Iraq Was Probably a “Mistake,” Said Gen. James Mattis, Trump’s Defense Pick
“People were pretty much aware that the U.S. military didn’t think it was a very wise idea. But we give a cheery ‘Aye aye, sir,’” Mattis said.
“People were pretty much aware that the U.S. military didn’t think it was a very wise idea. But we give a cheery ‘Aye aye, sir,’” Mattis said.
The humanitarian horrors from this policy are obvious, but what comes next?
Clinton foreign policy advisor Mike Morell and others on a Center for American Progress panel advocated on behalf of the Gulf states in their ongoing, Middle-East wide power struggle with Iran.
Wikileaks exposes CIA hacking; Marcy Wheeler and Matthew Cole dissect Trump’s wiretap allegations; immigrants under attack; and music by Anti-Flag.
While we are distracted by (or addicted to) the Donald Trump Show, the quiet, methodical work of redistributing wealth upward proceeds apace.
President Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from some Muslim-majority countries is a radical departure from past U.S. policy.
As opposition forces fight the government, allies of former president Chavez say his chosen successor is becoming authoritarian. And the U.S. role lingers.
While the Senate was holding votes on Scott Pruitt, climate scientists gathered in Atlanta to defy the Trump administration's climate denialism.
The contradictory directives came as government agencies struggled to interpret and implement the Trump administration’s travel ban.
Africa has seen the most dramatic growth in the deployment of America’s elite troops of any region of the globe over the past decade.
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