Democratic Candidates Agree—Let's Get Out of Afghanistan
Sen. Warren: "The problems in Afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by the military."
Sen. Warren: "The problems in Afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by the military."
An ever-growing military budget is yet another illustration of the GOP's abandonment of small-government principles. And Democrats aren't any better.
Their main purpose is to stick it to immigrants working for Uncle Sam overseas
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True to form, the presidential hopeful is turning the conversation around war on its head.
ISIS' terror should not be minimized, but Washington should refrain from inflating it to justify unnecessary military action.
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Buttigieg calls for three-year sunset on military force authorizations.
An amendment to this year's military spending bill says the president must go to Congress before launching another war.
The White House is asking Congress to spend $750 billion on the military this coming fiscal year.
We're getting a military parade because Donald Trump wants one. The arguments for leaving our tanks at their bases are far more numerous, significant, and powerful.
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The presidential candidate wants to end wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and levy a "war tax" for every future conflict.
It's not likely to get anywhere in the Senate, but consider it progress.
ICE agents told investigators they were "unaware" of policies to avoid deporting veterans—the same policies the agency assured me it was following in 2016.
"My cousin committed suicide while on duty at the armory after coming home from a tour abroad."
The Trump administration keeps deliberately raising tensions with Iran, risking conflict.
Historian Jerry Z. Muller says we waste too much time fixating on measurements that lead us astray.
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There is no military solution to be had. It's time to simply come home.
Mayor Pete pitches a vague policy as a cure to help fix "the lack of social cohesion" that he says defines contemporary America.
He's back in the U.S., though he's not out of the woods yet.
The Supreme Court allowed the policy to move forward, but the fight is far from over.
The bill now goes to President Trump's desk.
USA Today investigation finds that over 1 million men have faced the consequences of not applying to Jimmy Carter's sham draft.
Chalk it up to use-it-or-lose-it spending.
Incredibly, the White House is trying to pitch this chicanery as an exercise in fiscal responsibility. Congress shouldn't buy it.
The push for intervention is no surprise, and it should be given no quarter.
Though a "U.S.A." chant didn't really seem to catch on.
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If the decision holds up on appeal (which is quite likely), Congress would have to choose between expanding draft registration to women or ending it completely.
Trump is routinely accused, with good reason, of distorting the facts and failing to face reality. It's time for his critics to take a good long look in the mirror.
Amash had an interesting reason for not voting "yes."
"We are used to seeing the federal government make decisions about our surroundings," one resident said.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a veteran, believes that military intervention should be a last resort.
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The Court voted along ideological lines.
Whatever it is, it can't be good.
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