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"In strategic terms, the BBG is losing the information war, as former BBG member and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pointed out in 2013... " - New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough? - BBG Watch

New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough? - BBG Watch Critics believe that the BBG has to be significantly transformed through legislation to have a winning strategy against ISIS and propaganda from countries like Russia...  In strategic terms, the BBG is losing the information war, as former BBG member and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pointed out in 2013...  Congressional Sources Suspect Lobbying By BBG Congressional sources told BBG Watch that the BBG is spending a lot of time on the Hill these days trying to convince Senate members to reject H.R.2323. They see new BBG CEO and Director John Lansing as leading the charge, at the direction of BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. For a U.S. government agency which by law is required to stay completely above domestic politics, John Lansing and other BBG officials are targeting Senate Democrats in particular, congressional sources told BBG Watch. However, when John Lansing approaches Republi...

The main Syrian opposition group says it will send a small delegation to talk with UN officials at peace talks in Geneva. - The Washington Post | What's behind the public's dissatisfaction with government? - Fox News Video | Zika: Not a New Virus, But Not a Lot Known | Russia in Review - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | Испания может потребовать ареста Путина за создание ОПГ | Standard And Poor's Downgrades Azerbaijan's Debt To 'Junk' | Death toll rises among Kurds trapped in Cizre basement amid heavy fighting

Zika Zika, Mosquitoes and the Plagues to Come - NYTimes.com Zika Virus Could Be Perfect Storm in Latin America Zika: Not a New Virus, But Not a Lot Known See the Impact of Zika in Brazil | TIME Zika Virus Update: 31 People in US Infected, Houston Woman Recounts Infection - ABC News Zika virus: Olympic venues to be inspected daily before and during Games - BBC Sport US What's behind the public's dissatisfaction with government? | Fox News Video Obama's top Hill liaison is leaving California inmate escape: Jail teacher arrested - CNN.com Crews Demolishing San Francisco House Sliding off Hill - ABC News Russia and Eurasia Russia in Revie...

U.N. launches Syria peace talks despite opposition boycott | Reuters | Exclusive: EgyptAir mechanic suspected in Russian plane crash | Reuters | Hacker exposes private data of America’s biggest police union — RT USA | Homeland Missile Defense System Successful In Non-Intercept Flight Test | FBI — Andrew McCabe Named Deputy Director of the FBI | Uganda: Little Concern, Impact of Zika Virus in Zika Forest - ABC News | Officials In Berlin Say Alleged Teen Rape Case 'Fabricated' | French Economy Slows in Fourth Quarter After Paris Attacks - WSJ | Puerto Rico Non-Profit’s Tax Filings Raise Questions

Zika Zika Virus Spreading Rapidly Zika Virus ‘Spreading Explosively’ in Americas, W.H.O. Says - The New York Times Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika Spreading at Rio Olympics - The New York Times Zika in Texas? 'We have the perfect storm to allow virus to flourish' | World news | The Guardian Zika Virus: A Public Health Emergency Zika virus: Five German infections after Americas trips - BBC News Uganda: Little Concern, Impact of Zika Virus in Zika Forest - ABC News M.N.: This might be an indication that the newly active Zika virus might be different and more virulent than the original one and opens the question if it was modified in a lab.  US US economic growth slows sharply - BBC News U.S. economic growth rate slows to 0.7 percent in...