Outside the Beltway

Based on the postmortems, it certainly seems like the Romney campaign threw Richard Grenell under the bus.

Richard Grenell’s time as Mitt Romney’s foreign policy spokesman lasted less than a month. The fact that he’s gay appears to be the reason it ended.

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

The Mongo Like Ghandi Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

While the President’s recess appointments are bound to set off a political dispute with the Republicans, there does not appear to be a Constitution ban against them.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

House Republicans are being criticized for utilizing a tactic they learned from Senate Democrats.

The cuts to Pentagon spending in the new debt deal are further revealing a split in the GOP over foreign policy and military spending.

Ppartisan politics no longer stops at the water’s edge. This is a bad sign for the Republic.

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton: “I will say this, unequivocally: I would not work in Barack Obama’s administration.”

Contrary to what Senator McCain, seeking realism in military policy does not make one an isolationist.

The GOP is facing a battle between its fiscal conservatism and i’s military adventurism.

The reaction to President Obama’s recent recess appointments provide us with yet another example of bipartisan hypocrisy.

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

Conservative Republicans who are typically deferential to the military are ignoring the advice of the military leadership on the new START Treaty.

Will the incoming “Tea Party” caucus in the House and Senate force the GOP to reconsider its views on foreign policy? Don’t count on it.

The Tea Party movement doesn’t seem to have a coherent view on foreign policy. Which means that a Tea Party victory will just mean more of the same Republican neo-conservatism.

Is President Obama poised to make a recess appointment for Elizabth Warren?

Some Republicans are start to wonder if it’s such a good idea for their party to be so closely associated with the heated rhetoric surrounding the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory.

According to John Bolton, Israel has a deadline of August 21st to attack Iran’s nuclear program. This is the fourth deadline he’s set in the last three years.