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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents educate their children about sexuality beginning early in life, but many of these discussions—about STD symptoms, condom use, or choosing birth control—are occurring after adolescents already have had sexual intercourse. 
Curbing U.S. health care spending will likely require adopting an array of strategies and an improved approach to moving these strategies into widespread use. The most promising option is to change the way providers are paid, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles in order to be successful.
Starting in 2008, the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy conducted a series of exercises to help the new U.S. administration address the challenges of the Arab-Israeli conflict—and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular—as a key component of the broader effort to secure stability in the Middle East.