[AP/Washington Post] George Gedda - For the second year in a row, the U.S. has decided not to seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, the State Department said Tuesday, accusing the panel of an anti-Israeli bias. Spokesman Sean McCormack said the council has had a "singular focus" on Israel, while countries such as Cuba, Myanmar and North Korea have been spared scrutiny. The most senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, said: "Rather than standing as a strong defender of fundamental human rights, the Human Rights Council has faltered as a weak voice subject to gross political manipulation."
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