APB The State Department’s Disappearing Act 22 Feb 201722 Feb 2017 Those of us who expressed anxiety about President Trump’s appointment of ExxonMobil’s chief executive as secretary of state may have to shift gears. Our concern now might have to be…
APB “A Fine-Tuned Machine” 17 Feb 201717 Feb 2017 If ever there was a line from a public official blind to reality, it was Donald Trump’s at yesterday’s (February 17) news conference. Meeting all the evidence of an administration…
APB Trump’s Full Tilt to Israel 16 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 Benjamin Netanyahu must be jubilant: his visit to Washington resulted in his obtaining everything Israel could possibly want, including Donald Trump’s abandonment of the two-state solution as US policy. “Whatever…
APB Man on the Run 15 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 The President of the United States is losing his bearings. Just like Watergate, the firing of one underling for violating protocol and (more importantly) the law is proving to be…
APB Flynn’s Resignation 15 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 So now we know why Vladimir Putin was so generous on December 30 in deciding not to retaliate for President Obama’s decision to kick a number of Russian diplomats out…
APB On the North Korean missile test 15 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 North Korea apparently jolted Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul with the test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew about 300 miles before falling into the Sea of Japan (East…