Private meetings draw business and political leaders to closed sessions
March gatherings saw leaders from American Enterprise Institute, governors Christie and Walker, Apple's Tim Cook, and other figures converge at a Georgia coast resort for undisclosed discussions. Similar private sessions occurred in Chicago and Kansas City, with organizers citing strategy and policy aims behind closed doors.
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Refugee aid group cites cases of hidden human rights abusers
A former Ethiopian jail guard who fled to the United States in 2004 under a false identity faced discovery in 2011 after an Ethiopian identified him outside a cafe. Convicted last year of identity theft and immigration fraud, he was noted by a Justice Department lawyer at a refugee advocate briefing as part of an effort to encourage reporting of abusers. The push aims to boost a new prosecution unit handling human rights cases.
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