Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wilkerson was chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell during the Bush Administration.

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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat spoke on Palestinian radio, calling for Biden and the Obama administration to sway the Israelis.

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Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, President Obama's chief counter-terrorism adviser laid out the administration's approach.

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He was chosen as special prosecutor last August by Deputy Chief Administration Judge Fern Fisher after Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes recused himself because Lopez, as Brooklyn Democratic chairman, supported Hynes politically.

WSJ: Prosecutor was GOP pick for NY attorney general

Visiting Beijing this week is Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan Fang On-Sang.

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In Atlanta, Toys for Tots administration chief Edward Barrett said they had received 241, 814 donations, well short of their goal of 800, 000.

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