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How did Israel support Hamas precisely?
TL/DR The Israeli political and military establishment has used Islamists as a counter to the secular PLO/Fatah and to impede the peace process for decades.
Creation of Hamas by Israel from How Israel ...
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Is there an official reason why Kamala Harris wasn't present during the bilateral meeting between China and the U.S. during the APEC summit?
I don't think qualifying the VP as the 2nd most powerful official, at least in this context, is accurate. The amount of influence a VP has on policy has been historically highly variable, depending on ...
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Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship?
I'll go with Former Whitehouse Chief of staff to President Obama
Rahm Emanuel.
current U.S. ambassador to Japan
former Senior Advisor to President Clinton
former White House Director of Political ...
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Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship?
"Highest position" is somewhat arbitrary (is the Speaker of the House higher ranking than the Attorney General?) so I'll go by the presidential line of succession.
Secretary of Energy ...
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When was the last/prior time a former PM served in another (non-PM) position in the UK government?
The instance in the 1970s was when Alec Douglas-Home came back to serve as Foreign Secretary in the Heath ministry in 1970, just under six years after leaving the office of Prime Minister in 1964 ...
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Can the U.S. president suspend any government officials given a good enough reason?
Define "Government Official"....
In the US system the President is head of the executive. He can appoint to the cabinet (with the advice and consent of the senate) and he can remove (on his ...
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