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Dave Dilegge of Small Wars Journal has the galleys of Bing West’s forthcoming Iraq book The Strongest Tribe. I’ll admit right now that the title strikes me as

Following up on my story posted this morning about the government’s botched case against an Afghan teenager held at Guantanamo Bay, I spoke today to Maj. Gen.

Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates are looking to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to revive their hopes of passing a renewable energy standard this

Life Always, the group behind controversial billboards aimed at Planned Parenthood, yesterday announced its decision to halt using the image of a young girl in its media campaign. # The group, an arm of Texas-based Heroic Media, recently unveiled a billboard in New York’s Soho neighborhood that was so controversial, it came down after one day.

At what point does a campaign contribution cross over from Washington status quo to illegal quid pro quo? That’s what the Office of Congressional Ethics has

Breaking news from The Associated Press: the Iranians may in fact accept a crucial nuclear deal: Iranian negotiators on Wednesday expressed support for a deal

Political candidates often invoke God and spirituality on the campaign trail, but Rev. Richard Killmer, executive director of the National Religious Campaign

Husain Haqqani, the Pakistani ambassador to Washington, assures Josh Rogin that he has yet to be fired. So who else isn’t resigning?

Things just keep getting worse for Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). An attorney for U.S. Sen. John Ensign says the senator’s parents gave his mistress and her family

The growing furor over AIG executive bonus payments has President Obama concerned enough that he’s even speaking out against them now, The New York Times

OK, so I’ve now read S.454, the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, introduced today by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). And it

On Wednesday, the Institute of Medicine will announce its recommendations about preventative health-care services for women to help the U.S. Department of

California illegal immigrants could face a tuition hike at public universities if the state Supreme Court rules in favor of 42 out-of-state students who claim

Former President Bill Clinton now says that letting Lehman Bros. fail was a mistake that wound up clinching the election for then-candidate Barack Obama,

If ever you want a distillation of the differences between Obama’s conception of how to handle the emerging problem of domestic extremism and how his right-wing

Just out: the hot new list of general-officer assignments. Who’s getting what, General Casey? The Army chief of staff announces the assignment of the following

Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog points out that the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighur detainees who a judge ordered released

Well before Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) remarks about small town voters growing bitter, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) labeled the Democratic presidential

Following up on this post about China’s role in Iran sanctions and nuclear security, President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao shared a phone call last

Reading The New York Times’ lead editorial today feels a bit like reading a summary of much of what I’ve been writing for the past two months: that President

A few big announcements from the Obama administration on the health care front today: Confirming reports over the weekend that he was set to do so, President