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A.M. Links: Trump Eyes 'War Footing' in Afghanistan, Sally Yates Testifies Before Senate, Moon Jae-In Expected to Win South Korean Presidential Election

Damon Root | 5.9.2017 9:00 AM


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    The Trump administration is eying "a major shift in strategy in Afghanistan that would effectively put the United States back on a war footing with the Taliban."

  • Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general who was fired by President Donald Trump, testified yesterday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
  • Exit polling shows that Moon Jae-in, the candidate who favors diplomacy with North Korea, is expected to win the South Korean presidential election.
  • Jimmy Carter voted for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary.
  • "Spirit Airlines cancels flight, passenger brawl breaks out."

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).