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Welcome to The Bulletin, the official newsletter of 
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Truman Center for National Policy  and 
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Truman National Security Project ! This month, Truman leaders had a great turnout at the polls across the country, and Truman advocated against the deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and the ascension of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to oversee Special Counsel Mueller&rsquo;s investigation. Truman also put on a training workshop for the annual American Council of Young Political Leaders&rsquo; Fall Congress.

 

 
Katherine Southwick

 Katherine Southwick is a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University&rsquo;s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She is a Doctoral Candidate in Law at the National University of Singapore, where her dissertation research relates to theories of rule of law for ethnically divided societies. Before returning to graduate study, Southwick worked for a decade on human rights, humanitarian advocacy, and legal reform in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. For three and a half years, she worked for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) in Washington, DC, and the Philippines on programs relating to judicial reform, anti-trafficking in persons, and the ASEAN human rights system. In 2008, she was the Robert L. Bernstein Fellow at Refugees International in
 Washington, DC, where she carried out research and advocacy on the global problem of statelessness. She has also clerked for a federal district judge and practiced international arbitration in a major law firm. She has worked in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser, and for human rights organizations in India and Uganda. Southwick grew up in Africa as the child of U.S. Foreign Service parents and holds both a BA and JD from Yale University.

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Myanmar  and 
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Bangladesh  has appeared in various international media and scholarly outlets. She has worked with civil society groups to promote the passage of legislation in the U.S. Congress&rsquo;s Senate Foreign Relations Committee imposing sanctions on senior Myanmar officials implicated in violence against the minority group. She continues to serve as an expert witness in asylum cases in the United States and Europe involving persons of Eritrean-Ethiopian origin. As co-leader of the Truman Asia Expert Group, Southwick has also recently organized an event on reassessing Congress&rsquo;s role in foreign affairs, under the Trump Administration and after the midterm elections. She is particularly focused on connecting Truman members with experts and activists from Asia and bolstering women&rsquo;s
 engagement in the organization&rsquo;s activities.

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Stop the Slide is the first practitioner-driven indications and warning system for American democracy. This past month, new indicators in the categories of Freedom of Speech/Assembly and Free and Fair Elections were triggered; all other categories remained constant. Visit the 
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 Truman and the Midterms
On 06 November, Truman leaders had an outstanding turnout at the polls. We congratulate Congressmen-elect Jason Crow in Colorado and Mike Levin in California, and special recognition is also in order for Congresswoman-elect Ayanna Pressley, who has become the first African American woman to represent a Massachusetts congressional district. All three of Truman&rsquo;s incumbent House members (Congressmen Seth Moulton, Ruben Gallego, and Josh Gottheimer) secured their reelections as well. Meanwhile, of 30 Truman leaders running for state and local office, 26 won their races. It is clear from election results across the nation that the age of unchecked Trumpism is now over, and we are excited for Truman to continue stepping up as the House of Representatives reasserts itself as an oversight
 authority. Truman at ACYPL
On 14 November in Washington, DC, Truman staff conducted two training workshops for almost 300 Professional Fellows from 60 countries at the American Council of Young Political Leaders&rsquo; Fall Congress. 

The trainings included a variant of our Strategic Communications deck, as well as Change Makers, a leadership development workshop focused on purposeful direction in reaching professional goals. The Congress marked the completion of a five to six week fellowship, in partnership with U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which was designed to help support the development of each fellow&rsquo;s project, program, or organization to impact their respective communities. Following the Strategic Communications training, more than 10 Truman members and staff were on hand to provide coaching and give feedback to the Fellows as they practiced presenting their project ideas. The coaches stressed the importance of personal narrative, confidence, concise delivery,
 passionate speaking, and projecting leadership traits. This marks the fifth such Congress that Truman has participated in.

 Truman Speaks Against Border Deployment
At the end of October, President Trump deployed active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, and Truman has since spoken out repeatedly against this decision. After all, the caravan that prompted this deployment is not a true threat to our national security, and the U.S. armed forces do not train to simply transport supplies or escort Customs and Border Protection officers around at the border. In the days following the announcement, Truman Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison was quoted in CNN articles 
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multiple 
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times , as well as in local outlets such as 
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The Texas Tribune  and 
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San Antonio Current . Garrison had also previously 
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written  an op-ed about how the caravan is not a threat and participated in press calls on the initial deployment and the status of the deployment two weeks later.

 Truman Supporting Special Counsel Mueller
Following the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the request of the president and the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General, Truman released a 
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statement  against Whitaker&rsquo;s overseeing of the special counsel investigation in his new post. 

Meanwhile, Truman Chapters in Atlanta, Boston, New York City, North Carolina, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC, mobilized their membership to participate in protests in their respective areas as part of the Trump Is Not Above The Law movement. The Chapters in North Carolina, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC, also featured Truman members as speakers at the rallies, including Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison 
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speaking  outside the White House.

 

11/08/18, NBC News, 
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Thousand Oaks shooter joins list of white men rampaging in Pittsburgh and Tallahassee. So where were they radicalized? , by Qasim Rashid, Truman Security Fellow

No easy solution exists to stopping hate and extremism--there is no quick fix. However, by focusing on purposeful action, morality in countering violence against women, and unity in the face of extremism, we can try to work towards a world where these attacks do not happen.

11/09/18, Post Bulletin, 
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In service to America , by Bishop Garrison, Truman Project Interim Executive Director

We inevitably seek out diversity in the military because the necessary centered strength and unflappable resolve is not found solely in any one group. The need for that quality among our armed forces means we must do the work to identify all those among us who are willing and able to serve. 

11/13/18, The Hill,
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 Investing in infrastructure with a gas tax: Lessons from California , by Joel Day, Truman Security Fellow

The true cost of driving is not only the cost of car plus gas, but also the wear and tear on roads, costs of alleviating congestion, funding climate resilience, and other externalities of driving. The gas tax builds those costs into driving now, rather than burdening future generations with the consequences of our poor planning.

11/15/18, Brookings, 
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The Brexit endgame: Deal or no deal? , by Amanda Sloat, Truman Security Fellow

The agreement for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union establishes the terms of divorce, ensuring it happens in an orderly manner and providing legal certainty once EU treaties and law no longer apply to the United Kingdom. Here is the &lsquo;Cliffs Notes&rsquo; version of its key components.

11/27/18, Inkstick, 
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Coffee with Ali Wyne , by Laicie Heeley, Truman Political Partner, featuring Ali Wyne, Truman Security Fellow

Heeley sits down with Wyne to discuss his work as a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Counsel, nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute, and rapporteur for a U.S. National Intelligence Council working group.

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