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Trudy Rubin’s Worldview column runs on Thursdays and Sundays. In 2009-2011 she has made four lengthy trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Over the past seven years, she visited Iraq eleven times, and also wrote from Iran, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, China, and South Korea. She is the author of Willful Blindness: the Bush Administration and Iraq, a book of her columns from 2002-2004. In 2001 she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary and in 2008 she was awarded the Edward Weintal prize for international reporting. In 2010 she won the Arthur Ross award for international commentary from the Academy of American Diplomacy.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Benghazi scandal.
The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans by making a political circus out of their deaths.
Trudy Rubin: Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war.
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For Pakistan, a crucial vote
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Trudy Rubin: Benazir Bhutto's ghost hovers over Saturday's elections for parliament in Pakistan.
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Crossing the 'red line' in Syria: Now what?
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Trudy Rubin: There is something bizarre about the debate over how the United States should respond to the Syrian regime's likely use of chemical weapons against its own people.
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Boston bombings and the wannabes of terrorism
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Trudy Rubin: Last Friday, not long after the alleged marathon bombers were identified, a friend forwarded me a frantic Facebook message she'd received from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's high school history teacher.
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Boston's spirit, determination
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It does no disservice to the victims of the marathon bombing to say we were fortunate on Monday. We were fortunate that the extraordinary spirit of the marathon showed the country - and the world - how we will handle such outrages. We were so very fortunate that the carnage wasn't much worse. And we are fortunate that a massive police effort has already unearthed key video, improving the odds that the perpetrator will soon be hunted down.
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Obama's Syrian muddle
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Trudy Rubin: Will someone please explain the Obama administration's policy on Syria?
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New approach to North Korea
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Trudy Rubin: What to do about Kim Jong-un, the world's greatest showman, who is noisily threatening a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and preparing to test a missile that could reach Guam?
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Time is running out for serious Mideast talk
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Trudy Rubin: When Secretary of State John Kerry revisits Israel and the West Bank this week, he's unlikely to talk about what really needs discussing: What will Israel and the Palestinians do once the two-state solution dies?
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Another path for Pakistan
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In September 2009, I sat next to Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, at a poolside dinner in his honor in Villanova.
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Musharraf's U.S. point man has local ties
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Worldview: When Pakistan's former military ruler and president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, flew home last week from four years of self-imposed exile, a physician-turned-entrepreneur from Villanova was by his side.
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