Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

Gordon Lubold is a senior writer at FP and author of Situation Report  with help by Nathaniel Sobel, director of research at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. Follow him @glubold and him @njsobe4.
Stories by Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

FP’s Situation Report: Defining “destroy;” CAP: a blueprint for combatting ISIS; McConnell: Warren is like Dick Cheney; Will troops wear golf shoes?; And a bit more.
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FP’s Situation Report: Americans support airstrikes, less the president; Talking war over dinner at the WH; Hagel pushes reforms; Zal in trouble; Amid reforms at the VA, just call him Bob; and a bit more.
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FP’s Situation Report: Obama to unveil strategy to “defeat” IS; Afg’s fate relies on a CEO; Can Shabab’s new leader pull it off?; Fuhgeddaboudit a bigger defense budget; and a bit more.
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FP’s Situation Report: Kerry makes a pitch; Putin breathes new life into NATO; A nuanced approach to Iraq, Syria; Is a station chief to blame for Benghazi?; and a bit more.
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FP’s Situation Report: Putin drops a peace plan; NCTC’s Matthew Olsen walks back the ISIS threat; Hagel directs a re-assessment of vets discharged – did they have PTSD?; Dawn Cutler becomes the first woman to be a CHINFO; and a bit more.
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