Tag: Iraq War

In this Jan. 25, 2018, photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. As the fight against IS in Syria grinds on, Iraqi troops stationed in western Iraq near the border continue to call on coalition forces for help sharing intelligence and launching strikes. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremistsâ rise remain.

Pentagon plan could send 10,000 troops to the Middle East

Julio Rosas · May 22, 2019 11:38 pm

President Trump speaks during a campaign rally.

Beltway Confidential

Dempsey, Dunford, and the right response to Trump’s military pardons

Tom Rogan · May 22, 2019 10:15 am

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, left, listens during a meeting of the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Crenshaw breaks with Trump on Navy SEAL case: Gallagher should face trial before any war crimes pardon

Diana Stancy Correll · May 21, 2019 4:16 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Keeping the watch

Trent Reedy · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Washington Briefing

What war with Iran would look like

Jamie McIntyre · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beltway Confidential

Letter from the editor: May 21, 2019

Hugo Gurdon · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Features

Coming home

Salena Zito · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, about his vision for the future of U.S. foreign policy.

2020 Democrat: Trump ‘lied about his feet’ to avoid Vietnam

Julio Rosas · May 16, 2019 4:52 pm

First Lt. Michael C. Behenna at Camp Speicher, near Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq.

National Security

Trump’s Army murder pardon gives hope to others convicted of war crimes

Russ Read · May 14, 2019 6:18 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James speaks at a primary night election party in Detroit, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018.

GOP woos Iraq War veteran John James to run in Michigan again

Diana Stancy Correll · May 10, 2019 7:10 pm

Magazine - Features

Guarding the noblest acre in America

Sen. Tom Cotton · May 10, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington's Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, watches.

Trump grants full pardon for former soldier convicted of killing Iraqi detainee

Diana Stancy Correll · May 7, 2019 1:21 am