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…hat it would be a very long one. The only way to win the game, Bannon argued, was with a disciplined strategy. But the president, prodded here by his family, was an obsessive and not a strategist. In his mind, this was not a problem to address, this was a person to focus on: Com...

…f the operation. Of the dominant figures in the transition, neither Kushner, Priebus, nor Conway, and certainly not the president- elect, had the ability to express any kind of coherent perception or narrative. By default, everybody had to look to the voluble, aphoristic, shambol...

…rts of the United States, but prevent them from drinking alcohol until 21 and from renting a car until 25? Why must the President of the United States be at least 35 years old, but members of the House of Representatives can enter at 25? If 16 is the magic number for driving, why...

…. It followed on the heels of a major new crisis in our peace with Egypt. Only weeks before I gave up my Sinai command, President Anwar Sadat was shot and killed by an extremist Muslim officer at the annual Cairo military parade to mark the anniversary of the 1973 war. Like many...

… aims in Big Pines was also achieved. On August 23, the Lebanese parliament elected Bashir Gemayel as the country’s new president. During the several weeks that followed, there was a confident feeling among Arik and his inner circle in the Airya. To the extent that Arik and Rafu...

…“no.” And it was, delivered first to the cabinet and then to the public, as soon as he got back from his talks with the President. In my repeated meetings with Bibi in the weeks that followed — both one-on- one, and within the informal group of close ministers and aides known as...

…x humble words for all of you: Thank you, thank you, thank you. • I would like to express my personal appreciation to President Obama and Secretary Panetta for their resolute backing of Israel. • History will surely record your immeasurable contribution to the strength of Isra...

…Now, he issued a statement accusing me of having “broken all the red lines held by all Israeli governments.” During the President’s final push to save the prospects for a summit agreement, Bibi called a news conference. He said he was determined to prevent what he called an impen...

…first (or the last) public office to use Christianity in the of partisan politics. The issue got so bad during the 1984 presidential race that Walter Mondale found it necessary to remind Ronald Reagan that in the United States the president, unlike the queen of England, is “not t...

…public stance of the government, of Jack Ma we just heard, is very strong and they have to be. RLK: If you look at what President Trump said, that is not a public posture for seeking solution. Not just saying tariffs will go up to 25 percent in January will go up, but then threat...

…Israeli Dilemma of Peace and Survival - US News times in your history been deserted. All Americans could take pride in President Clinton's splendid eulogy; in the uniqueness of America's compassion and friendship that extended beyond a calculation of narrow national interest; in...

…st Tax Topics 2014-01 01/29/14 And the beat goes on… Last fall’s 16-day government shutdown ended with legislation that President Obama signed in the wee hours of October 17 th . Under that legislation, a bipartisan committee hammered out a budget agreement by mid-December; Congr...

…bers of the Chinese Communist Party. Sun Chunlan, the former head of the United Front Work Department, is listed as the president of the China Overseas Friendship Association and the executive vice president of the China Council to Promote Peaceful Reunification. The head of the...

…with both Russia and his GOP opponents over the contours of missile defense. Human rights advocates have criticized the president for ignoring the erosion of Russian democracy. Russia has also continued to stymie U.S. efforts to impose tough international sanctions on Iran and Sy...

…. It wasn’t until a few hours later that Madeleine apparently saw the stenographer’s record of my conversation with the President before he’d left, confirming the condition that Arafat accept the “pocket” at least as a basis on which to proceed. That evening, she apologized to me...