List of United States articles
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Secretary of Defense James Mattis takes questions from reporters. (Department of Defense) Mattis Shows How to Handle a Reporter’s Question About His Religious Beliefs
Secretary of Defense James Mattis comments on religion.
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Delegates attend a session of United Nations Human Rights Council on June 6, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) How Not to Fix the U.N. Human Rights Council
The Trump administration wants reform. But putting Israel above all other priorities is a big mistake.
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Ulysses S. Grant. (Wikimedia Commons) War and Reconstruction: Ron Chernow’s marvelous new biography of U.S. Grant
In the years following the Civil War, the American south descended into chaos.
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Preparations ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to London on May 23, 2011. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Donald Trump Is Single-Handedly Wrecking the Special Relationship
America has no greater friend than Britain. Or had.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about taxes at the St. Charles, Missouri, Convention Center on Nov. 29. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) This Is How Every Genocide Begins
Why Trump’s most un-American moment can’t be overlooked.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during the South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Manila on Nov. 13. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) Australia Is Worried About America’s Ability to Lead
The West needs a strong, committed, engaged White House to hedge against China’s inexorable rise.
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A U.S. flag is adjusted ahead of a news conference between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Jan. 27, 2016. (Jacquelyn Martin/AFP/Getty Images) Feds Quietly Reveal Chinese State-Backed Hacking Operation
Prosecutors say Chinese hackers from a mysterious cybersecurity firm stole corporate secrets from three big firms.
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Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin. (Wikimedia Commons) Malcolm X, Bayard Rustin and MLK Jr. Hailed in the ‘Marine Corps Gazette’
Civil rights, and some news about Best Defense
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Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman in the classroom. (U.S. Army) An Appreciation of Recently Departed Lieutenant General John H. Cushman
Gen. “Jack” Cushman, former commandant of the U.S. army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) from 1973-1976, died earlier this month at 96.
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Soldiers, officers, and civilian employees attend the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Army's annual observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in the Pentagon Center Courtyard on March 31, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #MeToo Is All Too Common in National Security
I signed the letter, but didn’t think I deserved to be called a “survivor.” Until I started remembering the trail of abuse.
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Three Taiwanese submarines at the Tsoying navy base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, on Jan. 18. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images) America Just Quietly Backed Down Against China Again
When China complained about a plan for the Navy to make port calls in Taiwan, Congress listened.
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A Russian police officer in Moscow patrols Red Square with the Kremlin in the background on Jan. 7, 2003. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images) Donald Trump Has Been Torture for Foreign Correspondents in Russia
The Russia stories everyone wants aren’t the ones people in Russia can provide.
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Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 2016 U.S. presidential race. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) Trump Is Commander-in-Chief of the War on Mainstream Media
The President’s assaults on the truth aren’t a hobby – they’re an obsession.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a Woodrow Wilson Center event in the Reagan Building Nov. 28, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Two Cheers for Rex
The secretary of state has been going through a rough patch, but not all of his endeavors deserve to be pilloried.
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Reza Zarrab is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at a police station in Istanbul on Dec. 17, 2013. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) Turkish Gold Dealer Pleads Guilty in Politically Explosive Sanctions Trial
Reza Zarrab may reveal a sprawling bribery scheme touching the highest levels of the Turkish government.
