A task force led by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former defense secretary William Cohen released a report (WashPost) Monday urging President-elect Barack Obama to create a high-level forum to guide U.S. government policy on the threat of genocide.

IRAN: The Leader of Israel’s opposition Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, praised Obama on Monday for his stance on U.S.-Iran policy. “I was impressed by his commitment to prevent Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold…I have no doubtthat that commitment is genuine and that he will follow through with it,” Netanyahu told Reuters.