"As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions."
April 22, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy
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"Donald Trump is not the first President to have a set of presidential emergency action documents ready to use, but he is the first to openly suggest that he believes his power to be total and without subject to oversight."
May 5, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy, Politics, Presidency
“The president must come to Congress before starting a war, period."
April 28, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy, Presidency
“The process has to be focused on not overburdening the health system by slowing the virus’s spread. It’s about winning time.”
March 11, 2020
- Published in Foreign Leaders, Foreign Policy, Health
"An end to the fighting will happen only when Afghans decide for themselves to lay down their arms and come together as one people. That is why the best path forward for the future of this country is a through a political agreement that respects the integrity of the Afghan people, and preserves the accomplishments that we and our Afghan partners have fought so hard to achieve."
February 29, 2020
- Published in Defense & Homeland Security, Foreign Policy
"In fact, under President Xi’s rule, the Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction – more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture."
February 15, 2020
- Published in Defense & Homeland Security, Foreign Leaders, Foreign Policy
"This is not the time for controversy and divisions. This is the time for responsible, committed, patriotic leadership. Let’s join hands and get Israel out of this crisis.”
May 26, 2020
- Published in Foreign Leaders, Foreign Policy
"When the Iranian people are suffering and dying from the coronavirus pandemic, it is regrettable to see the regime waste its resources and efforts on provocative military pursuits that do nothing to help the Iranian people."
April 25, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy
"We will closely watch the Taliban’s compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions. "
February 29, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy
“We have to stop being naive thinking that China is going to become more democratic if we’re nice to them."
May 11, 2020
- Published in Foreign Policy