Steven R. Hurst
Publications
Steven Hurst writes that Mitt Romney has taken the hard line on foreign policy, indiscriminately escalating rhetoric against both European allies and international antagonists.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2012
This report from the Associated Press says the U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the security crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army, which American and Iraqi officials say is taking the leading role in the latest attempt to curb violence in the capital, surrounding cities and Anbar province.
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment