{"id":700,"date":"2023-04-26T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/foci\/?page_id=700"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:14:45","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/foci\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- #2 NEWS START -->\r\n<style>\r\n#news-component { background-color: #121212; margin-top: 0px !important; padding: 72px 0px; }\r\n#news-component .news-cell { margin-bottom: 24px !important; border-left: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); padding: 15px 0px 0px 24px; }\r\n#news-component h3 { margin-bottom: 34px !important; color: #fff !important; }\r\n#news-component h5 { margin-bottom: 12px !important; color: #fff !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px !important; }\r\n#news-component p { margin-bottom: 12px !important; color: #fff !important; }\r\n#news-component a { margin-bottom: 0px !important; 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