Michael E. O'Hanlon

As Congress gets fully back to work this fall, the issue of how the federal government can help local and state election authorities secure the United States against an attack needs to be front and center on their agenda.

There is probably no secret recipe for victory in Afghanistan—at least no such recipe that any American can concoct. In these trying circumstances, with no great policy options available to him, we would especially commend Trump for making a difficult and very presidential decision.

America needs more elements of leverage as we seek to set the conditions for creating a path to wind down the war. A key ingredient in such thinking is to use our collective Western and Arab economic leverage wisely and strategically to help autonomous zones as they emerge.