List of Leaders articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks by the media as he prepares to board a plane at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2019. Behind Pompeo’s Big ‘We Care’ Trip to Ukraine
Hobbled by the impeachment trial, the U.S. secretary of state faces the tricky task of explaining a Trump administration policy that has often looked two-faced.
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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the White House on January 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Why Trump Will Get Off
The House impeachment managers argued he’s not fit to serve because he puts his personal political interests ahead of the nation’s. Trump’s defenders said this sort of behavior is acceptable. They won.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House. Trump’s Peace Plan Aims to Make Israeli Occupation Permanent
The administration's goal is not peace but the normalization of Israel’s military rule over millions of Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an announcement of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan at the White House in Washington on Jan. 28. Trump, Netanyahu Turn White House Into Election Campaign Stop
Trump’s new Middle East peace plan is primed to help Netanyahu, signaling to Israel voters that they should rehire him.
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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. James Malloy speaks during the International Maritime Security Construct opening ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Nov. 7, 2019. Trump’s Curious Multilateralism
His administration may end up besting its predecessors’ records in bringing partners together in the Persian Gulf.
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U.S. soldiers in Senegal U.S. Officials Worry Looming Military Cuts in Africa Are ‘About Politics’
Pentagon eyes reducing its footprint in the region as terrorist groups expand in the Sahel.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before he and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He sign phase one of a trade deal at the White House on Jan. 15. Trump’s Phase One Deal With China Misunderstands Global Trade
And it may create more losers than first meets the eye.
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Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton The Journey of John Bolton: From Right-Wing Zealot to Rock of the Republic
Trump’s former national security advisor could be a key to proving the impeachment case against the president.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien walks onstage during the seventh summit between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Bangkok on Nov. 4, 2019. Robert O’Brien Is the Anti-Bolton
The quiet successor to Trump’s fiery former national security advisor couldn’t be more different. And he wants to stay that way, aides say.
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Then-National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting of his cabinet in the White House on Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington. Will Bolton’s Bombshell Affect the Impeachment Trial?
New revelations from Trump’s former national security advisor could alter the fight in the Senate over whether to allow witnesses.
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A Palestinian demonstrator points a toy gun at a cartoon drawing depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against his Middle East peace plan on Jan. 27. We Know Peace Plans—This Isn’t One of Them
Here’s why Trump’s latest gambit probably won’t settle the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on Jan. 23. For Netanyahu, Trump’s White House Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving
A U.S. peace plan seems designed mainly to get Bibi reelected. The Palestinians aren’t even invited.
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House impeachment managers In Historic Impeachment Trial, Democrats May Have Talked Too Much
The House managers delivered a powerful case that Trump abused his office, but many Americans are tuning out—and almost no Republican votes have changed.
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A police officer checks the temperature of a driver at a highway in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 24, 2020. Our Top Weekend Reads
Wuhan faces quarantine as coronavirus spreads, Imran Khan discusses China, and Trump picks up Ukraine conspiracy theory.
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Foreign Policy illustration/Getty Images Impeachment Trials and Conspiracy Theories: A Match Made in Hell
Does Russia get too much or too little credit in fueling the Ukraine scandal? As with everything these days, it’s too hard to tell.
