Outside the Beltway

How would the addition of Susan Rice and Samantha Power to the President’s foreign policy team affect policy toward Syria’s civil war?

Denied her chance at being Secretary of State, Susan Rice will be moving to a position that is arguably just as important in shaping American foreign policy.

Mitt Romney returns from the political graveyard.

Signs and portents in the Middle East.

There are far too many appointed positions in the US government. And many of them are unfilled.

In a chaotic week, one source of chaos was remarkably quiet.

Bill McClellan calls for ending military funeral honors for most veterans.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Rand Paul’s questions about the nation’s drone war were only the beginning.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ignoring the Hagel Hearing Farce,” has posted.

Presidential honeymoons aren’t what they used to be, and President Obama’s second term honeymoon isn’t likely to last very long.

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Outgoing Senator Jim Webb is making another attempt at passing the Stolen Valor Act, deemed unconstitutional last year by the US Supreme Court.

Once again, there are proposals to eliminate the Dollar Bill. It’s a good idea, which is why it’s not likely to go anywhere.

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.