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Lindsey Graham wants to create a backstop for Afghanistan

The South Carolina senator will introduce legislation requiring that the secretaries of State and Defense certify that withdrawing troops won’t put the U.S. homeland at risk of a terrorist attack.

Corporate panic about capitalism could be a turning point

The billionaire guardians of capitalism fear the system is failing.

The U.S. has to tread in the middle when handling the Hong Kong protests

How far is the U.S. prepared to go to support pro-democracy protesters?

Democrats need to stop running scared on foreign policy

They need to summon the public to the real global challenge that will define this century.

The Marines' new commandant has set the bar for real military reform

The other services should pay attention to what Gen. David Berger is doing.

Friction with China isn’t going away. The U.S. needs a better strategy.

It’s a long game that requires the most precious and scarce resources in today’s America — patience, unity and resolve.

Lindsey Graham warns Trump administration against Afghanistan withdrawal

"I didn’t sign up for Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy,” says the South Carolina senator in an exclusive interview.

The debaters eerily sounded like ‘America First’ Democrats

Most of the candidates seemed as eager to retreat from the world as President Trump.

Trump’s intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet

John Ratcliffe’s confirmation hearings as DNI will be crucial.

Instead of thanks, a critical U.S. ally faces only more threats

The United States needs to honor the military partnership with Syrian Kurdish forces.