| Haspel nomination clouded by her past – but also by today’s context Posted: 09 May 2018 02:04 PM PDT ![Haspel nomination clouded by her past – but also by today's context]( "Haspel nomination clouded by her past – but also by today's context") Gina Haspel says she will not resume the Central Intelligence Agency's brutal interrogation programs of the past. As a CIA official in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Ms. Haspel supervised waterboarding and other questioning techniques considered by many to be torture. "I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program," Haspel said at her confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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| Trump, Iran, North Korea, and the art of the denuclearization deal Posted: 09 May 2018 12:49 PM PDT ![Trump, Iran, North Korea, and the art of the denuclearization deal]( "Trump, Iran, North Korea, and the art of the denuclearization deal") It was no mere aside when President Trump used his statement Tuesday on withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal to announce that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was about to touch down in North Korea to lay the groundwork for the upcoming summit. Instead, the leader who presents himself as a great dealmaker – and who disdains the kind of multilateralism the 2015 Iran deal represents – was making a point. Trump – who had vowed as a candidate to end President Barack Obama's signature foreign-policy achievement – intends to tout his North Korea gambit as the template for how negotiations with rogue nations like Iran and North Korea should be carried out.
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| Why Trump cannot merely contain Iran Posted: 09 May 2018 12:40 PM PDT ![Why Trump cannot merely contain Iran]( "Why Trump cannot merely contain Iran") As he promised as a candidate, President Trump has taken the United States out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Shaping a sustainable order in the Middle East takes leadership in values, not just the raw power of military might and economic sanctions.
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| An unprecedented effort to stem opioid crisis – and the judge behind it Posted: 09 May 2018 09:06 AM PDT ![An unprecedented effort to stem opioid crisis – and the judge behind it]( "An unprecedented effort to stem opioid crisis – and the judge behind it") "Ordinary people can do extraordinary things if they step up," says Judge Daniel A. Polster in an interview in his 18th-floor Federal Court House office overlooking Cleveland. Judge Polster has found himself at the helm of an unprecedented legal battle over prescription opioids that pits hundreds of American communities against drug companies.
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