Tag: Afghanistan

A U.S. Marine holds a marine's flag during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

After Syria withdrawal, Trump should next pull troops from Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · December 28, 2018 5:00 am

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet members of the military as they arrive for a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In a surprise trip to Iraq, President Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle Islamic State militants.

National Security

NBC News insists corrected story about Trump not visiting troops was correct ‘at the time’

Daniel Chaitin · December 27, 2018 11:29 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit with troops at a dining hall at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

Beltway Confidential

The Washington Post can’t even cover Trump’s Iraq visit without drowning it in asides about his scandals

Becket Adams · December 27, 2018 6:07 pm

President Trump speaks at a hanger rally at al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In a surprise trip to Iraq, Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle Islamic State militants.

News outlets scramble to fix stories ribbing Trump for not seeing troops during the holidays

Naomi Lim · December 27, 2018 5:14 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit with members of the military at a dining hall at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In a surprise trip to Iraq, Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle Islamic State militants.

Beltway Confidential

Trump brings his ‘come home’ message to a supportive public and the troops

Daniel DePetris · December 27, 2018 4:13 pm

Brendan Kelly speaks with reporters outside his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Kelly, a Marine who was at Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night, helped people get out after a gunman opened fire at the establishment. Kelly also survived the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in 2017.

Marine who survived two mass shootings braces for first deployment to Afghanistan

Naomi Lim · December 26, 2018 7:14 pm

Another 1,000 U.S. troops will not "fix" Afghanistan. Neither will another 5,000, or another 10,000 or 20,000. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

As in Kipling’s day, military deployments needed to prevent unknowable threats

Michael Barone · December 26, 2018 7:03 pm

Injured men receive treatment at a hospital after Monday's Christmas Eve attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Death toll from attack in Afghan capital climbs to 40

Associated Press · December 25, 2018 3:04 pm

Founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide Erik Prince is seen at Blackwater's offices in Moyock, N.C.

Blackwater signals it may get back in business as Trump mulls Afghanistan troop drawdown

Joe Williams · December 21, 2018 10:25 pm

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said that public talk of Moscow's meddling could also expose how the U.S. collects intelligence on its old Cold War adversary. "I am very much on the side of calling them out and exposing what they are doing," Thornberry said.

National Security

House Armed Services chairman says Trump troop drawdowns make ‘America less safe’

Travis J. Tritten · December 21, 2018 5:31 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis waits outside for Chinese Minister of Defense General Wei Fenghe to begin an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018.

National Security

Mattis asked aides to print 50 copies of his resignation letter

Diana Stancy Correll · December 21, 2018 4:41 pm

Jim Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, listens as President Trump speaks during a meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

National Security

The fights that sunk the Trump-Mattis relationship

Travis J. Tritten · December 21, 2018 4:32 pm