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If the president is serious about acting on what he described last Wednesday as his "unique responsibility to try and make this town work" and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the likely Senate majority leader when the new Congress convenes in January, continues to be of the mind that, as he expressed on election night, "we ought to start with the view that maybe there are some things we can agree on to make progress for the country," then the risk of continued government dysfunction latent in the institutional dynamics resulting from the voters' choices can be greatly mitigated. That's why it is important to identify policy areas where genuine bipartisan consensus can be found, to deliver some early successes for any renewed cooperation across the aisles and down both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Africa stands out as one such area.

Russia could move to hold territory in eastern Ukraine permanently, as it did following a military conflict with Georgia in 2008, NATO's senior military officer said Thursday.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said Tuesday the Pentagon will need more money to fund the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — and suggested Arab nations should bear the cost.

NATO countries have begun delivering weapons to Ukraine to help its forces fight Russian-backed separatists, Ukraine’s defense minister said Sunday, according to Reuters.