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NEW YORK 鈥?Former President George W. Bush on Thursday denounced bigotr
stanley cup y in Trump-era American politics, warning that the rise of nativism, isolationism and conspiracy theories have clouded the nation true identity.The comments, delivered at a New York City conference hosted by the George W. Bush Institute, amounted to an indirect critique from a former Republican president who has remained largely silent during President Donald Trump u
stanley cup nlikely rise to power. The 43rd president did not name Trump on Thursday, but he attacked some of the principles that define the 45th president political brand.We ;ve
stanley cup seen nationalism distorted into nativism, forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America, Bush said. We see a fading confidence in the value of free markets and international trade, forgetting that conflict, instability and poverty follow in the wake of protectionism. We ;ve seen the return of isolation sentiments, forgetting that American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places.We ;ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty, he continued. Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.We need to recall and recover our own identity, he continued. To renew our country, we only need to remember our values.Asked about the spe Lynf U.S. plans to send non-lethal aid package to bolster Ukrainian military
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, American officials said, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad.One U.S. official said multiple strikes targeted Kataib Hezbollah weapons facilities inside Iraq. The strikes were a partnered operation with the British, that official said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because operations were still going on.The strikes marked a rapid escalation in tensions with Tehran and its proxy groups in Iraq, just two months after Iran carried out a massive ballistic missile attack against American troops at a base in Iraq. They came just hours after top U.S. de
stanley cup fense leaders threatened retaliation for the Wednesday rocket attack, making clear that they knew who did it and that the attackers would be held accountable
af1 .Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon earlier Thursday that President Donald Trump had given him the authority to take whatever action he deemed necessary.We ;re going to take this one step at a time, but we ;ve got to hold the perpetrators ac
af1 countable, Esper said. You don ;t get to shoot at our bases and kill and wound Americans and get away with it.READ MORE:聽Congress acts to limit Trump on military action in IranAt the White House, Trump had also hinted that a U.S. counterpunch could be coming, telli
