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It is ultimately the GOP presidential candidates who favor continued support for Ukraine who are in the best position to make the case to Republican voters, writes Lanhee J. Chen

The nature of leadership seemed more important than ever as the world focused last week on war and peace, along with challenges to the way we live, work and vote: impeachment, strikes, the arms trade, gun safety were all at issue.

The nature of leadership seemed more important than ever as the world focused last week on war and peace, along with challenges to the way we live, work and vote: impeachment, strikes, the arms trade, gun safety were all at issue.

Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney’s announcement that he would not run for re-election marks a loss for our country, politics, and partisan compromise, writes Lanhee Chen.

Whether Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate will be of great consequence to each of his opponents who qualify to participate and who must now prepare for two different scenarios that will impact the strategy and tactics they use, writes Lanhee J. Chen.

The US military’s power to promote its top leaders is being held hostage by one junior senator, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who objects to a Pentagon policy providing aid to members who travel out of state to obtain abortions. His stance is attracting growing criticism.

Former Senator Richard Burr Discusses Health Care Policy at Harvard Institute of Politics Forum | News | The Harvard Crimson

The House and Senate each deliberately ignored the Joint EconomicCommittee's sober warning  when passing different versions ofMedicare legislation (H.R. 1 and S. 1), providing a universal drugentitlement: That entitlement will massively disrupt, one way oranother, existing private drug coverage for millions of seniors,particularly the drug coverage provided by employer plans.

This analysis examines the House Medicare Modernization andPrescription Drug Act of 2003 (H.R. 2473). The bill establishes auniversal, but voluntary, drug benefit as an entitlement in theMedicare program. The bill also makes changes in traditionalMedicare and creates a new competitive system for Medicare thatwill take effect in 2010.

The following is an open letter to the American people from 68 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter. The nation faces a clear choice between two paths for America’s health care future: