The current Republican president got elected repudiating the last one. Now, he’s melding Bush-Cheney with his own legacy. The post Trump Does Nation-Building in ‘Bush Country’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Politics Trump Does Nation-Building in ‘Bush Country’ The current Republican president got elected repudiating the last one. Now, he’s melding Bush-Cheney with his own legacy. There are a number of things one could observe about the Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) winning her primary last week as she seeks to keep her late brother Lindsey Graham’s seat: her status as a novice , President Donald Trump’s staying power , hereditary succession . Here’s another. I was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1974. For half my life, my state has been considered …Open
Gabbard said a few weeks after the surgery was done, the doctor and pathologists determined they were able to cut out all the cancerous bone and tissue in his body.
Ross Coulthart reveals that the former United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was reportedly frustrated with the way the CIA operated with respect to her office.
In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). - So Trump administration officials did something unconventional — they went around Iran's negotiators and reached out directly to IRGC leadership. The person they tapped for the backchannel was Nechirvan Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region in Iraq, who had something very few others do: the trust of both U.S. and IRGC leaders. Why it matters: The episode, which was detailed by three sources with direct knowledge and has not been previously reported, shows how tricky it's been for the U.S. to…
AI:The Trump administration bypassed traditional Iranian negotiators to establish a secret backchannel directly with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership in an effort to resolve ongoing hostilities. Following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and subsequent instability that shifted actual power to the IRGC, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard utilized Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdistan region, as a trusted intermediary due to his personal ties within the Iranian regime. While Barzani successfully facilitated communication with IRGC General Ahmad Vahidi to verify if Tehran's political officials were actually authorized to negotiate, proposed secret meetings in Erbil failed to materialize…Open
Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 author who had worked for then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, may now run Interior’s inspector general office.
State of the Union: He takes over from acting DNI Bill Pulte. The post Jay Clayton Sworn in as Director of National Intelligence appeared first on The American Conservative .
Jay Clayton was sworn in Monday as director of national intelligence, taking over the position from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who was serving as the acting intelligence chief. In a speech following the ceremony, Clayton promised that “the safety and security of the American people will be our North Star” and declared that he would ensure “the vital work of our [intelligence community] is never weaponized for political motives.” Clayton previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2017 to 2020. He will be the ninth Senate-confirmed director of national intelligence, filling the post vacated by Tulsi Gabbard, who…Open
