A Year Later, U.S. Campaign Against ISIS Garners Support, Raises Concerns

Nearly a year after the United States launched its first airstrikes against ISIS, the public remains broadly supportive of the military campaign. Yet Americans also have persistent doubts about how well the U.S. military effort is going, and there is no agreement about whether the U.S. should deploy ground troops […] Read more »

Hillary Clinton Dominates 2016 Democratic Field, Leads GOP Rivals

Hillary Clinton is leading her nearest Democratic competitor by a whopping 60 points, and she holds the early general-election advantage against the top Republican White House contenders, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »

Are Republicans or Democrats closer to general American public opinion on the Middle East?

Middle East policy is likely to be a key battlefield in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton will need to choose whether to run on her record as secretary of state or distance herself from the Obama administration, with her challengers positioning accordingly. On the […] Read more »