
- More than a decade after the al-Qaida terrorist attacks on the United States, a new US government report says that some foreign aviation students still are not subject to terror database screening until after they have completed their flight training.
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