While sanctions are a useful diplomatic instrument and congressional pressure can send an important signal that U.S. patience with Iran is not limited, now is not the time for unilateral action.
Steve Clemons | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
It is a remarkable but true fact that the US government cannot stop regular Americans from traveling to North Korea, Burma, Iran, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo, or any other complicated place in the world, except Cuba.
William Bradley | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
There's a point in the Iran situation where semantics come into play. Is Iran on a path to nuclear weapons-capable technology? Yes. Is it producing nuclear weapons? No. Does it intend to produce nuclear weapons?
Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most ...
Robert Naiman | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
It's interesting to observe when some Democratic Congressional leaders say Democrats have to be "loyal" to Obama and when it's apparently OK to join Republicans in undermining him.
David Beckmann | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
In a world where poverty anywhere threatens prosperity everywhere, foreign assistance is a vital tool for translating our moral beliefs into practical actions.
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!
Chip Collis | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home
The symbolism of these endorsements should not be lost, coming as they did on the day Bush stood up before Israel's Knesset and compared Obama's foreign policy approach to appeasement of Hitler.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
Two big representative endorsements for Barack Obama today: Rep. Henry Waxman and Rep. Howard Berman. It brings today's number of superdelegate endor...
Patrick Barry | Posted 12.09.2009 | World