US Extends Economic, Security Cooperation to Tunisia

Secretary of State John Kerry says the “eyes of the world are on Tunisia” and America wants the country, considered the birthplace of the Arab Spring, to succeed. He commented from Tunisia, the first leg of a three-nation tour that will focus heavily on political and security instability in Syria. In a joint appearance Friday with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche, Kerry said the United States had provided Tunisia with more than $700 million in assistance in 2011 and committed...

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