foreign policy
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FACT CHECK: Trump gets his Mideast history wrong
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EDITOR’S NOTE _ A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. In trying to outline how he would defeat the threat, Trump himself launched several other false claims. He said Clinton and Obama sought to install a democracy in Libya and pushed for immediate change in leadership in Syria, accusing the pair of embarking on…
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Biden: Trump is ‘thoroughly unqualified’ for presidency
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Vice President Joe Biden assailed Donald Trump’s ability to lead America at home and abroad on Monday, branding him as indifferent to the needs of Americans in his first campaign appearance with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Biden, who decided not to make a third presidential bid last year, said in his native city of Scranton…
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Trump to declare end to nation-building, propose ideological tests for immigrants if elected
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Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as “foreign policy realism” focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations. In a speech Monday in Ohio, Trump will argue that the United States needs to work with anyone who shares that mission, regardless of other ideological…
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PHOTOS: Obama touches down in Colorado for last Air Force commencement address
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President Barack Obama touched down in Colorado to give his final commencement speech to U.S. Air Force Academy graduates as commander in chief. The graduates are coming of age at a time of fresh global threats that seem to be pulling the United States back into conflicts with uncertain ends. When he came into office…
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May: National security policies of the next commander-in-chief
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The best we can do is make some educated guesses “National security” is a highfalutin phrase for a problem that can be stated quite simply: We have enemies. What do we do about them? Since this is a matter of life and death, it’s worth asking: What national security policies can we expect the next…
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May: Can America change course?
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The next president needs a new approach to national security. That may be easier said than done. As you watch the circus that is the 2016 presidential campaign, which candidate strikes you as having a coherent vision of national security for the post-Obama era? Who has told you what he (or she) will do about…