What Congress can do now for an America without a coherent Middle East policy
It is incumbent for Congress to step up and get ahead of an impulsive president before the next self-inflicted calamity occurs in the Middle East.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) administers the oath of office to House members and delegates of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019(photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)By ERIC R. MANDEL