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Montinique Monroe / Getty I’m Freezing Cold and Burning Mad in Texas
The state’s power outages have revealed the difference between performative governance and actually governing.
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Samuel Corum / Getty Counterinsurgency Isn’t the Answer
Be wary of those who seek to apply the lessons of our campaigns abroad to our political challenges at home.
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Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters Iran Loses Its Indispensable Man
The killing of Qassem Soleimani robs the regime of the central figure for its ambitions in the Middle East.
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Jason O'Brien / Reuters The Best Athlete Americans Have Never Heard Of
American pro athletes face pressure to stick to sports. Australia’s David Pocock has a different idea.
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Faisal Nasser / Reuters U.S. Arms Sales to the Gulf Have Failed
Despite spending billions of dollars on hardware, our regional partners don’t have the capabilities we need.
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Vanessa Gera / AP How to Really Honor the Troops
Thousands of soldiers have successfully led combat units without committing atrocities. Pardoning war crimes dishonors them.
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Maya Alleruzzo / AP / Katie Martin / … One Morning in Baghdad
Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, there’s no satisfying answer to the question: What were we doing in Iraq anyway?
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Brian Snyder / Reuters America's Gun-Culture Problem
Since the September 11 attacks, attitudes around weaponry have transformed into something unhealthy.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Burden of Trump's National-Security Staff
Those toiling inside this administration are fooling themselves if they think they can somehow rise above the character and temperament of this president to shepherd this country through to a more normal time.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Military Parades Are a Waste of Time and Money
The troops would be better served doing almost anything else to improve combat effectiveness.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Shawn Brimley's Town
Washington, D.C., can be an easy city to mock or resent—but it’s full of workers who’ve given up opportunities to serve something larger than themselves.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What Trump Got Right in Foreign Policy in 2017
For one thing, the Islamic State is largely defeated.
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Hassan Abdallah / Reuters The Hubris of Hezbollah
How the militant group will fumble into the next Middle Eastern war.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters How Mattis May Get Himself in Trouble With Trump
The secretary of defense could run afoul of his boss if his review of the policy on transgender troops follows the facts to their conclusion.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters When Will Enough Be Enough in Afghanistan?
At some point, a president might have to acknowledge to the military: We fought hard, but we have other, greater priorities elsewhere.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy
The U.S. Armed Forces have had troubles with extremists enlisting in the past, and they don’t want it to happen again.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Dangerous Politicization of the Military
By asking active-duty personnel to lobby Congress in their own self-interest, President Trump crossed an important line.
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Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters If Trump Undermines the Iran Deal
A report suggests the president is looking for ways to get out of the accord. It says a lot about how he views the world.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Needs an Intervention
Experienced advisers haven’t been able to offset the president’s excesses. Now, it’s up to Republican lawmakers.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Do America's Middle Eastern Allies Like Trump Now?
Why the president’s withdrawal from the Paris accords should worry leaders in Israel and the Gulf
