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Sep 11 2019
News
John Bolton Out
“President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges.” (AP News)
The left is cheering Bolton’s departure, but worried about Trump’s chaotic impulses.
“A rigid ideologue, Mr. Bolton has a long record of championing military action
The Flip SideMay 29 2012
News
U.S. boots envoy of Syria after weekend massacre
The Obama administration is expelling the top Syrian diplomat in Washington in response to Fridays reported massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in the village of Houla.
U.S. officials told Syrian Charge dAffaires Zuheir Jabbour on Tuesday morning that he has 72 hours to leave the country
“We hold the Syrian government responsible for this slaughter of innocent lives,
Washington TimesMar 26 2018
Headline Roundup
Trump Expels 60 Russian Diplomats for UK Attack
President Trump ordered 60 Russian diplomats the US considers spies to leave the country in response to the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK.
Washington Times The Guardian BloombergOct 30 2019
Opinion
Trump’s Dark Assumption About America
The president is erasing the distinction between his political needs and the nation’s enduring interests, setting the stage for a potential crisis.
A dark assumption seems baked into Donald Trump’s effort to strong-arm foreign leaders into unearthing dirt on Joe Biden: that Trump’s reelection victory is in the nation’s interests, because he and the nation are one and the same.
The AtlanticMay 18 2017
Headline Roundup
Roger Ailes Dead
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a cable powerhouse before leaving the company last year, died Thursday morning at the age of 77.
USA TODAY Fox News (Online News) HuffPostAug 21 2014
News
Voice, Image Give Clues in Hunt for Foley's Killer
The Islamic militant in a video showing the death of American journalist James Foley took great care to disguise his identity, dressing head-to-toe in black, with a mask leaving only his eyes visible.
But police and intelligence services in Britain and the United States have a plethora of clues as they scramble to identify him, from image analysis and voice-recognition software to
ABC News (Online)Jul 10 2019
News
Can Anyone Beat Boris?
The question looms large over the future of the Tory party, British politics, and Brexit.
‘Can Boris Beat Boris?” the Remainer classes have been wondering since Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt emerged two weeks ago from the scrum of Tory leadership hopefuls to take their campaigns to the party grassroots, which will finally choose between them. It’s not so much a
National Review (News)May 01 2019
News
Guaido’s High-Risk Gamble Flops as Maduro Keeps Grip on Military
It was a ploy that from its outset felt like a long shot. Before dawn Tuesday, Juan Guaido, flanked by his political mentor Leopoldo Lopez and a handful of soldiers who had broken ranks, issued a message to Venezuela and the world: The time to topple Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime was right now.
By Wednesday morning, with Maduro still firmly in control of the military command,
BloombergAug 10 2013
News
Obama defends health law delays
President Obama on Friday defended his signature health care law and lambasted Republican-led threats to dismantle the reforms, a public attempt to navigate his recent decision to delay one of the law’s key mandates and wave off a burgeoning threat to shut down the government over the controversial law. “The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30
Washington TimesOct 23 2019
Opinion
Trump and Syria: The Myth of Betrayal
Conveniently forgotten is that Mr. Trump made his position on withdrawal clear almost two years ago.
“Trump has betrayed the Syrian Kurds” — so goes a popular refrain regarding the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the areas of northeast Syria held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The events that have followed — namely, a Turkish invasion of parts of SDF territory along
The American Spectator