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Yesterday, to honor Hemp History Week (who knew?), Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) used the occasion to promote his proposal to legalize the domestic production of

I’m at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington for Afghanistan: Planning for Success, the first conference put on by the Foreign Policy Initiative, the new

After losing its argument before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the state secrets privilege requires the dismissal of a

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -– Leaving Salerno, I asked someone what he knew about Zormat, an area in southwestern Paktia Province to the west of the

The decision by leadership in a small Iowa town to provide the public additional information on write-in municipal candidates has raised a few eyebrows, but state officials indicate that there is nothing inherently unethical or unlawful regarding the instance. Tim Box, Linn County’s deputy commissioner of elections, said his office was alerted to information posted on the website for the City of Ely , which he described as being “odd” and “unusual.” Staff at the city, posted announcement on the website for the Nov

Last week, the House Select Committee on State Sovereignty fielded testimony on legislation seeking to challenge or replace ’Obamacare.’ One particular set of

It’s been a low-level foreign policy gaffe swirling around the conservative blogosphere for the past couple of days. I’ll let Anthony G. Martin tell it: We

In public, Pakistani officials complain about missile strikes in the tribal areas from the CIA’s Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. Barely two weeks ago, for

News of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Hurricane Gustav has eclipsed a series of police raids that took place in the Twin Cities over the weekend, in which FBI

On the heals of Rep. Diana DeGette hosting a women’s business forum with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Colorado U.S.

Some weird spin from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele: Steele, before ducking into an elevator on on the second floor of the Capitol: I

The administration’s rescue plan for housing is taking shape. But as Calculated Risk notes, one thing it apparently won’t include is a proposal - once under

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Not only is Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not the first high-ranking Iraqi official to suggest that the U.S. troop presence ought to continue after the 2011

<p>Richard Clarke, the Cassandra of counterterrorism, the man behind the <a title="unheeded Delenda plan"