MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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The Senate and intelligence community rebuked Trump on national security this week. Here’s why that matters — a lot.
By artappraiser on Sat, 02/02/2019 - 3:52pm |By Sarah Binder ,James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 2
On Thursday, the Senate voted 68 to 23 to rebuke President Trump over his decision to pull military forces from Afghanistan and Syria. The vote came after the president’s intelligence chiefs publiclycontradicted his assessment of national security threats.
These events reflect both the unusual nature of the Trump administration and longer-term trends in the politics of national security. Here are three takeaways [....]
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