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The Phone Call That Set US Defence Secretary's Resignation In Motion
When he spoke to President Donald Trump on the telephone a week ago Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's agenda had not changed from when they met two weeks earlier at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina.
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A Dubai Trip And A Missed Chance To Capture The Taliban's Leader
In the spring of 2016 senior officials at the White House learned that the head of the Taliban had turned up in Dubai for a few days of shopping and fundraising.
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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Obama Weighs Moving US Troops Closer To Front Lines In Syria, Iraq
His advisers' recommendations signal the mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State.
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The Phone Call That Set US Defence Secretary's Resignation In Motion
When he spoke to President Donald Trump on the telephone a week ago Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's agenda had not changed from when they met two weeks earlier at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina.
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A Dubai Trip And A Missed Chance To Capture The Taliban's Leader
In the spring of 2016 senior officials at the White House learned that the head of the Taliban had turned up in Dubai for a few days of shopping and fundraising.
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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Obama Weighs Moving US Troops Closer To Front Lines In Syria, Iraq
His advisers' recommendations signal the mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State.
