Michael G. Mullen: “The Taliban are detested by Afghans, who have experienced life under their brutal regime.”

In slashing resettlement, the president is taking a recklessly narrow view of how best to put America first.

It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel, including members of the National Guard forcibly and violently clearing the path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the President's visit outside St. John's Church.

They are not battle spaces to be dominated and must never become so.

by welcoming refugees, the United States revitalizes its democracy and its economy, helps preserve or restore stability in volatile regions of the world, and builds respect.