Changes to the primary season calendar, campaign finance laws, and proportional delegate allocation have completely upended the Republican presidential primaries in comparison to previous years.
People have compared the current race to the Democratic primaries in 2008, which saw Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle it out state by...
0 Comments | Posted September 11, 2011 | g:i A
Note: An edited down version of this story was first published by the National Journal. What follows is the complete text:
Long before I ever considered a career in journalism, I had graduated from college in the summer of 2001 when I made the decision to head...
0 Comments | Posted May 18, 2011 | g:i A
Multiple news organizations are reporting that Saif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer with years of operational experience in al Qaeda, has been named acting leader of the organization in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death. The choice of al-Adel, and the unclear status of Ayman...
0 Comments | Posted May 14, 2011 | g:i A
While the administration and the media have focused much of the public's attention on the intelligence gold mine recovered by Navy SEALs during the Osama bin Laden operation, it is important to remember a less dramatic, but important angle that both the government and the press can look into: the...
0 Comments | Posted May 9, 2011 | g:i A
In the immediate aftermath of the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, one of the key questions asked by journalists and policymakers was about Pakistan's complicity -- or the lack thereof. At the center of this political firestorm is Pakistan's military and intelligence services, a key domestic political...
0 Comments | Posted November 5, 2008 | g:i A
ROME -- A crowded room with more than 400 anxious Barack Obama supporters huddled in silence during the early hours of Wednesday morning at an election watch party organized by the Rome chapter of Democrats Abroad. When polls closed on the West Coast at 5:00 am local time...

3 Comments | Posted March 8, 2012 | g:i A