The president finally retreated from his hyperdefensiveness and reached into his bag of empathy. And it was about time.

The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.

Half a world away from one another, the citizens of two nations are suffering as a result of the corruption and incompetence of the U.S.

The Afghanistan debacle has the president leaning in to a mode of leadership that neither suits the moment nor plays to his strengths.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, angry lawmakers of both parties are pushing the president to do more to aid Afghan refugees.

The president gave a mostly honest accounting of the Afghanistan disaster, but he really skipped over the epic intel failure.

It’s tragic to watch the Taliban on the march. But the one unalterable truth we’ve learned is that we can’t create a nation out of gestures and statements.