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Wednesday's global agenda: Rice wraps it up
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Susan Rice is back on Capitol Hill today for meetings with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) after meeting with three Senate hawks on Tuesday. The visits are widely seen as a last-ditch effort to salvage her chances of being nominated for secretary of State.
Tuesday's meetings did not go well, with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) telling reporters afterwards that they had more concerns about the after meeting with the U.S. ambassador to the UN than before. The Hill has the latest on the state of play here.
Cross-Atlantic ties: European Parliament President Martin Schulz is scheduled to meet today with Vice-President Joe Biden and Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The EU hopes to revive a free trade agreement with the United States.
Food aid: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's foreign aid panel holds a hearing on “Evaluating current U.S. global food security efforts and determining future U.S. leadership opportunities” at 10 a.m.
The full committee will then take up the nominations for ambassador to Kenya and Lithuania at 2 p.m.
In other news:
North Korea's Kim Jong Eun is preparing a second long-range missile launch amid reports of continued illegal weapons shipments to Syria and Burma. [The Wall Street Journal]
Pro-Kremlin groups in Russia are protesting the Mormon church as a front for the CIA and the FBI. [NPR]
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Obama Treasury Dept. declares China is not manipulating currency
Baucus wants trade bill focused on human rights violations in Russia
Rep. Royce selected as new chairman of House Foreign Affairs committee
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