Trump’s Afghanistan strategy isn’t to win. It’s to avoid losing on August 24, 2017Will President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy alter the dynamics of America’s longest and most frustrating war? Do commanders really have any better chance of succeeding now than when this conflict began 16 years ago? I put those questions by phone Tuesday to Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson Jr., who for more than 18 months has commanded […]
Americas next president must continue Obamas progress on clean energy on April 10, 2016So much of America’s future is at stake in the 2016 presidential election. But let’s focus for a moment on just one area – energy and the environment – where the Obama administration has made startling progress that could be reversed if either of the GOP front-runners becomes president. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, arguably President […]