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Newly appointed National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as U.S. President Donald Trump makes the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The US War against ISIS

by Eli Lake | Apr 18, 2017 | Opinion

Listening to his campaign rhetoric, the last thing you would expect Donald Trump to do as president would be to escalate a ground war in the Middle East. He won the Republican nomination last year by campaigning against both George W. Bush’s war in Iraq and...

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The White House is seen with the Washington Monument (L) behind it and the Jefferson Memorial (R) in Washington, May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

White House to Call Out Russia’s Fake News on Syria

by Eli Lake | Apr 13, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s Russian reset is in big trouble. That’s one message of a four-page dossier on the Syrian regime’s April 4 chemical weapons attack that killed up to 100 people and injured many more. The document, prepared by the National...

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Thank Trump for Enforcing Obama’s ‘Red Line’ in Syria

by Eli Lake | Apr 10, 2017 | Opinion

Samantha Power should send a thank-you note to Donald Trump. Power made her reputation as the author of “A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.” It persuasively argued that the US has a special responsibility to protect potential victims of...

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Congress Should Leave the Russia-Trump Inquiry to the FBI

by Eli Lake | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion

The one thing Republicans and Democrats in Congress can agree on when it comes to President Donald Trump and Russia is the need to investigate. In less than five weeks many in Trump’s own party have moved from “nothing to see here,” to “no...

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President Trump named Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser, choosing a military officer known for speaking his mind and challenging his superiors. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

McMaster’s Appointment Sends Reassuring Message to Muslims

by Eli Lake | Feb 25, 2017 | Opinion

In some ways, President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, is a lot like the man he is replacing, Michael Flynn. Both rose to the rank of three-star generals in the Army. Their worldviews were formed during the war in Iraq. At key...