He served for many years as -- on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and six years on the Senate Elect Committee on Intelligence.

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The incident has severely strained Afghan-American relations and six local governors in parts of Afghanistan are now demanding that the US forces seek their permission before launching new combat operations.

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The Chinese dramatically have boosted trade with their neighbors and maintain close military relations some six decades after they fought side by side in the Korean War.

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After the Six-Day war in June, the then secretary of state, Dean Rusk, persuaded the administration to upgrade relations with the colonels' regime as it had been so helpful to America's efforts to support Israel.

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Hawaii, with six islands but one government, benefits from a co-ordinated public-relations effort, while the Caribbean islands' governments bicker.

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