On the Campaign Trail: Andrew Yang: Foreign Policy Should Be More “Restrained And Judicious,” “Rely More On The U.N.” — RealClear Politics (4/16/2019) Where He’s Coming From Yang, 44 years old, has worked most of his career in startups, early-stage growth companies, philanthropic non-profits for most of his adult life. He is best know for...
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The Formation of Robert Mueller’s Mind
If you talk to people who knew Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller III when he was a young man, you will hear a lot of what you already know. He was hard-working, lacrosse playing, straight arrow who served in the U.S. Marines between studying in the privileged precincts of Princeton and University of Virginia Law School....
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Jay Inslee: ‘Defeat Climate Change’
On the Campaign Trail: The two-term governor of Washington says one issue outweighs all the rest: climate change. Inslee insists that “defeating climate change is the defining challenge of our time and that it must be the foremost priority for the next president.” Paris Agreement: U.S. Climate Alliance Founder In 2017, Inslee co-founded the U.S....
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U.S. Intelligence Black Budget: $80 Billion for 17 Agencies
In a new report, William Hartung and Abby Smithberger, reliable and informed analysts of U.S. military spending, say U.S. security spending will total $1.1 trillion, most of which goes to foreign wars and weapons systems and veterans care. One small but crucial portion of the budget goes to intelligence activities that are not disclosed to...
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Bernie Sanders: End Disastrous Wars
On The Campaign Trail: The gruff socialist from Vermont is the quintessential Washington outsider a radical reformer. Along with his foreign policy adviser Matt Duss, he says the 2020 election is an opportunity to “reconceptualize” the global order. In his 2016 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sanders avoided issues of war and peace. Now...