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Michael Crowley

Michael Crowley is a White House correspondent with The New York Times. 

He was previously a senior foreign policy reporter for POLITICO.  He came to POLITICO from TIME Magazine where he was chief foreign affairs correspondent, covering foreign policy and national security in print and online.

Crowley  has written on topics from the Iran nuclear negotiations to the U.S.-Saudi relationship to Barack Obama’s counter-terrorism policies.  Among his TIME cover stories was a profile on the mind of Vladimir Putin and a report on Barack Obama's Syria policy. During the Obama era he has traveled to China, Egypt, Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, Mexico and Ukraine.

Crowley was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and a reporter for the Boston Globe and has written for the New York Times Magazine, New York, The Atlantic and many other publications.

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  • Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back
    The New York Times
    June 21, 2019
    President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
  • ‘Absolutely Unprecedented’: Why Japan’s Leader Tries So Hard to Court Trump
    POLITICO
    May 25, 2019
    Flying nearly 7,000 miles is not President Donald Trump’s idea of a good time.
  • ‘Absolutely Unprecedented’: Why Japan’s Leader Tries So Hard to Court Trump
    POLITICO
    May 25, 2019
    Flying nearly 7,000 miles is not President Donald Trump’s idea of a good time.
  • Trump clashes with friends while flirting with foes
    POLITICO
    June 9, 2018
    President Donald Trump is confounding foreign policy norms by turning his back on some of America’s closest friends — even as he reaches out to longtime U.S. rivals.
  • ‘He is not taking this guy’s s—’: Why Trump pulled out of the Kim meeting
    POLITICO
    May 25, 2018
    Past American presidents have approached nuclear talks with North Korea as a matter of delicate statecraft, requiring seasoned experts and long technical briefings.
  • Giuliani: Trump repaid Cohen $130,000 for Stormy Daniels hush agreement
    POLITICO
    May 3, 2018
    Rudy Giuliani said on Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment Cohen had made to the porn actress Stormy Daniels, contradicting the president’s account of what he knew of the ar
  • France’s Macron arrives for ‘celebration’ of unlikely friendship with Trump
    POLITICO
    April 23, 2018
    French President Emmanuel Macron will receive full state honors in Washington this week, nine months after he rolled out a literal red carpet for Donald Trump on Paris' Avenue des Champs Elysées.
  • On Russia, There Are Two Trumps
    POLITICO
    March 17, 2018
    When it comes to Russia, there is the Trump administration — and there is the president.
  • Trump’s North Korea tweets shatter decades-old nuclear taboo
    POLITICO
    January 4, 2018
    President Ronald Reagan was warming up for a national radio address on Aug.
  • How Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal in January
    POLITICO
    December 28, 2017
    President Donald Trump allowed the Iran nuclear deal to survive through 2017, but the new year will offer him another chance to blow up the agreement — and critics and supporters alike believe he may take it.
  • Trump foreign policy plan stresses home front
    POLITICO
    December 18, 2017
    President Donald Trump is set to unveil a national security plan Monday that reflects the most inward-focused vision of American foreign policy in recent memory – with a heavy emphasis on economic strength and defending U.S. borders.
  • Trump cedes Syrian postwar planning to Putin
    POLITICO
    November 22, 2017
    With rebel fighters largely routed and the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, driven from most of Syria’s territory, experts and U.S. officials say the real fight now is about a regional power struggle playing out in the country.
  • North Korea may upstage Trump’s Asia arrival, U.S. officials fear
    POLITICO
    November 4, 2017
    Signs of a new missile test would fit Kim Jong Un’s pattern of provoking carefully timed crises, experts say.
  • Trump readies for his turn with Putin
    POLITICO
    July 7, 2017
    Past American presidents have struggled to develop a stable relationship with the Russian leader, whose suspected meddling in the 2016 election dogs the White House.
  • Trump looks for a lovefest in Poland
    POLITICO
    July 6, 2017
    The first stop of the president's second foreign trip will include a speech at the memorial commemorating Poles' 1944 anti-Nazi uprising.
  • Long anticipated Trump-Putin meeting raises worries
    POLITICO
    June 30, 2017
    Russia hawks and national security experts worry talk of friendship, unclear agenda might make Trump too eager to please.
  • Russia looms over Trump's meetings with European leaders
    POLITICO
    May 25, 2017
    Trump’s talk of befriending Putin doesn’t just rattle the 28-member NATO military alliance. It also unnerves senior European Union officials.
  • 5 things to watch on Trump’s foreign trip
    POLITICO
    May 19, 2017
    Although the trip will be shadowed by Trump’s growing problems at home, it could shape his foreign policy in important and lasting ways.
  • Trump and Tillerson welcome Russia's top diplomat
    Politico
    May 10, 2017
    With Washington in an uproar over James Comey's firing amid his Russia probe, the president and his secretary of state are welcoming Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to town.
  • Trump vexed by Assad’s motivation for chemical weapons attack
    POLITICO
    April 11, 2017
    In White House meetings, evening calls with friends and even throughout the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump asked a repeated question: Why did Syria’s president use nerve gas?
  • The Man Who Wants to Unmake the West
    POLITICO
    March 10, 2017
    Europeans are starting to worry that Steve Bannon has the EU in his cross hairs. Here’s how the White House could genuinely help pull it apart.
  • Trump plays empathizer-in-chief with Yemen raid widow
    POLITICO
    March 1, 2017
    President Trump, facing questions about a controversial military operation, made the first U.S. combat death on his watch a moment of riveting drama during his Tuesday address to Congress.
  • Questions about Trump’s Russia connections could hinder closer relations
    POLITICO
    February 16, 2017
    Political pressure on President Trump to take a hard line could even escalate tensions.
  • White House nixed Holocaust statement naming Jews
    POLITICO
    February 3, 2017
    The State Department wrote a message that recognized Jewish victims, but the White House used its own that didn’t.
  • Nervous world watches Trump's meeting with British leader
    POLITICO
    January 27, 2017
    It's President Donald Trump’s diplomatic debut. And the world is holding its breath.
  • Trump confronts firestorm over Russia allegations
    POLITICO
    January 11, 2017
    The president-elect lashes out at what he calls a 'fake news' campaign against him. 'Are we living in Nazi Germany?' he tweeted.
  • Putin’s Revenge
    POLITICO
    December 16, 2016
    Humiliated by the 1990s, Russia’s strongman is determined to win Cold War 2.0. He may be succeeding.
  • China hawks rally to Trump
    POLITICO
    December 6, 2016
    Trump's precedent-breaking call with Taiwan's president buoyed conservatives eager for a harder line on China.
  • Clinton, Trump go nuclear
    Politico
    October 28, 2016
    In a fitting conclusion to a scorched-earth battle, the 2016 campaign is ending amid talk of an impending nuclear holocaust.
  • Trump's long dalliance with violent rhetoric
    POLITICO
    August 11, 2016
    Beyond his own incendiary comments, he's done little to mute loose talk of killing Clinton and Obama.
  • Would Hillary keep John Kerry on?
    POLITICO
    August 8, 2016
    Fans say he would be a great asset, but Clinton has her own friends and allies in line for Foggy Bottom.
  • Obama confronts a 'lone wolf' attack — again
    POLITICO
    June 13, 2016
    The Obama administration has warned repeatedly about lone wolf terrorist attacks like Sunday's massacre in Orlando, Florida. But it also acknowledges a grim reality: it can't stop them all.
  • Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts
    Politico
    April 28, 2016
    A speech aimed at boosting his credibility got low marks from across the spectrum.
  • Obama's big damage-control tour
    POLITICO
    April 19, 2016
    President Barack Obama will drop in on three of America's most important allies this week, possibly for the last time. But he isn't expecting an adoring reception in any of them. The U.S.
  • Did Putin once again outfox Obama?
    POLITICO
    March 15, 2016
    Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Monday that Russia will begin pulling out of Syria appeared to take the White House by surprise, and revived concerns that the Russian leader is outmaneuvering Barack Obama.
  • Neocons declare war on Trump
    POLITICO
    March 3, 2016
    Donald Trump calls the Iraq War a lie-fueled fiasco, admires Vladimir Putin and says he would be a "neutral" arbiter between Israel and the Palestinians.
  • Clinton says Sanders is flunking on foreign policy
    POLITICO
    February 5, 2016
    The former secretary of state recycles arguments she used against Obama in 2008.
  • Hillary the dove
    POLITICO
    January 27, 2016
    Taking heat from Sanders over Iraq and Libya, Clinton casts herself as a peacemaker.
  • On torture, Cruz stands alone
    POLITICO
    January 21, 2016
    Other GOP candidates signal support for waterboarding and other techniques now banned under an anti-torture law.
  • Obama's royal pain
    POLITICO
    January 6, 2016
    The U.S.-Saudi partnership may be bending toward a breaking point.
  • How Barack will juggle Bibi, Vlad and Hillary
    POLITICO
    December 30, 2015
    Bibi Netanyahu is waiting him out. Vladimir Putin may try to test him. And Hillary Clinton is keeping a wary eye on him.
  • Rights group: U.S. airstrike on hospital should be probed as potential war crime
    POLITICO
    December 22, 2015
    The Pentagon should investigate an October U.S. airstrike on an Afghan hospital as a potential war crime, Human Rights Watch has urged Defense Secretary Ash Carter in a letter obtained by POLITICO.
  • How Cruz and Rubio exposed the GOP’s rift on foreign policy
    POLITICO
    December 16, 2015
    Tuesday night's Republican debate revealed a deep rift in the Republican party over how to deal with Middle East dictators a decade after George W.
  • Obama officials are talking to Putin more than ever
    POLITICO
    December 14, 2015
    But do they have anything to show from their stepped-up dialogue?
  • Obama to Hollande: Stay the course against Russia
    POLITICO
    November 23, 2015
    U.S. officials fear Putin is hoping more aggressive action against ISIL in Syria will forestall an extension of economic sanctions over Crimea.
  • Obama ponders his options against ISIL
    POLITICO
    November 16, 2015
    With calls growing for tougher action against ISIL in response to the Paris terror attacks, President Barack Obama is again reviewing a menu of policy options he has previously found unpalatable.
  • U.S. drawing a line against Putin in Europe
    POLITICO
    November 2, 2015
    Often criticized for being naïve and complacent about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, the Obama administration and its European allies are intensifying their planning and training for a potential conflict on NATO’s eastern flank, hoping
  • U.S. officials fear Iran moving too fast on nuke deal
    POLITICO
    October 17, 2015
    With the next phase of the Iran nuclear deal beginning Sunday, some U.S. officials worry that Tehran has set unrealistic expectations for how quickly it can comply with the deal and end economic sanctions.
  • Clinton ties her record to Obama's
    POLITICO
    October 14, 2015
    The Democratic front-runner offered no apologies for her foreign policy stances, and invokes Obama to lend credence to her record.
  • Putin faces blowback from Syria intervention
    POLITICO
    October 9, 2015
    Signs are growing that Islamic militants may stage attacks inside Russia, U.S. intelligence officials say.
  • Obama avoids a showdown in Syria
    POLITICO
    October 7, 2015
    As Vladimir Putin takes increasingly provocative actions against U.S.
  • Obama to Putin: Good luck with that
    POLITICO
    October 2, 2015
    As Russia pounded Syria with air strikes for a second day Thursday, the Obama administration showed little appetite for directly challenging Moscow’s bold foray into the Middle Eastern conflict.
  • Obama and Putin: That was awkward
    POLITICO
    September 29, 2015
    Frosty exchanges mark their first formal sitdown in more than two years.
  • A smackdown before a sitdown
    POLITICO
    September 28, 2015
    Barack Obama’s high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is already off to a tense start. And the two men haven’t even sat down together yet.
  • U.S. perplexed by Putin's Syria ploy
    Politico
    September 24, 2015
    The Russian leader's deployment of forces to Syria could derail U.S. efforts to broker a peace plan.
  • Hillary promises reset with Israel
    POLITICO
    September 10, 2015
    Hillary Clinton's speech on Wednesday shook a clenched fist at Iran. But it was also a warm embrace of another country: Israel.
  • Joe Biden 'no' on bin Laden raid could haunt him as a 2016 candidate
    POLITICO
    August 27, 2015
    The vice president has taken more dovish positions on foreign policy than his potential rival, Hillary Clinton.
  • The ultimate argument in favor of the Iran deal
    POLITICO
    August 24, 2015
    Want to bomb Iran? Then support the nuclear deal. That’s the provocative argument coming from Obama administration officials and other backers of the deal as they promote it before a crucial vote in Congress next month.
  • How Obama could salvage the Iran deal
    POLITICO
    August 12, 2015
    Even if Congress votes against the deal (and overrides a veto), Obama could halt many of the sanctions on his own.
  • Iran deal takes hits from Chuck Schumer, GOP candidates
    POLITICO
    August 7, 2015
    New York Sen. Chuck Schumer dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, announcing during the Republican presidential debate Thursday night that he planned to vote against the agreement now under review in Congress.
  • Obama channels John F. Kennedy to pitch Iran deal
    POLITICO
    August 5, 2015
    The president plans to use speech at American University to argue for talking to enemies.
  • Old Europe pushes Iran deal on Capitol Hill
    POLITICO
    July 29, 2015
    Obama is enlisting the ambassadors of the UK, France and Germany to sell the agreement to Congress.
  • On Cuba and Iran, Barack Obama defies his critics
    POLITICO
    July 21, 2015
    After months of reacting to nonstop crises, Barack Obama has reclaimed his foreign policy narrative this summer — at least for now.
  • Iran critics are illogical, Obama says
    POLITICO
    July 16, 2015
    President Barack Obama strongly defended his nuclear agreement with Iran on Wednesday, casting criticism of the deal as unrealistic, implying that opponents haven't read the agreement, and saying that one major criticism "defies logic"
  • Breakthrough? Iran deal may be imminent
    POLITICO
    July 13, 2015
    Negotiators from the United States, Iran and five other nations neared a deal Sunday on an accord that would lift some international sanctions on Iran in return for stiff curbs on its nuclear program.
  • John Kerry plays it cool in final push for Iran deal
    POLITICO
    July 8, 2015
    The secretary of state’s methodical approach could help keep some critics at bay, for now.
  • Critics fear nuke watchdog won't bark
    POLITICO
    July 3, 2015
    The success of a nuclear deal will depend on the ability of a U.N. agency to keep tabs on Tehran.
  • The Iran watchers
    POLITICO
    July 2, 2015
    The success of a nuclear deal will depend on the ability of a U.N. agency to keep tabs on Tehran.
  • Ayatollah's decree complicates Iran nuclear talks
    POLITICO
    June 22, 2015
    When President Barack Obama first began negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran, he was encouraged by the existence of an obscure religious ruling from the country’s Supreme Leader: in a fatwa, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that developing or using nu
  • U.S. making gains against Al Qaeda, White House claims
    POLITICO
    June 17, 2015
    Today’s confirmation that the U.S. has killed Al Qaeda’s second-in-command allowed the White House to declare a “major blow” against the group — a rare piece of good news about terrorism at a time when the Islamic State remains a potent threat.
  • Deadline for nuclear talks with Iran may be softening
    POLITICO
    June 5, 2015
    Supporters and critics say hewing to the June 30 deadline could give Iran more leverage.
  • John Kerry’s career marked by physical and political mishaps
    POLITICO
    June 2, 2015
    There was the time he was caught lounging on his yacht amid a coup in Egypt. A snowboarding crash in Idaho before a pack of reporters. And, of course, the infamous 2004 windsurfing outing that became a devastating George W. Bush campaign ad.
  • To fight the Islamic State, Obama joins hands with Iran's proxies
    POLITICO
    May 28, 2015
    U.S. officials, stunned by the Islamic State’s gains, are making a risky bet on Shiite militias in Iraq.
  • ISIL military victory belies rosy U.S. progress reports
    POLITICO
    May 19, 2015
    U.S. officials are furiously spinning a major setback against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant after the radical group captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday.
  • Marco Rubio: I’m ready to become commander in chief
    POLITICO
    May 14, 2015
    In a Wednesday foreign policy address, Marco Rubio staked a claim to being the Republican presidential field’s toughest -- and most qualified -- candidate on national security, capping a four-year effort to cultivate expertise in an area of top conce
  • The kings and O
    POLITICO
    May 11, 2015
    When Barack Obama hosts leaders from six Arab monarchies at Camp David later this week, he will try to reassure them that America has their back against Iran and Islamic radicals.
  • World War O
    POLITICO
    April 24, 2015
    Obama took office vowing to end America’s wars. Now we’re in at least five, and U.S. officials are unsure what to do about it.
  • Iran talks face complication: Yemen
    POLITICO
    April 21, 2015
    The war-torn Arabian nation of Yemen has emerged as a surprise complication for U.S.-Iranian relations in the late stages of President Barack Obama’s nuclear diplomacy with Tehran.
  • Is the news from Iraq getting better?
    POLITICO
    April 14, 2015
    There is good news in the Middle East. Or so the Obama White House would have you believe.
  • Ernest Moniz: Iran deal closes enrichment loophole
    POLITICO
    April 8, 2015
    In an interview with POLITICO, the U.S. energy secretary describes previously unpublished provisions that make it harder for Iran to reconstitute its weapons program.
  • Barack Obama's next job: Sell the Iran deal
    POLITICO
    April 3, 2015
    It’s either this or war. That’s the argument the White House is preparing to make to convince members of Congress, Americans and foreign allies that the framework announced Thursday is the best way to check Iran’s nuclear program.
  • In Iran talks, failure is an option
    POLITICO
    March 31, 2015
    Obama officials have said the odds of an Iran nuclear deal are no more than 50-50.
  • What to look for in an Iran nuclear deal
    POLITICO
    March 30, 2015
    As President Barack Obama pushes to reach a nuclear deal with Iran by a Tuesday deadline, a small army of critics — from congressional Republicans to Israeli leaders to the Saudi royal family — is ready to pounce on any weaknesses to persuade Congres
  • Iran might attack American troops in Iraq, U.S. officials fear
    POLITICO
    March 25, 2015
    As negotiations on a possible nuclear deal approach a March 31 deadline, U.S. officials are increasingly alarmed about Iran’s expanding military presence in Iraq — and the threat it may pose to American soldiers in the country.
  • Israel's shield no more?
    POLITICO
    March 19, 2015
    In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisive reelection, the Obama administration is revisiting longtime assumptions about America’s role as a shield for Israel against international pressure.
  • Bibi wins big
    POLITICO
    March 18, 2015
    As Netanyahu seems set to return to power, his relations with the Obama White House appear to reach a new low.
  • Did Bibi's speech hurt his chances?
    POLITICO
    March 17, 2015
    On the eve of Israeli elections, Netanyahu allies debate whether his address to Congress backfired.
  • Was the GOP's Iran letter really unprecedented?
    POLITICO
    March 11, 2015
    From Reagan to Clinton, both Democrats and Republicans have tried to sabotage the other party’s foreign policy.
  • Netanyahu: Sound and fury, but signifying nothing?
    POLITICO
    March 3, 2015
    No amount of uproar stopped him: Benjamin Netanyahu’s getting his speech to Congress. But he’s probably not going to get his way on the Iran nuclear deal that he’s going to spend Tuesday trying to take apart.
  • Why Israel is fighting Obama's Iran deal
    POLITICO
    February 26, 2015
    Days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial address to Congress, Israeli officials are citing a little-understood element of the Iran nuclear talks as their chief concern about a potential deal.
  • Barack Obama’s 'extremism' language irks both sides
    POLITICO
    February 19, 2015
    Barack Obama’s summit on violent extremism has come under fire from conservatives who are bashing his reluctance to use the words “Islam” and “Muslim” to describe the threat from terror groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levan
  • The Democrats’ Dick Cheney
    POLITICO
    February 9, 2015
    Defense secretary nominee Ashton Carter has an expertise in doomsday scenarios akin to Dick Cheney’s.
  • No answer for homegrown terrorism?
    POLITICO
    January 9, 2015
    In early 2011, White House officials realized they had a problem on their hands: the threat of homegrown Islamic radicalism.
  • No rules of cyber war
    POLITICO
    December 24, 2014
    A day after a nine-hour Internet outage in North Korea, experts are still debating whether the U.S. government pulled the plug, or perhaps a rogue group of hackers.
  • Giving Kim the silent treatment
    Politico
    December 19, 2014
    When Barack Obama first ran for president, he pledged to change American policy towards three outlaw nations: Iran, Cuba and North Korea.
  • Is Obama destroying the Russian economy?
    Politico
    December 17, 2014
    Speaking at a Moscow event in early October, Russian President Vladimir Putin sounded cocky about the sanctions imposed on his country by Washington and its European allies.
  • 2 Democrats open to ‘spotters’ helping to fight ISIL
    Politico
    November 24, 2014
    President Barack Obama has ruled out sending a large ground force to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, but support is growing in Congress for dispatching small numbers of U.S.
  • Preemptive strike
    Politico
    November 12, 2014
    Two weeks before a crucial diplomatic deadline, newly victorious Republicans in Congress are plotting to derail one of Barack Obama’s few remaining chances for a second-term policy legacy: a nuclear deal with Iran.
  • The war over President Obama’s new war in Iraq
    Politico
    November 11, 2014
    One Friday in late August, President Obama’s national security team met at the White House to discuss their response to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
  • Crisis in Syrian City Exposes Fissure in Obama’s Anti-ISIS Coalition
    TIME Magazine
    October 14, 2014
    A United Nations official warned Friday of a coming massacre in a Syrian town along the Turkish border as the slowly unfolding tragedy there exposed a crucial fissure within President Barack Obama’s international coalition to fight the militant group
  • How Obama’s War Against ISIS Just Keeps Growing
    TIME
    September 25, 2014
    Barack Obama’s war against ISIS has come a long way from Sinjar Mountain. It was six weeks ago, on Aug. 7, that the President announced his first airstrikes against the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
  • Kerry Enlists Saudi King in War of Ideas Against ISIS
    TIME Magazine
    September 17, 2014
    On the night of Sept. 11, John Kerry arrived at the royal palace here for a meeting with the King of Saudi Arabia.
  • What a Trip to Iraq Reveals About Obama’s ISIS Plan
    TIME Magazine
    September 15, 2014
    The Republican Palace in central Baghdad was once Saddam Hussein’s preferred spot for meeting foreign leaders. The complex here, which served as the headquarters for the U.S. occupation, is vast and gaudily ornate.
  • Obama’s Mission Creep in Iraq
    CNN
    August 19, 2014
    In 2003, George W. Bush was too quick to declare that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” In 2014, Barack Obama may be too slow to admit that they are just beginning.
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Warns of War in Ukraine
    TIME
    July 23, 2014
    Michael McFaul, who served as President Obama’s ambassador to Moscow until February, has warned that the Ukraine crisis is approaching a state of war that could trigger a large scale invasion by Russian military forces.
  • Inside John Kerry’s Diplomatic Save in Afghanistan
    TIME
    July 22, 2014
    As the sun went down over Kabul on Saturday July 13, Afghanistan’s future hung in the balance.
  • Vladimir Putin Isn’t Going to Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Talks Over Crimea
    TIME
    July 21, 2014
    Could the crisis in Crimea spoil Barack Obama’s nuclear diplomacy with Iran? On Wednesday, a senior Russian diplomat suggested as much.
  • Putin Ups Ante in Ukraine
    TIME
    July 11, 2014
    On the afternoon of April 14, a group of police officers lined up outside their ransacked headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Gorlovka to receive orders from their new commander.
  • White House Debates ‘Game-Changer’ Weapon For Syria
    TIME
    July 11, 2014
    White House officials are weighing whether to send surface-to-air missiles to opposition factions at the risk of a possible terrorist "nightmare".
  • Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech Sounds Familiar
    TIME
    July 9, 2014
    For all the hype, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy speech at West Point on Wednesday didn’t break much new ground.
  • Bowe Bergdahl: Terrorist Hostage or POW?
    TIME
    July 8, 2014
    The freed American soldier was held by an officially designated terror group. But a White House official tells TIME, "We did not negotiate with the Haqqanis."
  • Critics Trash Obama’s Big Foreign Policy Address
    TIME
    July 8, 2014
    At West Point on Wednesday, President Barack Obama took his latest stab at defining a foreign policy vision he has spelled out many times before.
  • How the Fate of One Holy Site Could Plunge Iraq Back into Civil War
    TIME
    July 1, 2014
    When Secretary of State John Kerry visited Baghdad on Monday, he arrived in a city bracing for war with the brutal fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), who have taken control of Iraq’s north and west.

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