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Thanking America’s Veterans
Today is Veterans Day. Americans first celebrated it on November 11, 1919, one year to the day after the end of the conflict they knew as the Great War and we (regrettably) know today as World War I. Read More
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November 10, 2018
United States
The Marine Corps turns 243 years-old today. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2018
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One of the delights of finishing a book is that you get to talk about it. Since PublicAffairs released The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership last week, Ivo Daalder and I have been on the road discussing our argument that America First foreign policies are undermining U.S. interests. Two of the events were on the record. The moderators and audiences asked great questions.
Read MoreOctober 19, 2018
Donald Trump
The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership, my latest book with Ivo H. Daalder, just debuted. It chronicles President Trump’s first eighteen months directing U.S. foreign policy.
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