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nt tested. U.S. diplomats in Baghdad are trying to help Iraq's Kurdish president and foreign minister defuse the incipient conflict; Vice President Biden was on the phone Tuesday to Mr. Maliki and the Sunni speaker of parliament. Washington's leverage includes the promised sale to Mr. Maliki's gover

foreign minister defuse the incipient conflict; Vice President Biden was on the phone Tuesday to Mr. Maliki and the S

here tips right into the swamps. And now we have Joe Klein, in Time magazine, in a section accurately

ct. Emblematic of his brutal rule was the crushing of the uprising in the city of Hama in 1982, in which tens of thousands of Syrians were killed. Hafez had originally designated his eldest and favorite son, Bassel, as his successor, and Bassel, the chief of presidential security, was perfect for th

understand him in the context EFTA_R1_01992731 EFTA02681516 33 of the Assad family's dominance of the Syrian political scene. Bashar's father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades, including enforcing draconian emergency laws in 1963 that helped him eliminate political opponent

ailing to condemn violent protesters in Portland, Joe Biden is likely to lose support from centrists v

- with heroes and villains and an audience that does not know it is being played." Trump's "Portland strategy," Stern says, is: "Look tough and beat Biden. But he's making cities less safe." PROTESTS Administration Announces Deployment Of Agents To Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit. Reuters (7/29, Chiac

s Crime Surges On His Watch, Trump Warns Of Biden's America," the AP (7/29, Madhani) reports the President is "painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden's America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November." The

rian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided government funding

ccording to credible press reports. Obama actually inherited two separate drone programs when he took office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphasis on counterterrorism tactics, he has dramatically expanded them both. The first program, under the purv

office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphasis on

ook office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphas

s Alawites and Sunnis under one banner. Although Sunnis initially tolerated the growing clout of the Alawite community, resentment resurfaced when Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite and the father of the current president, seized power in 1970. When he proposed a new constitution three years later that mandated a se

with heroes and villains and an audience that does not know it is being played." Trump's "Portland strategy," Stern says, is: "Look tough and beat Biden. But he's making cities less safe." Protests Administration Announces Deployment Of Agents To Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit. Reuters <https://www.

erica," the AP <https://apnews.com/344477113461be394548f8ce775313dc> (7/29, Madhani) reports the President is "painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden's America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November." The

ailing to condemn violent protesters in Portland, Joe Biden is likely to lose support from centrists v

rian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided government funding

ailing to condemn violent protesters in Portland, Joe Biden is likely to lose support from centrists v

— with heroes and villains and an audience that does not know it is being played." Trump's "Portland strategy," Stern says, is: "Look tough and beat Biden. But he's making cities less safe." PROTESTS Administration Announces Deployment Of Agents To Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit. Reuters (7/29, Chiac

s Crime Surges On His Watch, Trump Warns Of Biden's America," the AP (7/29, Madhani) reports the President is "painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden's America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November." The

rian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided government funding

o "spread the wealth around," as he famously told Joe the Plumber in 2008 before he took the words bac

insula and before it slipped out of the hands of the Arabs into those of the Persians and the Turks. Yet decades earlier, Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez -- a man of supreme cunning and political skill -- had ridden the military and the Baath Party to absolute power, creating a regime in which power

of the regime. The president is now fighting for his political life and for that of the regime put in place in 1970 by his father, the late President Hafez al-Assad. Forty-one years in power The rule of the Assads, father and son, has now lasted 41 years, a score comparable to that of other long-lasting Arab au

to different parts of the party. The nearer-term options are far-fetched. When Bob Woodward said on CNN last fall that Hillary’s switching jobs with Joe Biden was “on the table,” the reaction inside both the White House and State Department was to scoff. Neither has an incentive to switch. With the Iraq por

ion inside both the White House and State Department was to scoff. Neither has an incentive to switch. With the Iraq portfolio already in his pocket, Biden gets plenty of foreign-policy action. His bigger concern is staying on good terms with Hillary. In late 2009, he worried that their long and friendly