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VMAs honor Charlottesville victim | TheHill

posted onAugust 28, 2017
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The MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night honored the woman killed during the Charlottesville, Va., rally earlier this month. Heather Heyer, presented the “Best Fight Against the System” award.  “My daughter was killed when she protested racism. I miss her but I know she’s here tonight,” Bro said on stage. "I have been deeply moved to see people across the world — the world — by her inspiration and her courage." An ancestor of Civil War general Robert E.

Hezbollah: Iran’s Middle East Agent, Emissary and Hammer - The New York Times

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — For three decades, Lebanon’s southern border, trained thousands of committed fighters to battle Israel’s army and built up an arsenal of rockets capable of striking far across the Jewish state. But as the Middle East has changed, with conflicts often having nothing to do with Israel flaring up around the region, Hezbollah has changed, too. It has rapidly expanded its realm of operations.

For U.S.’s Mideast Negotiators, Keeping the Palestinians Involved Is a Victory - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Middle East emissaries spent this week energetically selling his Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative throughout the Arab world, from Saudi Arabia and Egypt to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Then they got to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. At the end of their meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the best Mr. Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and his special envoy, Jason D.

Does Trump Represent U.S. Values? ‘The President Speaks for Himself,’ Tillerson Says - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, addressing President Trump’s blaming of “both sides” in the racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va., declined to say on Sunday whether Mr. Trump’s response represented “American values.” “The president speaks for himself,” Mr. Tillerson said on “Fox News Sunday.” Asked by the host, Chris Wallace, about a United Nations statement condemning the president’s words, Mr.