Speaking to reporters after a visit to San Antonio’s Randolph Air Force Base on Saturday, President Bush again urged Congress to consider making the Pentagon the lead agency for relief operations at home whether a disaster is natural or manmade. Congress is doing that very thing, with reviews of legal precedents underway. However, a key question percolating around the Beltway and beyond, is how much can the US military take on? (DR, 09/22/05)
Biden: ‘It’s Time to End the Forever War’
April 14, 2021
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will begin on May 1 and finish before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to allow the American military time to focus more on global terror and increasing threats from China, President Joe Biden said. During a March 14 address formally announcing…