{mosads}Reparations: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) holds a press conference this afternoon with Holocaust survivors to build support for bipartisan legislation that provides a way for them to pursue claims against insurance companies that have refused to pay Holocaust-era policies.
Hitting the brakes: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) questions the Western narrative of what’s happening in Syria in a new op-ed.
The op-ed comes as activists report another civilian massacre in Syria. [The Washington Post]
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