List of United States articles
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: The U.S. State Department is shown January 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. Four senior management team members at the State Department resigned January 25, adding to an exodus of career senior foreign service officers who have recently resigned their positions. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Senior U.S. Diplomat Overseeing European Issues Forced Out
The Trump administration sidelines another experienced State Department official.
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Chinese women with flotation rings adorned with colours of the US flag stand on the beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on July 24, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) The Decline of the Western Tourist
Citizens of China, India, and other emerging markets are traveling for pleasure in ever greater numbers — and the rest of the world is competing for their money.
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This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on July 3, 2017 and released on July 4, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un signing the order to carry out the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. North Korea declared on July 4 it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile -- a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the mainland United States. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Nuclear Crisis Was of His Own Making
The showdown between Washington and Pyongyang was the president's invention.
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: Condoleezza Rice visits "FOX And Friends" at FOX Studios on November 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images) Condoleezza Rice’s Book on Democracy Could Not Have Come at a Better Time
Spreading democracy is still the best chance for global peace, she argues.
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US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, August 18, 2017, as he travels for meetings at Camp David before returning to Bedminster, New Jersey to continue his vacation. US President Donald Trump is assembling his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat Friday to forge a way ahead in Afghanistan, almost 16 years after the war began. Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small US-led NATO force to help Afghan partners push back the Taliban, or if he wants to try a new tack such as adding more forces -- or even withdrawing altogether. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Is Right About Afghanistan
Those of us who have criticized the president when he has made mistakes should give him credit when he makes the right call.
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFG - OCTOBER 27: U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost October 27, 2008. The military spends huge effort and money to fly in supplies to soldiers of the 1-26 Infantry based in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Afghan war. The unpaved road into the remote area is bad and will become more treacherous with the onset of winter. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Back to the Future in Afghanistan
Trump’s “new approach” isn’t new at all, but it’s the least worst option.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 16: A woman leaves a message in chalk on the street where Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others injured when a car slammed into a crowd of people protesting against a white supremacist rally, August 16, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville will held a memorial service for Heyer Wednesday, four days after she was killed when a participant in a white nationalist, neo-Nazi rally allegedly drove his car into the crowd of people demonstrating against the 'alt-right' gathering. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Law Should Treat Domestic Terror as the Equivalent of International Terror
There is no federal crime of domestic terrorism with which James Fields can be charged.
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<> on October 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Can Trump’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Actually Succeed?
Five recommendations for Sam Brownback.
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whitenationalists The Real Threat to America Comes From Americans
Just as the Arab world struggles to come to grips with jihadism, the United States has failed to grapple with its own demons.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) walk down the West Wing Colonnade prior to a statement by US President George W. Bush on the situation between Georgia and Russia in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 13, 2008. Russia must respect Georgia's territorial sovereignty, US President George W. Bush said Wednesday. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Condoleezza Rice and Bob Gates Should Apologize for Endorsing Rex Tillerson
Too many Republicans these days are convincing themselves that private handwringing or wincing is an adequate response.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: Senior Counselor to the President Steve Bannon helps with last minute preparations before President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015 to deal with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance so to limit global warming to a manageable level. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Bannon Out, But Most Definitely Not Dead
Trump's Rasputin has left the building. That doesn't mean he still won't be whispering in the president's ear.
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 17: A bust of Robert E. Lee stands in the 'Hall of Fame for Great Americans' on the campus of Bronx Community College, August 17, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. On Wednesday night, the school announced the statues of Robert E. Lee and Confederate general Stonewall Jackson will be replaced and removed. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Difference Between George Washington and Robert E. Lee
The former helped create the United States of America; the latter betrayed it.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a "hallmark of our democracy." (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Lies About James Comey Keep Unraveling
The president said his first FBI director lost the confidence of the rank-and-file. Newly released government documents prove otherwise.
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FT. MEADE, MD - UNDATED: (FILE PHOTO) This undated photo provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) shows its headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. The NSA has been secretly collecting the phone call records of millions of Americans, using data provided by telecom firms AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, the newspaper USA Today reported on May 11, 2006. (Photo by NSA via Getty Images) Trump Elevates Cyber Command
The long-awaited move bolsters the authority of the chief of America’s military hackers.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of the airline industry at the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump held a listening session with the group to advance issues relative to the airline industry. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Inside Trump’s Tortured Search for a Winning Strategy in Afghanistan
Can Trump close the deal in Afghanistan?
