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Today’s R&D covers Afghanistan’s new government.  Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as the country’s new president on Monday.  Ghani’s ascension to the office marks the first democratic transfer in Afghani history.  Ghani has signed a Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States that would allow 10,000 soldiers to remain in the country after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) mandate expires in December.