Unfolded. Thats one headline from his address to the nation today. One thats of immediate importance, especially in a domestic political sense. The other headline could be far longer reaching with much greater impact on how this country maintains its presence in the world and at what cost in dollars and lives of american service members. Namely, the president s commitment to avoid fighting another war like the one he just ended. Well talk about both tonight. Today new polling from Pew Research showed that americans by a 12point margin, 54 to 42 , approved of the decision to withdraw. However, as the president s overall handling of the situation, 42 said the president did poorly. Substantially more than those who rated it either fair, good or excellent. This part of his remarks spoke to that. Let me be clear. Leaving August The 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. My predecessor had made a deal with the taliban. When i came into office, we fa
Dion Nissenbaum, a reporter covering U.S. policy in the Middle East and regional security for The Wall Street Journal, has been laid off by the publication.…