Bret Stephens Quotes
Americans will stomach long wars only when the nation’s survival is clearly at stake.
Bret Stephens, Foreign Affairs Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal, “Getting the GOP’s Groove Back”, Foreign Affairs, March / April 2013
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Annan had asked UN nations to contribute troops but few would.
Assigned to the Treasury Department to create war bond posters
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Bret Louis Stephens is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American conservative journalist, editor, and columnist. He began working as an opinion columnist for The New York Times in April 2017 and as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017.
