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Getting the Audit Right on Iraq

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.25.2012

Steve Clemons

I think Biden and his team have done the best job that any outsider could have done in helping to calm sectarian distrust and to generate a commitment to a semi-democratic process as Iraq evolves.

Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.