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Rex Tillerson downplayed the significance of Trump's Jerusalem announcement, and emphasized that the policy change allows for the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate key details. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

National Security

Rex Tillerson: Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is ‘well-advanced’

Joel Gehrke · February 14, 2018 5:14 pm

National Security

Bob Menendez: Rex Tillerson should go to Israel following Iran clash

Joel Gehrke · February 12, 2018 9:52 pm

After a beneficiary of the diversity visa lottery program funneled funds to a terrorist overseas, Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the case to push for changes to immigration law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Feds: Diversity visa recipient sent money to terrorist

Joel Gehrke · February 7, 2018 11:13 pm

TSA issued an emergency amendment requiring six airlines that fly to the U.S. from seven airports to undergo enhanced screening under the Air Cargo Advance Screening protocols. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

TSA tightens screening requirements for cargo from seven Middle Eastern airports

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2018 8:38 pm

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. (Khaled Desouki/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pence meets with Egyptian president: US-Egypt relationship has ‘never been stronger’

Kelly Cohen · January 20, 2018 7:21 pm

Mike Pence made several foreign trips in 2017, often traveling weeks ahead of the president to begin bilateral talks and establish a relationship with foreign leaders. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

National Security

Pence sets dates for Middle East tour later this month

Gabby Morrongiello · January 8, 2018 6:13 pm

It was the December 2016 Security Council Resolution, engineered by then-President Barack Obama, that changed the status of Jerusalem and complicated the efforts to achieve a compromise peace. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: The Jerusalem conflict is all Barack Obama’s fault

Alan Dershowitz · December 20, 2017 5:42 pm

A united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty is in the interest of not only the West, but the entire world. President Trump's declaration was not a mistake. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Beltway Confidential

Why a united Jerusalem is a must

Eli Hazan · December 13, 2017 8:17 pm

Many of today's young people are floundering. They are uncertain about what they want to do with their lives. They need a structured opportunity that will allow them to feel needed and capable.

Asking what you can do for your country should be required

Washington Examiner Staff · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

Next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured right in this photo from 2015) will visit Egypt and hold talks with its military leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (pictured right). According to Russian news reports, defense, trade, and commercial ties will be high up on the agenda. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Putin visit to Egypt proves why Trump must be a realist

Tom Rogan · December 7, 2017 10:25 pm

Even after President Trump's Wednesday announcement, U.S. passports for citizens born in Jerusalem won't say they were born in "Jerusalem, Israel," but instead just "Jerusalem." Government maps also won't recognize Jerusalem as belonging to Israel. (iStock)

National Security

US passports won’t reflect Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Joel Gehrke · December 7, 2017 10:04 pm

Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital might upend the status quo, and it might upset those who have staked their reputations onto peace process strategies with a long track-record of failure. It may lead to some violence. And it's no magic bullet. But when heated rhetoric subsides and diplomats once again meet, peace will be one step closer to reality. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Beltway Confidential

Peace in the Middle East is one step closer to reality if Trump makes huge Jerusalem change

Michael Rubin · December 5, 2017 8:03 pm