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Were Eisenhower alive, he’d no doubt be appalled at how thoroughly five-decades worth of policymakers have ignored his famous warning regarding the rise of the

This is deep in the weeds of a political dynamic I can hardly say I fully understand, but how much sense does it make for the exiled son of the shah to give a

Brian Beutler flags an interview Fareed Zakaria conducted with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper about contributing additional troops to Afghanistan or

The Defense Department announced just now that the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division will deploy to Afghanistan in support of the Obama

Jonathan Cohn says what needs to be said about the House Republicans’ new chart mocking the House Democrat-sponsored health care bill: But these charts -- and,

President Obama’s widely praised speech last night laid out the goals of his new housing plan and emphasized the government will help responsible homeowners.

In response to our earlier post indicating that Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) might harbor questions about President Obama’s citizenship, McHenry spokesman

Well, somebody’s making the best of the foreclosure crisis: Skateboarders are having a field day practicing in the empty swimming pools of foreclosed homes, the

In an interview with Matt Lewis, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) moves Ken Cuccinelli’s ball down the field, saying it won’t even be close on how

Politico’s Ben Smith reports: Reacting to a rising tide of anger from gay and lesbian supporters at a series of slights and deferred promises, President Obama

If you want to know why some consumer advocates and others are concerned about current financial regulatory reform proposals to house a Consumer Financial

The Arizona Senate just passed the controversial Senate bill 1070 (Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act), one of the toughest immigration

Former Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.), whose opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act will win him that award at next weekend’s Conservative Political Action

Today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner called the unemployment rate in the United States unacceptable by any metric. Of course, he then warned that it would

For their last appearance in the three-day gauntlet of congressional hearings, Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry reunited today before the

Three hours after airing his deep concerns that some, DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine in particular, are dangerously fanning the

The most significant quote in this Washington Post piece about the post-Northwest Airlines Flight 253 debate on national security comes from Sen. Jeff Sessions

The Washington Post, in the course of reporting on an Afghanistan war game conducted by Defense Department planners, notes that the Obama administration has

The New York Times today does a nice job pointing out some of the limitations of the co-op coverage model being pushed by Gang of Six member Sen. Kent Conrad

An interesting, albeit limited, bill passed the House yesterday to change part of immigration law to recognize proxy marriages involving military service

If it’s in The Washington Independent two weeks ago, you can read it on MSNBC’s website today.

After the rejection of Ohio’s union-busting law, Senate Bill 5, on Tuesday, Democrats and media alike are crowing the results as good news for 2012, while