in cairo, pompeo blasts obama's middle east policies

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused Barack Obama of sowing chaos by abandoning Middle East to Islamist militants and Iranian influence in blistering critique of the president's policies even as Pompeo's boss, President Donald Trump, moves to pull American troops out of Syria....

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european union: us had ‘no reason’ to downgrade envoy

The protocol issue is minor irritant to trans-Atlantic relationship, and the slight punctuates European allies perception that President Trump does not respect them... ..

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On June 1, President Donald Trump declared that he was withdrawing United States from Paris, agreement meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the global average temperature increase to no more than 2 degrees Celsius. ..

remembering the ludlow amendment

World War I, out of which Ludlow Amendment grew, is also remembered today escalating events pushed President Wilson to seek declaration, and Congress did so by wide margins.. ... did the onset of World War II overshadow the movement, and it established the geostrategic conditions for law to..

the future of freedom foundation

During Cuban Missile Crisis, his Robert Kennedy told Soviet that the president was facing the possibility of coup over his handling of the crisis. And, of course, CIA had done that to the minister of Iran in 1953, the president of Guatemala in 1954, and the president of Congo in..

john w. whitehead: beware the emergency state

Comprising Continuity of Government plan, these directives, of the actions the president will take in the event of a national emergency... ... These presidential powers, past, president and future presidents to operate above the law and beyond the reach of Constitution.. ..

the return of constitutional government?

The Legislative, Congress, writes the laws and appropriates funding Executive, the president, implements the laws with the funding provided and Judicial ensures that society adheres to the rights, principles and responsibilities enumerated in Constitution.. Unfortunately, for the last two years..

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