This from a reader this morning in Okinawa, Japan. Someone call Conan O’Brien quick.

Caroline Esser is a research intern at the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program. In Tuesday’s Washington Post, Joshua Partlow and Haq Nawaz Khan highlight the numerous flaws in House bill S.496: Afghanistan and Pakistan Reconstruction Opportunity Zones Act of 2009, which has passed the House and is being reviewed by the Senate.

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This is an email from Tehran drafted by a young woman protester who is a friend of a friend of mine. I have agreed to run it on TWN and know that it may run elsewhere in ther intenet. I have confirmed its authenticity.

I have a piece up this morning on World Politics Review that advises both Europe and Turkey to exercise patience in their accession negotiations. From the article: Ankara is currently enjoying a moment of self-satisfaction. Its economy has fared well in recent years, and it maintains friendly relations with nearly all of its feuding neighbors….

Jon Weinberg is a research intern at the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force.

Steve Clemons standing next to statue commemorating Xu Xiake (1587-1641), who chronicled his travels throughout China during the late Ming Dynasty. This picture was taken at Liyuan Park on the edge of Lake Taihu in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.

President Obama is going to help mend the rift between African-Americans who have experienced a life of racial-profiling and misunderstood policemen with an early evening White House therapy session involving beer consumption. According to this report, Henry Louis Gates has ordered “Red Stripe”. Cambride, Massachusetts police sergeant James Crowley will have “Blue Moon”.

Just enjoy. . . Hat tip to HuffPost.

The monthly food ration for a Cuban adult. Photo credit Javier Galeano/AP. Patrick Doherty directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative. One of the most hopeful signs that both the U.S.