Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes afghanistan assistance border
Often, foreign policy - which, by definition, is largely out of American control - is simply a matter of not doing the wrong thing, the unwise thing. George Packer americancontroldefinition Change image and share on social
A curious thing about this rarefied world is that bloggers are almost unfailingly contemptuous toward everyone except one another. George Packer bloggercontemptuouscurious Change image and share on social
For 20 years, my mother, my sister and I had seldom spoken of my father. If he happened to come up in conversation, pain and embarrassment entered the room and stayed until he disappeared back into the silence with which we all felt more at ease. George Packer backconversationdisappear share on social
I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan. Lynsey Addario abroadafghanistanamerican Change image and share on social
Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this. Pete Domenici bordercongressinfrastructure Change image and share on social
We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest. Roger Wicker altruisticamericanassistance Change image and share on social