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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of March 16-22, 2015.
FAA gives Amazon go-ahead on drone testing http://t.co/M467jqnEMm
— POLITICO (@politico) March 19, 2015
House defies Obama veto threat, votes to kill union election rule: http://t.co/Q6vNB0yWWL pic.twitter.com/Tarv2RrYCQ
— The Hill (@thehill) March 19, 2015
What four years of conflict have done to Syria, by the numbers. http://t.co/HQsWsnZKht pic.twitter.com/M0yfUfu2Fj
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) March 19, 2015
The British government’s future budget proposals are a rollercoaster ride of spending http://t.co/WThEyqBvSS pic.twitter.com/xQ1VeWGIfK
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 19, 2015
What is the #FutureOfCoal? Our new project starts with a look at global & domestic markets: http://t.co/vZZDbsoOZN pic.twitter.com/lAl9FrZmZj
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) March 19, 2015
Is Tunisia the island of stability in MENA it is cracked up to be? Not really, writes @larajakesFP http://t.co/waEozWAqew
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 19, 2015
Senate Democrats work to avoid primaries http://t.co/ncJR3SwoFN | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/rKDitPZyVC
— POLITICO (@politico) March 19, 2015
.@avshalomhalutz asks first-time voters why they voted for @netanyahu, gets revealing answers http://t.co/fh9D8Em6ij pic.twitter.com/JwrvyLKiT1
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) March 19, 2015
Netanyahu’s re-election shows Israelis have lost hope for peace: http://t.co/WSTHT4vsRF pic.twitter.com/UIJZ5MTSXX
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) March 19, 2015
Two senators search for common ground in the sex trafficking debate: http://t.co/trswMHu3qb @kieferf
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) March 19, 2015
Fears of Greek Debt Default Overshadow E.U. Gathering http://t.co/HjkRPd87lB
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 19, 2015
Republicans heap money on Rahm’s re-election campaign http://t.co/vJitiLt3j6 pic.twitter.com/ChcbbNcK1T
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) March 19, 2015
.@nytimes says Afghan VP Dostum cried in a security meeting. The former warlord does not find this amusing. http://t.co/J6NhpAzu8z
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 19, 2015
Mikulski, progressives furious about Reid’s meddling in Maryland http://t.co/4RIa6Z0i7K
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 19, 2015
Obama floats the idea of mandatory voting. Conservatives push back: http://t.co/9IhTi8sHvk pic.twitter.com/h54t3sgZXC
— Slate (@Slate) March 19, 2015