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White House Makes Ready for the Pope
The White House has been keeping details of the pope's visit under wraps, but last week a few officials from the president's and First Lady's staff briefed reporters on some of lighter touches of their pontiff-planning.
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April 11, 2008: Pope Benedict’s Foreign Policy
The Holy See has played an active global role for centuries. It has permanent observer status at the United Nations and has all the rights of full UN membership except voting.
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April 11, 2008: Father Thomas Reese
Read more of Kim Lawton's interview about Pope Benedict, the Vatican, and foreign policy with Father Thomas Reese, S.J., senior fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Institute.
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Read more of Kim Lawton's interview about the Vatican and foreign policy with J. Peter Pham, director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University.
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April 11, 2008: Ambassador James Nicholson
Read more of Kim Lawton's interview about the Vatican and foreign policy with Ambassador James Nicholson.
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September 29, 2006: Shia-Sunni Conflict
The conflict between Sunnis and Shiites. It goes back nearly 1,400 years. Today it is tearing Iraq apart. But the two branches of Islam have not always been openly hostile, and in many parts of the world they live together peacefully. Lucky Severson talked with a prominent Middle East scholar about the rivalry's history, and why it has exploded recently, and what the prospects are for the future.
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August 10, 2006: Battle for the Middle East
Read correspondent Lucky Severson's August 7, 2006 interview in Washington, D.C. with Vali Nasr, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
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May 19, 2006: Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has a new -- and some say surprising -- book out called "The Mighty and the Almighty." While many diplomats have traditionally held a very secular outlook on their work, Albright argues that decision makers need to do a better job of understanding religion's role in the world.
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May 19, 2006: Madeleine Albright Extended Intreview
Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with Madeleine Albright about religion and foreign policy.
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May 19, 2006: Madeleine Albright Book Excerpt: The Mighty and the Almighty
Read excerpts from Madeleine Albright's Book: The Mighty and the Almighty's
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