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Trump’s Astonishing Giveaway to Kim Jong Un and North Korea

Trump’s Astonishing Giveaway to Kim Jong Un and North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the document that he and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un just signed at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By James Kitfield, Yahoo News, June 2018 At  the recent…

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What a Successful US – North Korean Summit Would Have Looked Like

What a Successful US – North Korean Summit Would Have Looked Like

By James Kitfield, Yahoo News, June 2018 As the historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un approaches, the question on many minds isn’t Will it be a success? but What would success even consist of? Perhaps the people best qualified to answer are former…

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Leave No Man Behind: Exclusive Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Britt Slabinski

Leave No Man Behind: Exclusive Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Britt Slabinski

On May 24, 2018, President Trump presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, to Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski for embodying the U.S. military’s code of “leave no man behind.” The “Battle of Robert’s Ridge” claimed the lives of…

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Trump Tweets Reveal Incoherent Syria Policy

Trump Tweets Reveal Incoherent Syria Policy

James Kitfield, Yahoo News•April 2018 On Wednesday, a day of growing peril in a part of the world where Russian and American forces sometimes confront each other, the president who campaigned on never telegraphing his intensions to adversaries decided to taunt Russia with the threat…

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The Dark Day After Trump Tears Up the Iran Nuclear Deal

The Dark Day After Trump Tears Up the Iran Nuclear Deal

James Kitfield, Yahoo News•April  2018 Freed from the shackles of cautious advisers and brimming with self-confidence, President Trump is boldly executing the disruptive foreign policy that he promised as a candidate. In just the month of March, Trump jettisoned his secretary of State, national security…

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Exclusive Interview: Rethinking Intelligence Operations in the Age of Trump

Exclusive Interview: Rethinking Intelligence Operations in the Age of Trump

By JAMES KITFIELD, POLITICO 03/15/2018 09:26 PM EDT A year into his tenure as the country’s top intelligence official, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is reshuffling the office that oversees America’s 16 intelligence agencies, consolidating many functions under a new layer of management intended…

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