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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
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Evan Vucci / AP What Progressives Miss About Arms Sales
Celebrating their success in retaining blue-collar jobs is one way Republicans are winning the votes of working-class Americans.
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Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters Trump Will Probably Have a Great Trip to Saudi Arabia
And he will leave wishing he could spend more time in such places where people afford him more respect than the Washington press corps.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Dangers of Presidential Indiscretions
President Trump had the legal right to declassify information—but by sharing sensitive intelligence with the Russians, he may have jeopardized national security.
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Mian Kursheed / Reuters Gulf Leaders Still Love Trump
As the UAE’s crown prince visits Washington, the Emiratis are as excited as ever about the prospects for the new administration.
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Rodi Said / Reuters Donald Trump Wants to Defeat the Islamic State—So He's Arming the Kurds
It was a necessary decision. But it could also cast a shadow over U.S.-Turkey relations for years to come.
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Alex Brandon / AP What Trump Gets Right—and Progressives Get Wrong—About Andrew Jackson
In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.
