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President George W. Bush and White House staff watch news coverage of Flight 175 striking the South Tower of the World Trade Center at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida
Washington Politics

Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America

We asked diplomats, scholars, activists, and military leaders about what the US has lost in a long quarter century

Then-State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the crowd gathered during the Ramadan Iftar on April 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento, California
Middle East

Rep. Aisha Wahab is right: America must talk to the Taliban

International isolation has hurt the Afghan people while doing little to hinder the regime

Gtmo
Washington Politics

Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century

By any measure, the controversial Guantanamo Bay court has failed its purpose, but believe it or not, proceedings press on.

Somali pirates
Africa

Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

Bandits off the Horn of Africa have taken advantage of the deteriorating security sitauation, attacking at least 15 ships this year

A US soldier walks through the street in Baghdad
Washington Politics

25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'

The War on Terror showed the perils of seeking military solutions for political problems. Policymakers never got the message.

US gas prices war
Washington Politics

On this Labor Day, Trump offers no sympathy to working Americans

The president's war has jacked up energy prices, including gas and the diesel used to transport goods, and his White House appears not to care