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was rejected. Instead, negotiators agreed to $77 billion in accounting changes that probably wouldn't constrain any future spending," Paletta and Erica Werner report in their story on the deal. "But the deal locked in more spending for the military, something Trump has tried to make a hallmark of his firs

hment writ broadly..." Crocker told interviewers from the government that he felt "a sense of futility": "I was struck by something [then-president Hamid] Karzai said and repeated a number of times during my tenure, which is that the West, led by the U.S., in his clear view, had a significant responsibility

West, led by the U.S., in his clear view, had a significant responsibility to bear for the whole corruption issue," he explained. "I always thought Karzai had a point, that you just cannot put those amounts of money Page 17750 EFTA00047261 into a very fragile state and society, and not have it fuel

dent Richard Trumka, said Monday morning that there was a deal and he planned to meet with his executive committee Monday afternoon to discuss it," Erica Werner and Lynch report. "Support from the AFL-CIO, which opposes the existing North American Free Trade Agreement and blames it for destroying millions

hment writ broadly..." Crocker told interviewers from the government that he felt "a sense of futility": "I was struck by something [then-president Hamid] Karzai said and repeated a number of times during my tenure, which is that the West, led by the U.S., in his clear view, had a significant responsibility

West, led by the U.S., in his clear view, had a significant responsibility to bear for the whole corruption issue," he explained. "I always thought Karzai had a point, that you just cannot put those amounts of money into a very fragile state and society, and not have it fuel corruption. ... You just ca

47495 PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as acting White House chief of staff. Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein, Josh Dawsey and Erica Werner interviewed 32 White House aides, current and former administration officials, lawmakers, and legislative staffers for an in-depth exploration of

protests are the most sustained show of opposition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014." -- Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said he grew estranged from his American allies during his 10 years in power. Pamela Constable reports from Kabul: "His version of U.S.-Afghan rela

or trouble-plagued U.S. efforts in Afghanistan — based on hundreds of previously classified interviews with U.S. officials — has partly vindicated Karzai's arguments, even as it portrays his past government as a dysfunctional 'kleptocracy' that was unprepared for modern governance. `Much of it is tru