Epstein Secrets

heir bottom line: Start transferring responsibility for the war to where it practically and ultimately belongs, to the Afghans. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't settled on a formula but tends to share Pentagon concerns about withdrawing too quickly and reopening doors for a Taliban surge. She is like

tely belongs, to the Afghans. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't settled on a formula but tends to

ections: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy Sally McNamara and Ariel Cohen June 8, 2011 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is on course to secure a third consecutive victory in parliamentary elections this weekend. Polls are predicting that the AKP could secure up

ch of 2017, sending hundreds of emails in potential violation of federal recordkeeping rules. The White House adviser did so after her father made Hillary Clinton's private email use as secretary of state a centerpiece of his stump speech, egging on crowds as they chanted "Lock her up." The House Oversight Comm

te's son to say that he knew a person who wanted "to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father." Goldstone explained: "This is part of Russia and its government's support o

o-Kurdish party. Between them, they won nearly a million votes in local elections held in March — easily defeating candidates from Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP. Erdogan has frequently accused the HDP of links to the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has fought a decades-long insurgen

ities. Israel is allegedly responsible for the leak of the report. Sources also say that shortly before the official deadline, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Turkey to agree to the postponement of the announcement of the report to late September. But the report was leaked, likely because it became ev

ination of a long process of deterioration and makes foes of two countries whose relationship was once heralded as groundbreaking and strategic. The Justice and Development Party government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had begun to sour on Israel following Israel’s incursion into Gaza in late 2008. Erdogan was miffed

nce. Assad will need to act quickly and decisively -- and one hopes not harshly -- to quell the rising current of dissent. Indeed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to offer the regime some modest support this weekend, noting that she believed Bashar to be a "reformer." But reform has never been a primary

a problem. The Muslim Brotherhood will loom large in a free Egypt because it has an organizational head start. That may be a problem. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party is a brilliant political machine with a ruthless bent. That's a problem, too. These are problems of different sizes. But give me all these problems s

s inauguration, George Mitchell was named special envoy for Middle East peace. With the new president standing beside Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden took the podium and extolled Mitchell's reputation and experience having brokered peace in Northern Ireland, calling him an

ncident for Turkey. As part of its neo-Ottoman drive to enhance its influence in the Middle Eastern territory of the former Ottoman Empire the ruling Justice and development Party, or AKP, government of Turkey has long waived visa requirement in travel between Turkey and Syria. The aim behind that move was to plant the seeds of