The former Marine officer who served two tours of duty there is now running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.
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Altercation: The Media Always Sees Democrats in Disarray
And they always see wars as worth fighting.
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The Unheeded Dissent Cable
The White House only heard about an urgent warning of Afghanistan’s collapse after reading news reports.
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The Futility of Military ‘Solutions’
Reflecting on what Biden gets right and wrong, and the lessons for Iranian diplomacy
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Altercation: How Low Can They Go? The Media’s Afghan Coverage
To assess the withdrawal, mainstream media go to the ‘experts’ who were wrong or lied about the war for the past 20 years.
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Failing and Falling, From Saigon to the Taliban
The Vietnam generation revisits its errors in Afghanistan.
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Dems Fight to Make VA Health Care Enrollment Easier for New Veterans
While Republicans oppose it
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The Afghan Debacle and American Politics
The Kabul collapse likely won’t matter in upcoming elections—unless …
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‘Saving’ Afghan Women, Now
The status of Afghanistan’s women is a separate question from the presence of American troops.
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Military Justice Reform Adopted Into Annual Defense Bill
The entirety of Sen. Gillibrand’s bill has landed in the NDAA. But supporters worry that the political hurdles are far from over.
