advisor, staff, aide, tapped, tap, pick, replacement, strategy, strategist , battle plan, winning

ted cruz, cruz, gop, republican, convention, contested, delegates, trump, strategy, path, forward, primaries, caucuses, voters

republicans, republican, bills, passed, surrender, votes, gop, do nothing, DHS, homeland security, funding, speaker, conservatives, tea party, tea baggers,

Obama, afghan, afghanistan war, war decision, afghans, taliban, soldiers, troops, afghan rebels, afghan decision, barack obama, war, combat, battle plan, exit strategy