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Tuesday's global agenda: Petraeus fallout shakes up Obama's national-security team
Your morning global affairs speed-read
The sudden resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus last week is forcing the Obama administration to shake up its national team just days after the president won reelection.
The probe into Petraeus's affair with his biographer ensnared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, following allegations that he had “potentially inappropriate” communications with the woman who sparked the inquiry into Petraeus. And Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is now in the running to become secretary of Defense, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, with chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan the favorite to take over the CIA.
Back to Benghazi: Kerry's Senate Foreign Relations Committee takes the first post-election shot at finding out what happened at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. Tuesday's closed briefing with State Department and intelligence officials is the first in a series of briefings and hearings throughout the week.
Trade with Russia: The House Rules Committee votes on how to handle legislation granting permanent normal trade relations to Russia later this afternoon, setting up a floor vote for later this week.
O Canada: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman leads the U.S. delegation to the second meeting of the U.S.-Canada High Level Policy Review Group in Ottawa today (the first took place in Washington in May).
The senior Canadian and U.S. officials — including five assistant and deputy assistant secretaries of State — will discuss a wide range of global and regional issues, including dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
In other news:
America's oil shale boom is redrawing the nation's foreign policy. [The Wall Street Journal]
The Arab League formally recognized Syria's new opposition coalition, the National Coalition Forces of the Syrian Revolution, prompting accusations of foreign interference from Bashar Assad's regime. [CNN]
The question of whether departing president Hu Jintao will keep his powerful post as head of the military looms as a major unresolved issue during China's once-in-a-decade transition of power. [The New York Times]
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