The Army’s investigation of the disappearance five years ago of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been referred to a top General, who will decide if a court martial should be convened.
Two potential candidates for the Republican nomination in 2016 traded barbs this week over the President’s new policy toward Cuba.
A little round of Qs and As on US-Cuban policy.
Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans who seems to be evaluating the new policy toward Cuba through something other than an outdated Cold War perspective.
The fate of Cuba policy in Congress is far from certain, but what is certain is that following through on President Obama’s historic and necessary changes will face resistance.
The resumption of diplomatic relations between U.S. and Cuba, and expansion of some commercial trade ties, is historic but it’s only the first step toward the goal of ending an outdated embargo.
An American freed from captivity, and potentially huge changes in America’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Cuba.
The U.S. embargo of Cuba, and our lack of diplomatic recognition of the government in Havana, is an outdated relic of the Cold War. It’s time to end it.
Newly released documents reveal that Henry Kissinger wanted to attack Cuba in the mid-1970s.
The General Accounting Office confirmed what seems clear to anyone who can read a statute.
The U.S. and Europe have announced a new round of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but it’s not clear that the Russians will be motivated to change course.
Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.
The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.
Thanks largely to Administration mistakes, the Bergdahl deal is not going over well.
Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.
The Obama White House rejected Republican criticism of the deal that led to the release of the only American Prisoner Of War from the Afghanistan War.
For the first time, Edward Snowden is talking to the American media.
My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.
President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.
A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?
The Obama-Castro handshake at Mandela’s funeral has caused a bit of an uproar.
Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.
Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,
A late-night announcement that Gitmo detainees will get hearings raises more questions than it answers.