“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation”, replied Carson, who is third in the Washington Examiner’s presidential power rankings.
But later in the day, the bombastic businessman struck a different tone, acknowledging when asked that he would have “no problem” with appointing a Muslim American to his cabinet if he were elected.
Prime minister Khaled Bahah returned from exile to the main southern city of Aden last week, but acknowledged that his government still faces challenges, even in the south.
Scott Walker, once considered a rising star of the Republican Party, has dropped out of the race for the White House, as Donald Trump and Ben Carson also face pressure to withdraw. His term as governor runs through 2018. Former Walker supporters in Iowa and New Hampshire said...
Scott Walker dropping out of the race puts his supporters and staff at the disposal of other mainstream Republican Party contenders and thus, in a sense, marks an important step in the winnowing process through which an outsider candidate like Donald Trump is ultimately supposed...
“I don’t think he made any really big mistakes”, said Iowa state Sen. The candidate who seemed best positioned to unite the party’s establishment, tea party, and social conservative wings failed to consolidate support with any of them.
A second Republican attempt to block the Iran nuclear deal failed on the Senate floor Tuesday as calls for Republican leaders to abandon their efforts to condemn the deal grew louder.
FILE – Republican USA presidential candidate Ben Carson is seen speaking during the second Republican presidential candidates debate, September 16, 2015.