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Friday's global agenda: Petraeus probed on Libya
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Lawmakers plan to press David Petraeus early this morning over the CIA’s investigation of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during the fallen CIA director’s first Capitol Hill appearance since his shocking resignation. Questions have surfaced about whether the CIA should have had more information in the lead-up to the attack, and Petraeus is viewed by many in Congress as holding key insights from his time probing the attack site’s aftermath.
Middle East at war: Egypt's prime minister is visiting Gaza in a show of solidarity while Israel offered a truce in its retaliation against militant rocket fire. [The New York Times] The U.S. Senate passed a resolution Thursday condoning Israel's strikes on Gaza. [The Hill]
Globe-trotter in chief: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Singapore today for meetings with senior government officials, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Foreign Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam.
Putin under fire: Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, is under pressure to get tough with Russia on human rights when she meets with President Vladimir Putin today. [Associated Press]
In other news:
In one of the most significant reversals in the court’s 18-year history, appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Friday overturned the convictions of two generals from Croatia. [Associated Press]
The Department of Energy is set to make a politically charged decision on how much gas to export from the recent shale boom. [The Wall Street Journal]
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