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President Trump Bonds With Saudi Arabia. Plane Not Required. May. 14, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump started the first major international travel of his second... Read More
The Arab World's Conspiracy of Dictators Helps Mask Egregious Rights Abuses May. 26, 2023
What happens way over in the Arab world almost always has an impact here in tangible ways, whether i... Read More
'Controversial' to Put Brakes on the Border? Dec. 30, 2022
When he reflected on his time as treasury secretary under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, ... Read More
Salman Rushdie, Iran and Joe Biden Aug. 17, 2022
In October 2018, agents of the Saudi Arabian government murdered columnist and Muslim Brotherhood fe... Read More
The Rehabilitation of a Pariah Jul. 20, 2022
Former President Donald Trump dispensed with the usual handwringing usually on display when U.S. pre... Read More
In Effort to Please Israelis and Saudis, Biden Compromises His Own Bedrock Beliefs Jul. 12, 2022
President Joe Biden apparently hopes Americans won't detect the air of hypocrisy that is certain to ... Read More
Latin American Dictators Get Zero Tolerance, but Biden Gives the Saudis a Pass Jun. 10, 2022
For the United States to have any hope of restoring itself as a global beacon of democracy, the Bide... Read More
Trump Might Excuse a Murder to Advance a Big Arms Sale, but Congress Must Not Jul. 26, 2019
Ignoring strong objections from his fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump has vetoed a bipartis... Read More
Does Trump Have a Moral Compass? Position on Saudi Arms Sale Suggests Not Jun. 25, 2019
President Donald Trump seems to believe that money is the magic solution to every diplomatic problem... Read More
Trump Finds Congress Revolting Mar. 17, 2019
STEVE CHAPMAN FOR RELEASE: SUN. MARCH 17, 2019 Trump Finds Congress Revolting For most of his tim... Read More
New Details Ruin Khashoggi Hero Story Jan. 04, 2019
The gruesome murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi shredded the idea that Saudi Arabi... Read More
Senate Rebuke of Trump Dec. 14, 2018
In what may be the most stunning rebuke to date of the Trump presidency, the Senate voted Thursday &... Read More
Notes From Topsy-Turvy Town Dec. 12, 2018
WASHINGTON — Since I saw you, a former president was buried with highest honors, and another i... Read More
Saudi Arabia, Supposed Bulwark Against Extremism, Embraces Murderous Thuggery Oct. 24, 2018
The Saudi government's response to the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi would be ... Read More
Time for Trump to Cut the Prince Loose? Oct. 23, 2018
Was the assassination of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald still getting as much media coverage three weeks a... Read More
The Saudi Challenge Oct. 19, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi's murder — and no one now questions whether the Washington Post contributor wa... Read More
The Khashoggi Response Should Be Limited Oct. 19, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist turned dissident. He fled Saudi Arabia in 2017 and took up re... Read More
Falling for a Saudi Prince's Charming Spell Oct. 17, 2018
WASHINGTON — The grand romance with the crown prince is over, with blood spilled at the Saudi ... Read More
Khashoggi's Demise Reveals Unpleasant Truths Oct. 17, 2018
The apparent murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributing columnist a... Read More
Should US-Saudi Alliance Be Saved? Oct. 16, 2018
Over the weekend Donald Trump warned of "severe punishment" if an investigation concludes that a Sau... Read More
