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Anees Mahyoub / Reuters What's Really at Stake for America in Yemen's Conflict
As the Trump administration navigates the risks of escalation, there’s a real danger it will get the calculus wrong.
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Reuters / Department of Defense The Fight Against the Islamic State Just Got Harder
Initial thoughts on the Trump administration’s new front in the Syrian war
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Goran Tomasevic / Reuters A Tale of Two Air Strikes
One that did happen, in Mosul, killed hundreds of civilians. Could one that didn’t, in Syria in 2013, have helped save innocent lives today?
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Egypt and America Are Destined to Disappoint Each Other
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s supporters in Washington are about to get mugged by reality: His regime is alarmingly weak.
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Mark Tenally / AP Mike Pence and the 'Billy Graham Rule'
Their method of protecting their marriage may be misguided, but it shows the Pences have an admirable awareness of their own human weaknesses.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters When the Generals Become Democracy's Guardians
Military officers have checked some of the president’s uglier populist impulses. But what does that mean for liberal values?
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Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters The Coming Fall of Mosul
Iraqi forces are on the verge of a mighty victory.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Gets an Upgrade at National Security Adviser
By replacing Mike Flynn with H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump added one of the most talented officers the U.S. Army has ever produced to his team.
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Alex Brandon / AP Donald Trump Will Defeat ISIS
And it will be mostly due to the work of his predecessor.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Don't Politicize the Failed Yemen Raid
America cannot punish its elected officials for allowing its military, diplomatic corps, and intelligence services to take risks necessary to pursue its interests.
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Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Can Mike Flynn Regain Influence Inside the White House?
Trump’s national security adviser faces challenges ahead in his quest to become part of the president’s decision-making process.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Dangerous Delusion of 'We Should've Kept the Oil'
The president has said he wants to support the troops, but his careless comments put U.S. lives at risk in Iraq.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Cheapening a Sacred Space
On Saturday, President Trump stood in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall and gave a speech that said more about himself than those the wall commemorated, or the agency they served.
