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Asked her is something better than nothing. she said no. that is a pretty stunning statement about just where progressives are right now. because i think a lot of folks at the white house, a lot of moderates, a lot of members in democratic leadership they actually know something is better than nothing here. because were going to be facing a very touch midterm election. look at joe biden looking at the popularity. and how it waned in the last several months. so, this is going to be one of those r...

"Victory has a hundred fathers," said President John F. Kennedy after the failed invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs in 1961, "but failure is an orphan."

The Americans might want to add some books on game theory to the White House library before opting to rescue another nation

In a posting earlier today I alluded to the fact that the National Intelligence Estimate process seems to have fallen into a state of complete disrepair – - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original

Relationship and changes that tower balance, that remains to be seen. we are still waiting to learn more about who is responsible, who or what group is responsible for this attack and the number and nature of the casualties, if there are any. but, yes, it certainly is one of the many decision points and one of the many areas of influence and questions that remain that president biden will certainly have to take as he makes decisions and the next steps here. >> lets focus on what we do know. the ...

0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. lets toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? >> chris jansing, thank you. im garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. youre looking at live pictures of the airport. its 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are hudd...

Defending world peace can take strategic force and, sadly, armed action, writes Neil McLennan. Maintaining it requires a different approach.

In his 2010 memoir “Decision Points,” former President George W. Bush wrote, “Afghanistan was the ultimate nation building mission. We had liberated the country from a pr

Hadley served as deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, the day of the attacks.

Through the gates. but also new today everyone in indoor spaces at this festival has to be wearing a mask. and thats tied directly to the rate of spread weve seen here in the chicago area much like places across the country, an increase in covid-19 cases driven at least in part by the delta variant. now to give you context, in chicago last month the positivity rate was 0.4%. two weeks ago it was 1%. now its a little over 3%. and while overall thats still pretty low, its not the direction officia...