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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Politics At The Water’s Edge
Does politics stop at the water’s edge? Not anymore.
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Skipping A Nobel Prize This Year
No Nobel literature prize will be awarded this year, but not for lack of worthy candidates.
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Putting A Deadline On DACA
DACA was doomed regardless of President Trump’s decision to end it. Now it’s time for Congress to act.
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A Quiet Summer On Capitol Hill
Senate Republicans are taking steps to make sure that their August vacation doesn’t create a window for ill-advised recess appointments.
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The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Secret Side
Sometimes a bombshell that looks like a dud can blow up in your face.
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Trump Takes The Third Door
Denial failed, and talking failed, so President Trump took the third option in response to Syria’s poison-gas attack.
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Trump’s Bay Of Pigs
New presidents make a lot of rookie mistakes. We may have just seen Trump’s most memorable one.
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Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot, No-Foot
The president who arrived on a “hope and change” theme departs with a change that crushes hope for desperate Cubans.
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When Lame Ducks Bite
We have seen a lame-duck president preempt his successor by imposing sanctions for foreign misbehavior. It wasn’t pretty.
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