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		<title>Facing down the scourge of slavery</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/02/01/interview-with-francis-bok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Francis Bok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Francis Bok is the author of the first contemporary slave narrative, Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America. Now an abolitionist with the American Anti-Slavery Group, he discussed 21st century human trafficking with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: Human trafficking is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s future? More on foreign policy and an almost inevitable re-election bid</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/01/26/obama%e2%80%99s-future-more-on-foreign-policy-and-an-almost-inevitable-re-election-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Wayne, the author of a forthcoming book on President Barack Obama, &#8220;Personality and Politics: Obama For and Against Himself&#8221;, specializes in the American presidency at Georgetown University. He discussed with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia the Obama administration’s prospects for the next two years.

Q: What did Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To succeed, a president has to be both loved and feared</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/23/to-succeed-a-president-has-to-be-both-loved-and-feared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Wayne, a Georgetown University expert on the American presidency, has written 11 books, including &#8220;The Road to the White House.&#8221; He discussed with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia the firing of Afghanistan war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal because of statements critical of the Obama administration that he and others made in Rolling Stone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert examines global terrorism threat summer 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/09/expert-examines-global-terrorism-threat-summer-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Extremism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism specialist John Schindler, the author of &#8220;Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa&#8217;ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad,&#8221; is a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He discussed the changing global danger Americans face with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Question: What is the terrorist challenge in the summer of 2010?
Answer: Al-Qaida and associated movements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arms accord establishes valid framework but more efforts required: A Q&amp;A with veteran arms-control specialist Jack Mendelsohn</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/04/09/arms-accord-establishes-valid-framework-but-more-efforts-required-a-qa-with-veteran-arms-control-specialist-jack-mendelsohn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/04/09/arms-accord-establishes-valid-framework-but-more-efforts-required-a-qa-with-veteran-arms-control-specialist-jack-mendelsohn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Mendelsohn, a former senior Foreign Service officer, a member of the SALT II and START I delegations and a former deputy director of the Arms Control Association, discussed the new START treaty with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: What are the key details that everyone needs to understand?
A: The agreement limits strategic (i.e., long-range) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Chinese complaints, U.S. arms sale to Taiwan is political reality</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/02/01/despite-chinese-complaints-us-arms-sale-to-taiwan-is-political-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minxin Pei, the author of China&#8217;s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy, is the Tom and Margot Pritzker Professor of Government and Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He discussed China’s high-profile fury over a $6.4 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An expert&#8217;s insight into Fort Hood tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/11/11/an-experts-insight-into-fort-hood-tragedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/11/11/an-experts-insight-into-fort-hood-tragedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Sloan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Sloan, the author of &#8220;Terrorism: The Present Threat in Context,&#8221; has worked for many years with the U.S. military on responding to and preventing terrorism. He discussed the investigation into an Army psychiatrist&#8217;s alleged rampage at Fort Hood with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Question: What is your assessment at this stage?
Answer: One should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Essential Goodness of People in a Troubled World: A Q&amp;A with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/08/01/the-essential-goodness-of-people-in-a-troubled-world-a-qa-with-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-desmond-tutu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/08/01/the-essential-goodness-of-people-in-a-troubled-world-a-qa-with-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-desmond-tutu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, formerly archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, is the author of multiple books, including &#8220;God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time&#8221; and &#8220;No Future Without Forgiveness.&#8221; He discussed human rights and other global issues with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.
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Question: As you contemplate global challenges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolden should speak truth to power, push for bringing NASA&#8217;s goals, strategy and resources into alignment</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/05/25/bolden-should-speak-truth-to-power-push-for-bringing-nasas-goals-strategy-and-resources-into-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/05/25/bolden-should-speak-truth-to-power-push-for-bringing-nasas-goals-strategy-and-resources-into-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joan Johnson-Freese, the author of Heavenly Ambitions: America&#8217;s Quest to Dominate Space, is the chair of the National Security Decision Making Department at the U.S. Naval War College. She discussed the nomination of Charles Bolden to serve as the next NASA chief and contemplated the U.S. future in space with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. foreign policy is headed on right and pragmatic course</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/04/13/us-foreign-policy-is-headed-on-right-and-pragmatic-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2009/04/13/us-foreign-policy-is-headed-on-right-and-pragmatic-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter W. Galbraith, the author of The End of Iraq and Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America&#8217;s Enemies, formerly served as a U.S. ambassador to Croatia. He discussed global challenges for the United States with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: What is your critique of American foreign policy? 
A: The problem with the [...]]]></description>
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