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Thrusting himself into the combative 2016 presidential campaign, Pope Francis said Thursday that GOP front-runner Donald Trump “is not Christian” if he calls for the deportation of undocumented immigrants and pledges to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.  The Pope, who was traveling back to Rome from Mexico, where he urged the United States to address the ...

The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee passed a Russia-proposed resolution condemning attempts to glorify Nazism ideology and denial of German Nazi war crimes. The US, Canada and Ukraine were the only countries to vote against it.  [1] The resolution was passed on Friday November 21 2014 by the committee, which is tasked with tackling social and humanitarian issues and human ...

Gen. Wesley Clark, in a discussion on the  broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time”  on Friday October 31 2014, placed part of the blame for the Syrian Civil War on climate change  After host Bill Maher quoted a report from the Department of Defense saying climate change threatens national security, Clark said “It’s what was behind a lot of the violence in ...

Who the Hell is David Gergen? David Richmond Gergen (born May 9, 1942) is an American political commentator and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.  He is currently a Senior Political Analyst for CNN and a Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership ...