by Patrick Ventrell | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. On her first foreign trip as National Security Advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice spent three and a half days in Afghanistan to thank our troops and civilians around the holidays, and assess the situation on the ground. ...
by Scott Mann | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
By: Scott Mann The rivalry between Kenya and al-Shabaab is not new. Kenya has long been active in Somalia’s internal politics, sponsoring a peace process that yielded the Transitional Federal Government.
by Charles Cameron | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how theory works out in practice, and vice versa ] . Here’s the first of a pair of “patterns” of interest… Theory contradicts practice: — with thanks to my friend Peter van der Werff! ** And here’s the...
by The Long War Journal | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
The US killed three unidentified “militants” in a drone strike in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan yesterday. The strike is the third in Pakistan this month; the previous two attacks killed senior leaders in the...
by Adam Garber | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
Welcome to this Thanksgiving Edition of West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and beyond. This week, the President traveled to the west coast for a three day, three city swing, sat down for an interview with Barbara...