Michael A. Cohen is a columnist for MSNBC and a senior fellow and co-director of the Afghanistan Assumptions Project at the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

(Neither MSNBC nor NBC News independently confirmed The Hill’s report, though NBC News did report that she was confronting some opposition from Senate Republicans.) A month later, her problems ...

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy ...