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Mar 24 2022
Perspectives Blog
SCOTUS Nominee Hearings Begin as Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues
As war continues in Ukraine, Senate confirmation hearings began for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson this week.
Jackson's hearings began Monday with opening statements, and continued on Tuesday with some Republicans accusing her of being soft on crime, while Democrats spoke to her accomplishments and qualifications. During Wednesday's hearings, Jackson took more questions on
AllSides StaffSep 03 2015
Opinion
Hope is not a national security strategy
The Iran nuclear deal is a break from decades of bipartisan consensus, opposed by two of the highest ranking Democrats in the Senate and in several key respects violates the current administration’s own policy. This is an important deal. This is a bad deal. The Senate should reject it.
Then-Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican, famously declared during the Democratic Truman
Duf SundheimAug 02 2021
News
Afghanistan
“The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday… Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would allow an additional 8,000 visas and $500 million in funding for the Afghan visa program.” AP News
“The Taliban
The Flip SideNov 26 2019
News
House Judiciary Committee announces first impeachment hearing, invites Trump to attend
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday announced it will hold its first public impeachment hearing next week, and invited President Donald Trump and his lawyers "to participate."
"I am hopeful that you and your counsel will opt to participate in the Committee's hearing, consistent with the rules of decorum and with the solemn nature before us," Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said
NBC News (Online)Oct 14 2019
News
As options narrow on Syria, Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey.
Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters was never an option, defense officials have said, and Trump asked the
ReutersSep 15 2014
News
Poll: Republicans More Weary of War Than Democrats
There's more dove than hawk in Republicans these days than anyone has suspected.
A Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) poll found that Republicans are now more likely than Democrats to oppose American involvement in foreign affairs, by a margin of 40 percent to 35 percent.
Former NATO ambassador and CCGA president Ivor Daalder told MSNBC, "Republicans and Democrats today
Newsmax (News)Dec 10 2019
Opinion
Obama spied on an opponent and the FBI lied repeatedly. Trump is being impeached?
The FBI spied on an official they believed — or pretended to believe — was working inside the 2016 Trump presidential campaign on behalf of the Russian government to hijack the election and install a Manchurian candidate who would give America away to Moscow.
The FBI never alerted the Trump campaign to this grave inside threat, obviously, because the Department of Justice believed that
Washington TimesMar 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
When a Cure for Polarization Appears
From the CenterAs our nation’s politics have become increasingly Balkanized, many of us have wondered if there is any plausible way to rebuild a political center where Democrats and Republicans can at least occasionally come together. Perhaps there was a visionary and unifying leader that could make that happen. Maybe the voters themselves would rise up and demand an end to the ceaseless
Dan SchnurDec 08 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Defense Nominee: Ashton Carter terrific choice but will Obama listen to him?
The most important appointment President Obama will make for the rest of his time in office is the next secretary of defense. For the next two years, every major foreign policy problem he faces will be contentious, and largely a military issue: Can we defeat ISIS? How do we cope with the expansion of radical jihad in the Middle East? Will U.S.-Israeli relations continue to fray? How does the
Fox News (Online News)Jul 07 2021
News
Withdrawal from Afghanistan
“The U.S. military troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is 90% complete, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday… U.S. President Joe Biden ordered all American soldiers to leave the war-torn nation by September 11 to end nearly 20 years of unprecedented U.S. military engagement there. NATO partners have followed suit.” (VOA)
Many on both sides oppose the withdrawal, arguing that the US
The Flip Side