Iraq War

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Jim Mattis on Osama bin Laden, how ancient history guides his modern strategy, and his pithy aphorisms

Jamie McIntyre · September 13, 2019 3:00 am

Mattis says he would not have been ‘that forthcoming’ had he known Biden would run in 2020

Julio Rosas · September 9, 2019 8:58 pm

David Axelrod, Joe Biden.

‘If you serially distort your own record’: Top Obama adviser rips Biden for false claim about opposing Iraq War

Mike Brest · September 6, 2019 4:31 pm

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Sumter, S.C, on Saturday, July 6, 2019.

Biden falsely claiming he turned against Iraq War ‘the moment’ invasion was launched

Joseph Simonson · September 6, 2019 4:21 pm

In this Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 photo, children walk near cattle in Amarah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

ISIS using booby-trapped cows to attack targets in Iraq

Zach Halaschak · September 3, 2019 6:27 pm

‘No, he did not’: CNN’s John King fact-checks Biden claim about Iraq War

Mike Brest · September 3, 2019 6:20 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Washington.

‘Whiny Puppy Mattis’: Ex-CNN host unloads on Trump’s former Pentagon chief

Caitlin Yilek · August 29, 2019 1:12 pm

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Beltway Confidential

What the Washington Post gets wrong about Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · August 20, 2019 5:06 pm

Trump has promised a dramatically larger Army of 540,000 soldiers, yet DoD has proposed a larger $574.5 billion base budget for the coming year that would instead spend increases on training, maintenance and efforts to shore up the existing military's ability to fight wars. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon, 20th Public Affairs Detachment)

National Security

Troop insomnia shot up 652% after Iraq invasion, with deployments eyed as culprit

Russ Read · August 5, 2019 6:22 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event.

Biden’s Iraq War support a ripe target for Democratic rivals

Jerry Dunleavy and Joseph Simonson · August 2, 2019 5:34 pm

Protesting army soldiers salute as they sing their national anthem as they march through La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Hundreds of low ranking soldiers from Bolivia's Armed Forces marched for a third day against the military high command's dismissal of four of its leaders who defended their call for better career opportunities. Enlisted men are demanding changes so that non-commissioned officers in Bolivia's military may study to become career officers. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

How I grew up in a military family but ended up an anti-war activist

logan-edge · July 22, 2019 8:13 pm

Joseph Biden, the newly-elected Democratic Senator from Delaware, is shown in Washington, Dec. 12, 1972. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)

‘The US has no obligation’: Biden fought to keep Vietnamese refugees out of the US

Jerry Dunleavy · July 4, 2019 4:01 am