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What is very likely is that a Biden presidency won’t be as chaotic as the last four years

Iraq's response to UN inspections of chemical, biological and nuclear sites is just what the Bush administration feared, officials said: initial compliance but little evidence that Saddam Hussain is genuinely ready to disarm.

Allies being undiplomatically bushwhacked

Two things might yet stop President Bush's momentum toward war with Iraq. One is a deathbed conversion by Saddam Hussain; the other is a last-minute defection by Tony Blair, the British prime minister who has been the president's key ally in the crusade against the Iraqi leader.

The US president appears to undercut his Secretary of State publicly and repeatedly

The streamlined procedure in US was designed during the Cold War for speed and certainty. It relies, to an astonishing extent, on the judgment and steadiness of just one person

The US President is not a politician in the traditional cast and he is slowly proving that he can deliver on what he promises

Maybe he was trying to make the Massachusetts senator a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, figuring she’d be a weak candidate

The president faces an FBI director who is deeply committed to his investigation, willing to spend as long as it takes, and able to send agents around the world in search of evidence

It’s not unusual for new presidents to stumble — and it’s not impossible to bounce back either

Her presence in the centre of any stage could make it harder for talented young Democrats to rise to the top

The terrorist threat isn’t going away, so it is necessary to stay in the fight a good deal longer