Foreign Policy

In response to President Trump's statements this evening regarding Afghanistan, Stand Together Trust's Vice President of Research and Policy and Afghanistan veteran Dr. William Ruger issued the following statement...

A new YouGov poll commissioned by Stand Together Trust shows Americans are strongly supportive of bringing our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq, oppose war with Iran, and generally want the United States to be less militarily engaged around the world.

Stand Together Trust’s William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s address on Iran.

Stand Together Trust’s William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy, issued the following statement on reports of the Iraqi Parliament moving toward legislation to force U.S. troops to leave the country.

William Ruger, Vice President for Research and Policy, on reports of a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.

William Ruger, Vice President for Research and Policy, issued the following statement in response to an investigative report from the Washington Post demonstrating “senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign…hiding unmistakable evidence that the war had become unwinnable.”

William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy at STT, responds to the 18th anniversary of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Read his statement.

William Ruger, VP of Research and Policy at STT, responds to the pullback of U.S. troops from Syrian-Turkish border. Read his statement.

William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy at Stand Together Trust, on news that national security advisor John Bolton has left the White House.

William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy at Stand Together Trust, on reports of an agreement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan.