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Accompanied by a small bipartisan band of House lawmakers, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrived in Italy Friday to visit with U.S. troops amid the ongoing political uprising in nearby Libya. The excursion — Pelosi's first official trip abroad this year — comes a day after the United Nations passed a resolution allowing a no-fly zone over Libya and authorizing the international community to take "all necessary measures" to protect Libyan civilians. Italy has lobbied other countries for help to deal with the refugee crisis as Libyans flee their homeland amid the violence. The Libyan government called for an "immediate...

NATO's New Mission is Fighting Terrorism, Robertson Says Speech June 20 in Washington by NATO Secretary General NATO understands how the world has changed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, says Secretary General Lord Robertson, and "that's why we are moving forward with a sense of urgency to retool the Alliance to tackle terrorism." Speaking to an internationally diverse audience at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington June 20, Robertson said terrorism "has mutated from a nation-specific problem of law enforcement into a lethal threat to national security and international stability. The willingness of today's terrorists, and their backers...