clinton administration

Oh, Washington Post editorial board. When Steve Coll left the paper, did he take all his voluminous historical memory about U.S. policy to Afghanistan between the Soviet invasion and 9/11 with him? Because in your editorial today about Afghanistan, arguing against restricting the mission, you write:
But the problem with the critics’ argument is that, while [...]

Similar to the criminal component of a federal law aimed at preventing abortion violence and intimidation, civil enforcement fell dramatically under President Bush.

The former Clinton-era State Dept. official shares with the president-elect a frustration with conventional foreign-policy thinking. Impatient with ideology, she focuses on transnational threats, challenges and opportunities — befitting the emphasis of a new generation of global strategists. Her experience with Africa has taught her invaluable lessons.

With fewer than three months to go in George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s time for top administration officials to line up high-powered jobs at Fortune 500 companies or Washington think tanks. But as the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend, that’s not happening.
Partly due to the bad economy and partly due to the president’s historic [...]