Does Trump even need a Joint Chiefs chairman?
No, President Donald Trump likely has little need for a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, given his penchant for ...
With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached
President Trump has little use for America’s traditional alliances, and tends to evaluate U.S. relationships according to ...
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Trump's Firing of Military Brass Prompts Concern But Little Pushback from Republicans
President Donald Trump’s firing of Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is drawing mixed reactions on ...
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Powell says Trump’s comments won’t affect interest rate decisions by the Fed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the central bank to change its rate decisions.
Trump's Middle East Plan Would Commit U.S. to Iraq War 2.0 | Opinion
In other words, the U.S. would fight another major insurgency in the Middle East. It would be the battle of Fallujah on ...
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What can US foreign aid accomplish? Let Fred Burkle explain how much
More than a decade later, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, he served briefly as that ... behind the back of then-Secretary of State Colin Powell — Rumsfeld replaced everyone on Burkle’s ...
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Mosul's landmarks rise again after IS destruction
The project, organised and funded by Unesco, began a year after IS was defeated and driven out of the city, in northern Iraq, in 2017. Unesco's director-general Audrey Azoulay attended a ceremony ...
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'Sesame Street in Iraq': USAID's 'wasteful and dangerous' spending exposed by senator
Ernst highlighted that the agency "authorized a whopping $20 million to create a Sesame Street in Iraq." Under the Biden administration, USAID awarded $20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame ...
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After he reached the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice protests helped expose US views toward sports activism
Elizabeth Seagroves was Betina Wilkinson's student during her time at Wake Forest University Back in 2012, quarterback Colin Kaepernick was one of the NFL’s most popular stars. He led the San ...
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Iraq must return Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tzurkov or else, US hostage envoy warns
Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year by Iranian-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah. (photo credit: Elizabeth Tsurkov, THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS) "Elizabeth Tsurkov is a ...
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'The Worst Idea Since Iraq'—Experts on Trump's Gaza Plan
From Dr. Ian Hurd: Trump's Gaza Plan Is The Worst Idea In U.S. Foreign Policy Since Invasion of Iraq This is the worst idea in American foreign-policy since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It is ...
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Iraq grapples with a severe national housing crisis as the country faces a shortfall of over two million homes
The enduring impact of decades of sanctions, corruption, conflict and displacement, as well as a steadily growing population has left Iraq grappling with a severe national housing crisis. According to ...