He said it was ‘the right war.’ Then he did everything he could to screw it up.
Elise Jordan is writer and political commentator. She served as a director for communications in the National Security Council from 2008-09 and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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As women turn away from the GOP, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz join Kirsten Gillibrand’s crusade against military sexual assault.
A new Pew poll shows the toll of a remote-controlled war on Obama in the Muslim world. By Elise Jordan.
Egypt has held back seven U.S. citizens from leaving the country, including the son of a U.S. cabinet member.
Kimberly Motley is now one of the most respected lawyers in Kabul, who works to release foreigners languishing in Afghan jails. Elise Jordan meets the former Mrs. Wisconsin.
Karen Woo, a young English doctor, had dedicated her life to help others. Last week, she was killed, execution-style, in a remote area of Afghanistan.
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As the Afghan president meets Obama this week, his scandal-tarred brother Ahmed tells Elise Jordan he's no warlord, how he can help bring peace, and why he's "the Nancy Pelosi of Kandahar."
On the sixth anniversary of the capture of Saddam Hussein, Dr. Mark Green, on scene at the "spider hole," recalls an historic confrontation.