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And, Mr. President, that was the forerunner of the same “Don’ t ask, don’ t tell” policy that you promised to rescind, only you haven’ t been acting like a Commander-in-Chief. All you have to do is sign such a directive. Those who serve in the military are trained to follow order...

announced that he had earned their support — and their vote. Then, during his confirmation hearings on January 31, Hagel — under hostile questioning from several Republican senators — backed away from earlier-held positions on Iran, including the role of sanctions. And, though h...

83 practically include comprehensive coverage of the United States.” As a result, he wrote. “The amount of US communications ingested by the NSA is still increasing.” He further offered to substantiate her worst fears about the growth of NSA surveillance’ “TI know the location...

announced that he had earned their support — and their vote. Then, during his confirmation hearings on January 31, Hagel — under hostile questioning from several Republican senators — backed away from earlier-held positions on Iran, including the role of sanctions. And, though h...

5/29/2019 Opinion | Trump Hands China an Easy Win in the Trade War - The New York Times Days after the president’s tweets, China listed three “red lines,” positions the United States had taken in the trade talks that were unacceptable: First, that it would keep tariffs in place...

…s disproportionate to their numbers. While Jewish Americans are just 2 percent of the electorate nationally, they are “strategically concentrated,” as Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster, put it, in several swing states that are critical in presidential elections. Those states i...

… with a little critical interpretation, that different. Both are a function of the age of new money, both are helped by strategic relationships with the exceptionally wealthy (i.e. they are social climbers), both men have made themselves up. To say that Epstein, in the company of...

…ecurity startup, has raised $36 million in Series D funding led by Atlantic Bridge, with participation from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Nissho Electronics Corp., Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, IA Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, DAG Ventures and Wipro Ventures. www.vect...

…d decision making under uncertainty. Olivier Sibony is a professor, writer, and advisor specializing in the quality of strategic thinking and the design of decision processes. Sibony teaches Strategy, Decision Making, and Problem Solving at HEC Paris. He is also an Associate Fel...

30 deploys on the plain. On the surface, Israel lacks strategic depth, but this is true only on the surface. It faces limited threats from southern neighbors. To its east, it faces only a narrow strip of populated area east of the Jordan. To the north, there is a maritime comme...

…d 1967 were wars of choice. Yet those preemptive attacks, especially in the Six-Day War, were in response to a sense of strategic threat that was commonly understood by almost all Israelis. There was a sense not just of consensus, but national unity. This war was different. It ha...

…d 1967 were wars of choice. Yet those preemptive attacks, especially in the Six-Day War, were in response to a sense of strategic threat that was commonly understood by almost all Israelis. There was a sense not just of consensus, but national unity. This war was different. It ha...

…hat it has very limited military power, even by regional standards (a small fraction of Saudi Arabia, for example). Its strategic doctrine is defensive. If—a big If—it has plans for nuclear weapons, that would be part of its deterrent strategy. Now who would be opposed to Iran ha...

…y trying to curtail his schedule of meetings, limit his hours in the office, and keep his normal golf habits. Bannon’s strategic view of government was shock and awe. Dominate rather than negotiate. Having daydreamed his way into ultimate bureaucratic power, he did not want to s...

…urity interests but also mark the beginning of the end of Al Qaeda. Juan C. Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, was the deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism from 2005 to 2009. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023509