Subject: Editors' Picks: The 20 dumbest quotes from U.S. politicians and officials this year; and Beijing's big economic shoes to fill
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 15:42:13 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Wednesday, December 31

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#1 
The Best Worst Quotes: 2014 provided more than enough fuel for the fire. Here’s the top 20 bloviations, lies, and just plain dumb lines from U.S. government officials and politicians this year: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYUA1c7d target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYPA48bf>

#2
Mo Money Mo Problems: Economic reforms transformed China in 2014. But Beijing now needs to get used to the world watching and judging its every move: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYVA6bb5 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYQA2ba3>

#3
DEATH FROM ABOVE: Tahlil Abdishakur, a key member of al-Shabab, died in an American drone strike today, just weeks after masterminding a bloody attack in Kenya. FP’s Gopal Ratnam reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYWAdd32 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYRA44ee>

#4
THE REAL AMERICAN SNIPERS: Clint Eastwood's new movie on famed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle only shows part of what it means to kill in combat: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYXAcd60 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYSAa0b6>

#5
WALKING THE WALK: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi can get his “Make in India” campaign off the ground, India could follow in China’s footsteps and become a manufacturing powerhouse: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYYA6715 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724pbs.3yqc/VKRbUcPocp9-xfYTA4476>

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