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was set to withdraw its remaining troops. The Afghanistan War has spanned four presidencies now, so it’s hard to blame Biden entirely for what’s happened there (and it’s not clear at this point that Americans will). But Biden’s exit strategy certainly has people asking what...
“He’s got to pay a price,” she says in footage from the early morning of Jan. 7. In a statement yesterday, House Republicans said she did so to distract from “her failure to secure the Capitol grounds” ahead of the attack.
Jared Paynter with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade smokes a cigarette as he walks on patrol in Afghanistan in 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Members of the United States military smoke at above-average rates, according to a Department of Defense report. 2011 numbers showed that 24 percent...
While visiting a US military base in Kandihar, he told reporters that he “hopes to have all 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan by summer.” This will increase the number of American troops to 58,000 from the current level of 34,000. Pakistan views Obama’s threats regarding hunting ...
With the end of the Cold War at the start of the 1990s, the debate took on new meaning. Could the United States now safely withdraw from its alliances, friendships or partnerships? Or, as Iraq or Afghanistan might suggest, could it best defend itself by fighting battles far from the Unite...
People have worked very hard to rewrite the history of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, but objective historical facts dispute the wishful thinking of the 40th president's admirers. What were some of the bad things that Ronald Reagan did as president?
Most people think that now is a terrible time to visit Iran. The renewed US sanctions on the country mean that popular travel websites like Expedia, Airbnb and Booking.com don’t work in Iran. International debit and credit cards can’t be used to make payments or withdraw money from ATM...
Thomas E. RicksForeign Policy
A world in which the US withdraws support of Isreal. I imagine that the Arab nations, or their people, make good on their promise, and drive the Jews into the sea. I imagine Isreal, unrestrained, without recourse, turning to all available options to protect its integrity, and its citizens...