List of U.S. Government articles
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gettyimages-599725302crop Time for Some Creative Solutions At the NSC
Here's how Trump can avoid getting trapped in an H.R. nightmare.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump’s Terrible One-Month Report Card
How to assess the damage after the first 30 days.
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US President-elect Donald Trump (L) stands with Trump National Security Adviser Lt. General Michael Flynn (R) at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is holding meetings on December 21, 2016. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Can Any National Security Advisor Tame President Trump?
No -- and he or she shouldn't try to.
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rock-iraq At This Rate, Kid Rock Will Be President Soon. What Are His Foreign-Policy Views?
Kid Rock is a true “American Bad Ass” who will never back down from a fight. Maybe that's why some Republicans think he should run for Senate.
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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 28: Mexican immigrant Nieves Ojendiz holds her 4-year old daughter Jane as she attends an immigration reform rally with members and supporters of the New York Immigration Coalition, June 28, 2016 in New York City, New York. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked in a 4-4 decision concerning President Barack ObamaÕs immigration plan, which would have protected millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported. Because the Supreme Court was split, a 2015 lower-court ruling invalidating ObamaÕs executive action will stand. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Mass Deportations Will Not Make America Safer
Trump is leading a crackdown dressed up as a public security measure that puts hardline enforcement ahead of civil liberties.
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GRAND JUNCTION, CO - OCTOBER 18: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) jokes with retired Gen. Michael Flynn as they speak at a rally at Grand Junction Regional Airport on October 18, 2016 in Grand Junction Colorado. Trump is on his way to Las Vegas for the third and final presidential debate against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Flynn Pressured U.N. on Israel Vote Before Taking Office
A month before inauguration, President Donald Trump’s would-be national security advisor sought to scupper a U.N. resolution condemning Israel.
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SD hosts press conference The tragedy of James Mattis
Defense Secretary Mattis has immersed himself in the thinking of the Roman philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd L) reacts after Rex Tillerson (seated), accompanied by wife Renda St. Clair, signed an appointment affidavit after being sworn in as the 69th secretary of state by Vice President Mike Pence (L) in the Oval Office of the White House on February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Tillerson was confirmed by the Senate earlier in the day in a 56-43 vote. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) People of the World: Beware Trump’s Smooth-Talking Emissaries
Rather than being a check on Trump’s worst instincts, the Cabinet officials easing the world's concerns will be his enablers.
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US Defence Minister James Mattis addresses the press during a NATO defence ministers' meetings at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 15, 2017. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Can Mattis Back Up His NATO Threat?
If you needed reassurance that Mattis not just knows NATO but feels it, you got that in his remarks on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: David Friedman testifies on his nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee February 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. During yesterday's news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President backed away from the longstanding U.S. policy of a two state solution in the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Israel Takes It All Back
David Friedman spent a lifetime criticizing anyone to the left of Bibi Netanyahu. Now he says he’s sorry.
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PALM BEACH, FL - MARCH 11: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen as former presidential candidate Ben Carson gives him his endorsement during a press conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club on March 11, 2016 in Palm Beach, Florida. Presidential candidates continue to campaign before Florida's March 15th primary day. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Emperor Donald the Weak
The president wanted the White House to dominate the country, but he’s too disorganized to even run the executive branch.
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US Secretary of Defence James Mattis addresses a press conference following the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on February 16, 2017. The US military is not yet ready to cooperate with Russia, Pentagon chief James Mattis said on February 16 after Moscow's defence minister called for better ties. "We are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level, but our political leaders will engage and try to find common ground or a way forward," Mattis told reporters at the NATO summit in Brussels. / AFP / THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images) NATO’s in Crisis! (Again)
Secretary Mattis is not wrong when he says that Europeans should not expect Americans to care more about Europe's security than Europeans themselves do.
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LANGLEY, VA - JANUARY 21: US President Donald Trump speaks at the CIA headquarters on January 21, 2017 in Langley, Virginia . Trump spoke with about 300 people in his first official visit with a government agaency. (Photo by Olivier Doulier - Pool/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump, Intel Community Raise Stakes; Harward Tilts Power Balance at NSC; Trump Tricks Defense Industry
Mattis Tells NATO to Pay Up; Pentagon, Kremlin Trade Jabs, It’s ISIS, Not ISIL
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150813-N-XX139-005 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Aug. 18, 2015) Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward shares operational counter-terrorism experiences with 15 officers attending Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's (NAVSCIATTS) Strategic Level Small Craft Combating Terrorism Course. During this course, the officers receive training on the strategic theory of standing-up, manning, training, equipping, resourcing, employing and sustaining a "Combating Terrorism" unit. NAVSCIATTS is a Department of the Navy schoolhouse operating under the U.S. Special Operations Command, and trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft strategy, operations, communications, weapons, maintenance and instructor development. (U.S. Navy photo by Glenn Sircy/Released) A Mattis Protege Poised to Take the Helm of Trump’s NSC
Robert Harward is a former Navy SEAL who could bolster the defense secretary’s influence at the expense of Trump’s consigliere Bannon.
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YANGON, MYANMAR - NOVEMBER 09: A man holds up a sign stating 'we must win' as crowds gather for the election result announcement in front of the National League for Democracy's headquarters after Myanmar's first free and fair election on November 9, 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar. The elections are Myanmar's first openly contested polls in 25 years, following decades of military rule. Noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appeared poised to win power in Myanmar on today despite her party's growing concerns about cheating in yesterday's historic election. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images) Trump Should Help Finish Myanmar’s Transition to Liberal Democracy
Myanmar could become the next Indonesia, with the White House's help.
