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Bill Smullen speaks with Al-Monitor about US troop training in Iraq
"It needs to be a national effort," says Bill Smullen, director of the national security studies program. "There are a lot of people in civilian clothes who have ill feelings toward Iraqi military and government. It is nationwide. That’s the way they need to think of it—a national effort in all places, all ways and all times."
Reeher discusses Trump's ambassador picks in the Washington Examiner
"In this instance, the negative reaction President Trump has generated throughout the Western World may complicate the situation," says Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. "Being Trump's ambassador, say, in Norway or Denmark, is going to be trickier than in past administrations, requiring greater skill and deftness."
Miriam Elman discusses Trump's address on Jerusalem on NPR
"What Trump is trying to get the Palestinian authority to realize is that if they want an independent state and peace, then they are going to have to do it within Israel, whose capital happens to be in Jerusalem," says Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science.
Monnat comments on risks of healthcare mergers in CBS article
Karas Montez explains how the tax plan attacks education in Huffington Post
Dennison discusses healthcare mergers in Consumer Reports
"We’re seeing consolidation in the healthcare delivery system at a rapid pace," says Tom Dennison, director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. "When you’re bigger, you have more leverage to negotiate prices."
Keck, Hoy discuss case on artistic expression, civil rights in Post Standard
"As far as the First Amendment is concerned, LGBT rights advocates should have the full and free right to advocate for their point of view and opponents of LGBT rights have the right to advocate for their point of view," Thomas M. Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, says.
Reeher comments on Cuomo, tax policy issue in Press Republican
The tax policy issue has emerged as a "handy" one for Cuomo to bring up repeatedly as he prepares to seek a third term in 2018, while harboring possible ambitions for a White House run in 2020, said Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Banks discusses new phase of Mueller investigation on Bloomberg Radio