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                    [Title] => Obama's State of the Union address seeks to frame 2016 race
                    [Summary] => 

President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday night is his last high-profile opportunity to speak to the public before voting in the first presidential nominating contests begins on Feb. 1 with the Iowa caucuses.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-12 17:20:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160113/obama-state-of-union.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1501146 [Title] => McCain: US Navy should ignore China's claims in South China Sea [Summary] =>

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is pressing the Pentagon to sail Navy ships within 12 miles of artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea and claiming as sovereign territory.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-17 09:25:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150918/China-Reclamation-Fiery-Cross-US.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416939 [Title] => Senators: More US special ops troops may be needed in Yemen [Summary] =>

Two influential senators are calling on President Barack Obama to send more US ground troops to hotspots around the Middle East.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 02:41:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1410755 [Title] => Senator introduces bill to cut aid to Palestinians [Summary] =>

Republican Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on yesterday that would immediately halt US aid to the Palestinian Authority until it withdraws its bid to join the International Criminal Court to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-08 06:45:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1402217 [Title] => Bill bars Pentagon deals with Russian arms dealer [Summary] =>

The Pentagon would be barred from entering into any contract with a Russian state arms dealer under a provision of the $1.1 trillion spending bill.

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American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama's current strategy fails, the nation's top military officer said Tuesday as Congress plunged into an election-year debate of Obama's plan to expand airstrikes and train Syrian rebels.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-17 08:53:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249291 [AuthorName] => David Espo and Donna Cassata [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1351981 [Title] => With Israel at war, US lawmakers give full support [Summary] =>

While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire, US lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to take no action that puts pressure on Israel to halt its military operations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-30 06:33:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1180425 [AuthorName] => Bradley Klapper [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1297795 [Title] => US questions China on double-digit military spending hike [Summary] =>

The U.S. Pacific commander voiced concern Wednesday over China's intentions as the Asian power announced its latest double-digit hike in defense spending.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-06 15:17:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510042 [AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/513/b0h9.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1280289 [Title] => EU poised to suspend some sanctions on Iran [Summary] =>

Sometime between breakfast and lunchtime Monday, a message will arrive in Belgium's capital that should set in motion an international diplomatic machine, affect billions of dollars blocked in banks and have repercussions from U.S. college campuses to oil tankers on the seas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-18 07:00:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1410034 [AuthorName] => John-Thor Dahlburg [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/35/hoc7.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1246263 [Title] => US Senate votes to end shutdown, avoid default [Summary] =>

The Senate passed legislation Wednesday night to avert a U.S. debt default and end a government shutdown, a bipartisan deal set along President Barack Obama's strict terms that left Republican little to show for the epic political drama that threatened to rattle the world economy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-17 09:34:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/382/760h.jpg ) ) )
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