The following is from the description of the new book, “Why Soldiers Miss War,” written by former combat pilot Nolan Peterson. Ask most combat veterans to name the worst experience of their lives, and they’ll probably tell you it was war. But ask them to choose the best experience of their life, and they’ll usually […]
Afghanistan
President Trump on why he wants to end America’s “endless wars”
At a rally this week, President Trump spoke in the most depth yet about America’s “endless wars” in places like Syria and Afghanistan, and why he says it’s important to end them.
Afghanistan and billions of US tax dollar waste
As President Trump talks about removing remaining US troops from Afghanistan, we’ll have a troubling assessment of all the American tax dollars lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Sunday on Full Measure, we’re talking to the Obama-appointed watchdog who still serves under President Trump: the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Inspector General John Sopko. […]
Did terrorist-linked man sneak across U.S.-Mexico border last November?
There’s a startling follow up to my report from last November about a group of citizens from Pakistan and Afghanistan who illegally snuck across the Mexican border into Arizona three days after the Paris attacks and four days after a double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. Now, seven months later, U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Built with your tax dollars: the building nobody wanted
Why were millions of your tax dollars spent on a giant building in Afghanistan that the U.S. generals on the ground said they didn’t need, didn’t want and wouldn’t use? We investigated the 64K Afghan Oasis on Full Measure. [button link=”http://fullmeasure.news/news/shows/afghan-oasis”]Watch Afghan Oasis on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson[/button] Also on the Sunday program: Ben […]
Your tax dollars: wasted on an unwanted building (& other reasons to watch Sunday’s “Full Measure”)
5 good reasons to watch this Sunday’s “Full Measure” We investigate why millions of your tax dollars paid for a building nobody wanted, needed or intended to use. We chat with Ben Carson. Scott Thuman investigates security risks posed by refugees being admitted to the U.S. We interview President Obama’s former Ambassador to Syria Robert […]
Fact Check: The Washington Post on Sen. Graham’s Military Service
The Washington Post published a lengthy article in which the premise appears to be that Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a recently retired Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, is a military lightweight who never did much real service, didn’t deserve his promotions, received favor for his congressional position and traded […]
White House aides inadvertently ‘out’ CIA station chief in Afghanistan
No discipline is planned in response to the accidental leak to the media of the name of Afghanistan’s CIA station chief. That word from White House spokesman Josh Earnest today. The inadvertent release was made by White House aides in an email to a print media pool reporter on May 25 after President Obama made […]
