by drjmcurtis | Jun 4, 2015
Restoring order to Egypt after the Arab Spring that toppled U.S.-friendly dictator Hosni Mubarak Feb. 11, 2011, former 60-year-old Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi defies his critics, relentlessly pursuing what’s left of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hope sprang eternal when...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 3, 2015
More bad news for 53-year-old President Barack Obama hit the headlines with a new CNN/ORC poll showing that his aggregate 43% approval rating dropped below former President George W. Bush. Considered one of the most divisive figures in presidential history, Bush...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 2, 2015
Lecturing the U.S. and the West on the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Iran’s 66-year-old President Hassan Rouhani ripped support of Sunni rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at a reception in Tehran for Syria’s...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 1, 2015
Making it official today in Central, South Carolina, 59-year-old two-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham declared for president, telling a hometown crowd he wanted to change U.S. foreign policy. Citing the late President Ronald Reagan’s “peace-through-strength” motto,...
by drjmcurtis | May 31, 2015
Announcing for president on the Democratic ticket April 29, 73-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), shook up the Democratic race, firing salvos at front-runner former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Straddling the fence on key foreign and...