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For military’s top man, navigating the Trump-Biden transition is his biggest test yet Missy Ryan © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Gen. Mark A. Milley departs the White House after President Donald Trump presented the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Army football team in the Rose Garden in 2019. Days after cameras captured him walking alongside President Donald Trump across a square near the White House that had been violently cleared of protesters, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sat in his office across the Potomac assessing th...

Print this article The White House promised “no deliverables” on President Joe Biden’s first visit overseas, but his return has critics searching for meaning in his foreign policy agenda. “It's not clear to me what the argument is,” said Kiron Skinner, policy planning director at the State Department during the Trump administration, of Biden’s sweep from the G-7 meeting to the NATO ministerial and the summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We're reengaging multilateral forums that the Trump administration pulled out of, but it's not giving us the argument behind all of ...

Once in Thrall of ‘the Generals,’ Congress Now Gives the Orders on Military Issues The shift mirrors broader societal frustrations after two decades of wars, a pervasive problem of sexual assault and harassment of female troops and the exposure of political extremism in the ranks. Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, preparing to testify before Congress in 2019. The uniformed military successfully pushed back on several significant initiatives by President Trump.Credit...Mark Wilson/Getty Images May 21, 2021Updated 5:07 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Bill Clinton,...

The most seasoned foreign policy expert to become president in a generation is making China and climate change his focus, and sidelining old priorities such as Middle East peace.

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