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- Ash Carter, departing; Who’s arriving, Flournoy? What about Bob Hale or Christine “Top Gun” Fox?; NSA: WH leaving us out to dry; Kerry in Afg; Is the Warthog the best plane ever?; and a bit more.
- Ash Carter Tells Pentagon Boss, 'It’s Time For Me To Go'
- U.S. to Egypt: We heart you but we’re keeping our $560m; Fisher House to the rescue; What the duck-rabbit says about snatch-and-grab; Missing October 7; Marines: “the failure of the few” and a bit more.
- Consider the Duck-Rabbit
- Egypt, losing most American assistance; CIA, back to work; Obama on the U.S.-China scorecard; Susan Rice’s moment; House members want Dempsey on sequester; Hagel and Ya’alon, staying in touch; and a bit more.
- The Known Unknowns of Counterterrorism Ops
- No honor cordons at the Penty; Why the SEALs backed down; Fighting al-Shabab old school; Airman: keep my pay; Lockheed, BAE, feeling it; A new “Pentagon hammer” for State: $5 million wine glasses; and a bit more.
- Cut-Rate Counterterrorism
- The Guns of October
- The Failure of ImpasseThe Latest from FP
- New report accuses Syrian rebel groups of war crimes
- Rebel fragmentation in Syria and Palestine
- Libyan prime minister freed following pre-dawn capture
- Graphic (Novel) repression in Egypt
- Egyptian court sets November 4 trial date for ousted President Morsi
- Top News: The Nobel Committee awarded
the Nobel Prize for Peace to the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its work that has "defined the use of
chemical weapons as taboo under international law," according to the
committee's statement.
The OPCW, a U.N.-backed organization, has risen to new prominence for its role in disarming Syria's chemical weapons. "People are still getting their heads around being in the global limelight," said a spokesman for the OPCW, comparing it to "building an airplane and flying it at the same time." Though events in Syria figured in the decision, the Nobel Committee stressed that the prize was awarded for the OPCW's work since its founding in 1997 to assure adherence to the U.N. Chemical Weapons Convention. The OPCW is currently assessing chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria and determining the best method to dispose of them -- a plan that might include sending them to Norway -- coincidentally the home of the Nobel Prize -- for disposal.
The decision comes after weeks of speculation: Other individuals believed to have been in contention for the prize included Malala Yousafzai, the young women's education advocate from Pakistan targeted by the Taliban, and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor who has set up hospitals for victims of rape.
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