Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense would bring immense confidence in the capitals of America's allies around the world, and great enthusiasm from veterans and military families throughout America who know him well, and trust him greatly.

I am ambivalent about WikiLeaks. While I go with the undisputed righteousness of principles like freedom of speech, I feel I am being dragged into a fight that is not my own.

For almost four decades, under cover of his supposedly "objective" reporting, Woodward has represented the viewpoints of the military and intelligence establishments. Often he has done so in the context of complex inside maneuvering.

These are interesting and difficult times for all Americans, though the predicament of our Republican brothers and sisters bears special reflection.

Senior White House aides expressed utter bewilderment and a bit of frustration on Monday with criticism of their health care agenda from conservative ...

Time to buck up, Mr. President, and remember that the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party went along with your rhetoric, but we expect that you will deliver the public option.

Torture works. Hanging from the yardarm works. Disembowelment, rape, death by stoning, electroshock -- they all work at extracting information. But what kind of information?