Thanksgiving is the warmest of holidays.  It is uncomplicated by gift-giving or getting and uncluttered by a round of holiday parties.  It revolves, quite simply, around sharing a meal with family and friends and giving thanks for them and other blessings.   

Forced displacement in Colombia caused by armed conflict between leftist rebel groups, paramilitary narco-criminal gangs and the Colombian armed forces continues to be a serious tragedy for hundreds of thousands of Colombian citizens.

Violence re-erupted in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the evening of October 26th and the redisplacement of tens, and then hundreds of thousands of people began.

The list of international challenges for President-elect Obama is lengthy, and humanitarian reform is nowhere near the top. Nonetheless, the advent of his administration presents an opportunity to rethink the way the United States approaches humanitarian response in a number of key areas.