WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a seni...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy
A new memo on Afghanistan written by one of Obama's top advisors emphasizes the futility of a continued U.S. military presence there, at one point going so far as to compare the war to Jay Leno Show.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.07.2009 | World
While it may be too early to tell whether Obama will follow through on his 2007 campaign pledge, it does seem like his administration is setting the stage.
Antony Loewenstein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
J Street must decide what it wants to be -- a wide tent that allows all Jewish opinions on Israel or an orthodoxy that pushes only conventional platitudes -- but the Palestinians don't have time to wait.
Robert Scheer | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
It's time to declare victory and begin to get out of Afghanistan rather than descend deeper into an intractable civil war that we neither comprehend nor in the end will care much about.
google.com | Dan De Luce (AFP) – 5 Hours Ago | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
WASHINGTON US military officers and civilians advising President Barack Obama on Afghanistan should keep their views private, Defense Secretary Robert...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Sunday as he do...
AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will focus "at the right time" on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in ...
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
While sharing his vision of a more peaceful world with the UN and demanding big Pentagon cuts, Obama has also been lobbying Brazil to buy warplanes from shrinking defense giant Boeing.
The New York Times | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics
As the American military comes to full strength in the Afghan buildup, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with a long-promised plan to ...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
I've received not just one email -- but three -- from prominent insider journalists and policy hands that Jim Jones' tenure as National Security Adviser is highly fragile.
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney's ch...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The nation's two intelligence chiefs are locked in a turf battle over overseas posts, forcing National Security Adviser James L. Jo...
ZP Heller | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
As the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to deteriorate, Congress will decide this week whether to approve $94.2 billion in supplemental wartime spending.
AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is in the early ...
AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive. Retired Marine Gen. Jam...
Steve Clemons | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
U.S. intelligence fears an uptick in suicide bombings over the next week directly targeting hotels and high population centers where foreigners populate. The fact is that it easier today to visit Baghdad than Pakistan.
Fox News | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 ...
David Corn | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
With these hawkish, Rubin-esque, middle-of-the-road picks, has Obama abandoned the folks who brought him to the dance?
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics
The fear is that Obama, bending to pressure from the military-industrial complex, might "re-brand" the Iraq war.
William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.
James Freedman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World
World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.
BigThink | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
BigThink interviewed President-elect Obama's National Security Adviser, Ret. Gen. James Jones. What principles guide your energy plan? Well, we thin...
New York Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics
James L. Jones, a retired four-star general, was among a mostly Republican crowd watching a presidential debate in October when Barack Obama casually ...
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.08.2009 | World