NR Daily: It’s 10 P.M., Do You Know Where America’s Troops Are?

This week I began to worry that Senator Lindsey Graham isn't as happy as he should be. He's always been affable. And, rare for Washington, he's sometimes intentionally funny. But I think he could have more job satisfaction. Graham is a long-serving member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a committed hawk. He supports all the usual moves. Surging in Afghanistan, taking the fight to ISIS in Iraq, and helping the "moderate rebels" in Syria. But he also talks up the more obscure and exotic causes. He was for protecting Georgia from the Russians and sending arms to Ukraine. He's kind of a hipster hawk. He's really into interventions before they become cool ...

October 27 2017

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It's 10 P.M., Do You Know Where America's Troops Are?

Michael Brendan Dougherty

This week I began to worry that Senator Lindsey Graham isn't as happy as he should be. He's always been affable. And, rare for Washington, he's sometimes intentionally funny. But I think he could have more job satisfaction. Graham is a long-serving member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a committed hawk. He...

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