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The author attempts to analyze the decision making of U.S. president Donald Trump following the shooting down of a U.S. spy drone by military forces of Iran in late June 2019. The author examines Trump's national security policy and his decision to withdraw the U.S. from an international nuclear agreement involving Iran negotiated by U.S. president Barack Obama.

The article discusses the nature of tenure of New York's mayor, Bill de Blasio, which was called as boring during a comedy show at a charity fund-raiser. It mentions the effectiveness of his bureaucratic decision making on city budgets. It also compares his administrative and political tactics with former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

The article focuses on the political approach of the U.S. President Donald Trump discussing Trump's decision to abandon the Iran nuclear accord, issues relating to the threats growing in North Korea, and Afghanistan and the international relations of the U.S.

The article offers information on the taking policy decisions by politicians based on the party in the U.S. Topics discussed include views of Democrat Harry Reid on the flop part of Republicans; passage of a revised version of the No Child Left Behind education law and legislation granting U.S. President Barack Obama enhanced power to negotiate major trade agreements; and views of Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on preventing the government shutdown.

The article discusses the author's views about the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife) and American Judge Rosemary M. Collyer's determination in 2016 that the U.S. government process for designating MetLife as a systemically important (too big to fail) institution was flawed. U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew's opinions about MetLife and court-imposed requirements are examined, along with decisionmaking processes at various U.S. government agencies and commissions.

The article discusses the government and political leadership in Algeria, including the health of the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the government's jailing of military generals and the possibility that a coup d'etat was carried out by the president's bother Saïd Bouteflika. An overview of doubts that Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in charge of political decision making is provided.

The article presents the role played by the Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi and her views on the importance of a woman's role while making decisions for the United States as well as the world.

The article informs that U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has made a trip to Iraq as the American military is aiding Iraqi forces in their brutal fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and participation of Kushner in decision making for the administration.

The article discusses the role of Anne Gust Brown, the wife of California Governor Jerry Brown, in aiding Brown's decision making as Governor as of November 12, 2013. Topics addressed include Gust Brown's past career as a lawyer and her decision to leave her job following Brown's election, and contrasts between Gust Brown's direct, pragmatic approach and Brown's philosophical approach to decision making.

The article discusses the 2013 opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas. Topics include assessments of former U.S. President George W. Bush's career, the decision making aspects of Bush's work, and artifacts to be displayed in the museum.

The article reports on the investigation on the closure operations of the George Washington Bridge by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which allegedly has political sabotage on the government's decision.

The article reports on the return of Jiang Zemin, a former leader of China, in the country's decision making. It states that Jiang has worked through his successor, President Hu Jintao. It says that Jiang sought to reshape policy through suggesting changes to a report to the 18th Party Congress. It adds that Jiang's goal seems to be to put the country back to market-oriented economic policies.

The article reports on the response of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney to the economic programs of President Barack Obama and its implication on how he might lead the country if he will win in 2012. It highlights the reactions of Romney on Obama's decisions including the stimulus package, home-foreclosure measures, and financial policy. It offers insights about Romney's too big too fail concept.

Amid stormy meetings and acrimonious disagreements over voting procedures, leaders of Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian nationalist movement, postponed elections for its decision-making bodies that were scheduled for Thursday. They said the landmark party conference taking place here would go on for at least two more days. Fatah members are hoping that the conference, their first in 20 years, will revitalize and unify the troubled movement and fortify it against its Islamic rival, Hamas. But Fatah, at the vanguard of Palestinian efforts to negotiate peace deals with Israel, has been showing its more usual tendency for infighting and disarray. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Domestic violence is a serious law enforcement and public health problem affecting as many as one in four women in this country. Yet Washington has devoted too little attention to reducing domestic violence and sexual assaults generally. We welcome President Obama's decision to create a new post, White House adviser on violence against women, and his appointment of a seasoned advocate for victims to fill it. Lynn Rosenthal is a former executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. She will report to Mr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, whose keen interest in the issue dates from his days in the Senate and his key role in enacting the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BARACK OBAMA faces the most difficult job transition anyone will ever face: moving from campaigning to governing as president of the United States. For the past two years, Mr. Obama wanted something from every person he met -- money, help, votes. He made many promises, appropriately vague, in the process. Now everyone wants something from him -- a job, a policy decision, a good word or reference, and, most of all, for him to deliver on what they think he promised, which may be quite different from what he actually said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on a declaration made by Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain that he would not go ahead with a general election in November 2007. He advocated his decision saying that he wanted more time to show that he had a vision for the country's future. According to television news anchor Jon Snow, Brown's decision has canceled the progress made by him in persuading that he was a strong leader.

The article comments on the decision made by Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York to provide driver's license to immigrants in New York. Spitzer is stated to have taken the right decision. It is opined that drivers' licenses should go to residents who have proved their identity as well as their ability to drive safely.

The article reports that Mark R. Warner, former governor of Virginia, has informed his fellow Democrats about his intention to run for the Senate elections in 2008 in the U.S. Warner has informed his fellow Democrats that he would compete for the seat being vacated by Republican John W. Warner. According to an aide to Mark Warner, the latter would announce his decision on September 13, 2007.

The article reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has accepted an invitation to attend the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China from President Hu Jintao of China. Human rights advocates and U.S. Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher have condemned Bush's decision to attend the Olympics. According to them, Bush has given his approval to a country that is jailing dissidents, denying religious freedom and not exerting influence to stop genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.

The article reports that Republican John W. Warner of Virginia will announce on August 31, 2007 whether he will run for re-election in the 2008 U.S. Senate race in Virginia or retire. If he retires, the race for the U.S. Senate in Virginia is expected to draw the interest of some political figures including Mark Warner, former Democratic governor of Virginia.

The article reports on a declaration made by foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki of Iran that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has accepted an invitation to visit Iraq. Mottaki said that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq had invited Ahmadinejad after visiting Tehran, Iran in August 2007. Mottaki further said that a final decision had not been made.

The article reports on the decision made by Dennis Hastert, speaker of the U.S. House, not to seek re-election in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. According to Hastert, he found it difficult to play a reduced role in the U.S. House after serving as its speaker for eight years. The decision of Hastert means that in January 2009, he along with Republican Tom DeLay, who dominated the House for years, will be absent from the U.S. Congress.

The article offers information about the political campaign of presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden in Iowa for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Introducing himself to a crowd on July 2, 2007 in Iowa, Biden said that he wants to live in the U.S. White House because he wants to be involved in forming decisions. In the campaign, Biden spent much of his time talking about his candidacy and biography.

The article focuses on the views of the author on the decision of U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the lawsuit involving Lewis Libby, former chief of staff to U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney. According to the author, Bush's decision to commute Libby's sentence but not erase the latter's conviction of having a role in the outing of Valerie Plame as an employee of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was right.

The article reports on an announcement made by President Néstor Kirchner of Argentina regarding his decision to step aside to support his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the presidential election in October 2007. The decision of the President is viewed as a plan meant to allow the couple to take turns in running the country. The President's decision is in line with the Peronist tradition of pushing wives by political leaders into positions of power.

The article discusses that British Prime Minister Tony Blair indicated in an Independent Television talk show that God influenced his considerations when he sent British troops to fight alongside American troops in Iraq.

Examines the perception of critics that United States President George W. Bush is being dictated upon by his Vice President Dick Cheney. Historians' analysis of the perception that Cheney is in charge; Republicans' embrace of anti-intellectualism to broaden the party's reach; Questions on who, between Bush and Cheney, makes the decisions.