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Tuesday’s global agenda: Senate weighs funding for Middle East and abortion

{mosads}Lebanon: Beirut suffered the worst clashes in four years Monday as Sunni groups clashed over the conflict in next-door Syria [The Washington Post].

Cambodia: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell travels to Cambodia today for the East Asia Summit and the Lower Mekong Initiative. The U.S. became a member of the regional forum last year.

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