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    <title><![CDATA[Advocacy | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition#When:17:42:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drilling Off Cuba, and How the Embargo Could be Very Costly for the US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba#When:17:37:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no standing agreement with Cuba on what to do in case of a blowout,” says Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GFI Calls on G8 to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows at Camp David Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows#When:11:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today called on leaders of the G8 to concretely tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and end tax haven secrecy when they meet this weekend at Camp David]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T11:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Call on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency#When:10:46:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, 41 business and civil society groups sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging them to co-sponsor the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483/ H.R. 3416)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-16T10:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need#When:12:54:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[That won’t be easy, observed Wayne Smith, a CIP senior fellow and director of its Cuba project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-11T12:54:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones and the Dream of Remote Control in the Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands#When:11:44:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More broadly, Barry states that that the CBP has failed to offer any documentation to support its claim that the drones are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T11:44:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to bring the troops home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home#When:09:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Davis' remarks echo judgments made earlier by Marine Captain Matthew Hoh and Colonel Andrew Bacevich, and thousands of veterans of the Afghan war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T09:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The summit; Mexico&#8217;s deadly drug war; A view from the Americas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas#When:11:38:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the Mexican drug war on CNTV]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T11:38:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Florida Bankers Object to Disclosing Identities of Foreign Depositors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/florida-bankers-object-to-disclosing-identities-of-foreign-depositors</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/florida-bankers-object-to-disclosing-identities-of-foreign-depositors#When:13:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If you want to get to the heart of any violent crime, it comes down to money," said Heather Lowe of Global Financial Integrity]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T13:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Historic Challenge to Drug War Looms at Cartagena Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit#When:13:16:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Everybody knows that it's impossible to wipe out the illicit drug business without making it legal," said Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T13:16:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ryan Budget: Increases Pentagon, &#8220;Out of Touch&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch#When:16:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["While pretending to make the 'tough choices,' Rep. Paul Ryan's budget cutting plan gives a free ride to the largest single item in the discretionary budget: Pentagon spending"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T16:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now We Know: Decriminalization Does Cut Drug Use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use#When:18:07:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Latin American citizens and government leaders are openly protesting a model where their nations pay in blood and lives to fill U.S. defense contractors’ pockets and spread the Pentagon’s global reach — with few, if any, positive results,” wrote Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-18T18:07:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget 2012: Black Money- India&#8217;s Unobtanium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-2012-black-money-indias-unobtanium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-2012-black-money-indias-unobtanium#When:16:56:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, the Director of Global Financial Integrity; R Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance and Control; and GC Srivastava, Former Joint Secretary of India, discuss an amnesty or a voluntary disclosure scheme to whiten black money]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-10T16:56:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Joins Push for Strong SEC Rule on Extractive Industries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-gates-joins-push-for-strong-sec-rule-on-extractive-industries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-gates-joins-push-for-strong-sec-rule-on-extractive-industries#When:13:43:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It’s up to the companies to identify and cite the laws in foreign countries that prohibit them providing this kind of disclosure, so that is their burden and they have not met it."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-15T13:43:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil Industry Must Stop Supporting Secrecy, Say Financial Transparency and Anti-Poverty Groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/oil-industry-must-stop-supporting-secrecy-say-financial-transparency-groups</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/oil-industry-must-stop-supporting-secrecy-say-financial-transparency-groups#When:13:10:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti-poverty groups and supporters of financial transparency urge the oil industry to drop its attacks on a new law that will reduce corruption and reveal the money trail]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T13:10:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico Lost $872 billion In Illicit Outflows Over Last 40 Years, Study Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-lost-872-billion-in-illicit-outflows-over-last-40-years-study-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-lost-872-billion-in-illicit-outflows-over-last-40-years-study-says#When:13:48:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is a devastatingly large amount of money for any developing country to lose,” GFI Director Raymond W. Baker said. "The negative ramifications are huge for everyday Mexicans.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-31T13:48:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[EPA: Palm oil flunks the climate test]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/epa-palm-oil-flunks-climate-test</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/epa-palm-oil-flunks-climate-test#When:16:49:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Oil palm planted on rainforest peatland when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence is still paying off its carbon debt today,” said Glenn Hurowitz]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:49:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Trade Organization&#8217;s Pascal Lamy warns the West not to make a &#8216;bogeyman&#8217; out of China.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/world-trade-organizations-pascal-lamy-warns-west-make-bogeyman-china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/world-trade-organizations-pascal-lamy-warns-west-make-bogeyman-china#When:16:41:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker said a "new age of financial transparency and accountability is required"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:41:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special Ops&#8217; burden of success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success#When:16:35:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said de-emphasizing boots on the ground and emphasizing a more flexible force is "a logical way to go"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-25T16:35:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney’s Bermuda Tax Holiday]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday#When:16:53:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The measure of a future president should not be that he took advantage of a great business deal,” said the writers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T16:53:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Experts Demand Removal of Terrorist Status of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba#When:16:19:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Wayne Smith, former diplomat and member of the Center for International Policy, the workshop, which meets on Thursday, would clarify the situation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:19:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Call for Cuba’s Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism#When:10:29:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group convened a conference today calling for the removal of Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T10:29:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analyst: Keep Defense Cuts in Place, Avoid &#8216;Exaggerated Rhetoric&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1#When:16:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We don’t need more Pentagon spending, we need more spending discipline at the Pentagon – an agency so disorganized that it can’t even balance its own books]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T16:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election#When:17:15:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz, an environmental activist and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, said the delay could leave the final decision in the hands of Mr. Obama’s Republican successor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:15:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/g20-addressing-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/g20-addressing-illicit-financial-flows#When:15:57:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) praised the G20 today for its commitment to tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and crack down on tax haven secrecy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T15:57:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity Urges G20 to End Tax Haven Secrecy in Cannes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-integrity-g20-end-tax-haven-secrecy-cannes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-integrity-g20-end-tax-haven-secrecy-cannes#When:16:02:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today joined over 40,000 people from around the world calling on G20 leaders to end tax haven secrecy when they meet this week in Cannes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:02:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz on PBS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs#When:17:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill discusses what Mr. Obama has and hasn't done with The Center for International Policy's Glenn Hurowitz.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T17:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Press Briefing on U.S. Policy in Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq#When:14:00:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A resolution of the deepening crisis in Iraq can only be achieved through political negotiation and compromise. As most independent observers and analysts have pointed out and as the GAO report leaked this morning underscores - there has been little to no progress in this important regard since the surge began and there is little to no prospect that we will be any closer to a political resolution next April than we are today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-30T14:00:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary Rice in Colombia: How to Make the Most of a Brief Visit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sec-rice-in-colombia-how-to-make-the-most-of-brief-visit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sec-rice-in-colombia-how-to-make-the-most-of-brief-visit#When:13:49:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will spend a few hours in Colombia on Wednesday, April 27, as part of a visit]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-22T13:49:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP Statement on Bush Administration Refusal to Participate in Peace Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-administration-refusal-participate-peace-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-administration-refusal-participate-peace-talks#When:15:07:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy wishes to express its dismay that the Bush Administration has refused to accept Colombian President Andrés Pastrana's invitation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2001-02-27T15:07:53+00:00</dc:date>
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