Leon Panetta: “We now hope that American troops in Afghanistan will be able to withdraw from combat to an enabling role soon after the…”

I think it was Walter Mondale when he was asked about the legacy of the Carter administration, said something like, we told the truth, we followed the law and we preserve the peace.

Somebody needs to get fired.

What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.

Autocrats that once operated in their own spheres of influence have now joined together in an axis of mutual support and aggression.