In 2006 and 2007, the Masri case was one of the most difficult issues between Washington and Berlin, exposing to public scrutiny secret tactics used in the Bush administration's antiterrorism efforts that were sharply criticized both in the United States and in Europe.
The content of the emails is unknown, but the news indicates the Kremlin tried to access multiple members of the Trump administration after the 2016 election — efforts that paid off with at least one former aide, George Papadopoulos, who pled guilty in October to lying about his contact with Russians.
Republicans in Congress have embraced further tax cuts and less spending as the answer to the weak economy, while accusing the administration of squandering stimulus spending on efforts that brought little gain.
"But the fact is in the last four years, we've had the most enormous consolidation of telephone monopolies, cable monopolies and media companies despite the administration's attack on Republican deregulation efforts that would allow even greater concentration of ownership.
The bombings and the news that police have launched a massive manhunt for a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan create a political dilemma for Clinton, as she faces an opponent warning that the Obama administration anti-terrorism efforts that she helped design have been a failure.
He noted that G.M. was salvaged only through an administration-led effort that Congress initially resisted, with legislators voting against financial assistance to G.M. in late 2008.
The president offered his college affordability proposals as part of a campaign to highlight efforts that his administration says will help the middle class.
As he fended off verbal volleys from the legislators, Mr. Richardson underscored efforts that the administration took in recent weeks to soften the blow of the soaring fuel costs.
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the administration began a series of efforts that strained relations with Muslims and Arab-Americans in particular.
In light of all that, it's hardly surprising that early Obama administration efforts to draw Turkey into the fight against ISIS were unsuccessful.
