Epstein Secrets

ars on their watch b=fore the upheaval. But they lacked the interest and the determination—an= the knowledge of matters Egyptian. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described Mubarak as a friend of her family, and =ice President Joe Biden opined that the regime was stable even as millions=of Egyptians had gone

knowledge of matters Egyptian. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described Mubarak as a friend of her fam

John Brennan all lack the independent standing of Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Panetta and former =eneral Petraeus. They a

imus. No tears need be shed for him. The strike that killed him, in Yeme= in September 2011, was a deed of just retribution. Presidential spokesman Jay Carney <http://search.bloomberg.com=search?q=Jay%20Carney&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystyle=heet=wnews&output =xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&fil=er=p&getf

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

centrality of the U.S. economy in U.S. national security. Saving money in Afghanistan is nothing to run away from, as White House press secretary Jay Carney sought to do last week. "Obviously every decision is made with a mind toward cost," he said, "but this is about U.S. national-security interests, p

re has been a synergy between president and people, a mutually reinforcing feedback loop. This, too, is not surprising. Obama ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidate. He then made rolling back the "tide of war" the core of his identity as president. The explicit rationa

, is not surprising. Obama ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidat

oreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, declaring that the talks "will be about Iran's nuclear program and nothing else." In response, White House spokesman Jay Carney reiterated, "Per the Joint Plan of Action agreed to by Iran, Iran must address the UN Security Council resolutions related to its nuclear program b