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This -- to be very clear -- isn’t a shift of position. Both Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan,

One year after devastating floods in the Midwest, The Iowa Independent’s Lynda Waddington reports that government red tape continues to hinder recovery efforts.

Today’s news that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hear the claims of kidnapping and torture filed against the United States by the American

Few communities of Washington wonks run into greater structural and institutional obstacles than advocates of reduced defense spending. Defense companies put

A recent letter to the editor in the Mississippi Sun Herald raised some important questions about so-called “Personhood” amendments like the one that will soon be voted on in Mississippi. In a response, the American Life League dismisses claims that the passage of such an amendment could open the door to unintended consequences. # “Personhood” amendments across the country aim to ban abortion but, as some suggest, their passage could mean that women seeking abortions would be put in jail

I doubted yesterday that the Obama administration would seek a return to the Karshi-Khanabad air base in Uzbekistan -- the government of Islam Karimov kicked

In a little-noticed column, Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the Senate minority whip, comes out for scrapping the stimulus money that has not yet been spent. All $677

Rep. Tim Walz offered an amendment on Friday that would prevent members of Congress from getting paid in the event of a government shutdown. The measure, which was to be attached to the Government Shutdown Prevention Act, failed along party lines.

The allegations against Paulson & Co. and the Center for Responsible Lending stem not from a congressional investigation or independent study, but from Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group famed for supporting the Tea Parties.

Thomas Frank has a terrific op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, praising President Obama’s recent presidential memorandum declaring the end of an era of

A pattern is developing with respect to the Afghanistan war. No one who advises Gen. Stanley McChrystal on his 60-day strategy review -- results coming soon! --

A private security company hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Kabul lost its contract with the State Department in 2007 over the failure of its guards to speak English, according to two senior diplomats who worked in the embassy at that time.

According to Forbes magazine , Wisconsin Gov.

On Wednesday, American Solutions for Winning the Future, a conservative 527 group founded by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), notified a pornography

At least, that’s the message from Rick Barber, a Tea Party-backed candidate for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s Democrat-controlled 2nd District. Here’s

Here’s another dimension to the Pakistani government’s public-denouncement-but-private-cooperation with U.S. military attacks on extremists in the tribal areas.

The conference committee to merge the Senate and House financial regulatory reform bills begins on Thursday, but the negotiating has long been underway behind

A military veterans group is arguing that a Republican bill to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions would weaken national security by harming efforts to reduce dependence on oil. Operation Free , a coalition of veterans and national security organizations focused on the security benefits of clean energy, is condemning the Energy Tax Prevention Act as a short-sighted bill that would support continued reliance on oil producers that fund terrorism and endanger U.S

This little primer from the Wall Street Journal on bank nationalization is worth a look, especially if you are trying to figure out whether the government

Roy Moore has come a long way, done a lot of things and stirred a few controversies since the days when he made 85 cents an hour bagging groceries at a Piggly Wiggly. Moore has tried professional kickboxing in Texas, ranching in the Australian outback and politics in Alabama.