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After Romney’s anti-Trump speech on March 3, alarm spreads over Trump candidacy and potential presidency

Developing Latest News and Opinion See Dana Milbank, “Trump’s flirtation with fascism,” The Washington Post, March 7, 2016 (6:21 p.m.). The Trenchant Observer

History, human rights, Mitt Romney, State Department, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, United States

The ugly face of America: Donald Trump and his supporters

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Germany, History, International Law, Justice Department, Mitt Romney, NATO, Russia, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force

The April 17 Geneva meeting on the Ukraine: Aggressor and appeasers on the road to Munich II

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, extrajudicial execution, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, Intelligence, Libya, Mitt Romney, public diplomacy, self-defense, State Department, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force

Benghazi update: New questions raised on intelligence, decision-making failures (Updated November 6, 2012)

Barack Obama, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Mitt Romney, NATO, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Torture, Turkey, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes

By publicly naming person behind anti-Muslim film, federal officials commit appalling abuse of power

On dit quelquefois: “Le sens commun est fort rare.” People sometimes say: “Common sense is quite rare.” –Voltaire, “Common Sense” (1765) U.S. federal officials have…

Barack Obama, CIA, Egypt, Intelligence, Libya, Mitt Romney, Tunisia, United States September 12, 2012

U.S. Ambassador to Libya murdered during assault on American consulate in Benghazi

Yesterday we wrote, Foreign policy is not really an issue, at least not yet, in the campaign. Most Americans seem to have tuned out the…

Barack Obama, CIA, elections, Intelligence, Iran, Israel, Mitt Romney, Russia, State Department, syria, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Military, United States September 11, 2012

Obama’s and Romney’s foreign policy teams and key appointments

Neither President Barack Obama nor Republican candidate Mitt Romney has said much about foreign policy in the 2012 presidential campaign. What they have said does…