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In an eloquent address at the Capitol Rotunda sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East and

In 2008, Barack Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform. Now, Republicans who won in Tuesday’s midterms are pledging to secure the borders. But gridlock will probably reign.

A hearing this week marks a small step forward for a bill that’s gone largely ignored by Congress.

If I gave a speech saying that Israel had the right, invested in it by God, to permanently rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in violation of

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) asks about SERE. Did Yoo ever get information on SERE ahead of his August 1, 2002 memo? The Justice Dept. has asked me not to answer

Democrats have raised more money than Republicans, as stories in both The New York Times and Politico point out today. It’s no secret among those tracking

As Presidents Obama and Karzai emphasize the strength of their countries’ relationship, a source in Kandahar has a bleaker take on the war in Afghanistan.

ST. LOUIS -- Speaking to a packed hotel ballroom at the conservative How to Take Back America Conference, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said that exposes of

This morning, I wrote a quick update on the sweeping child-nutrition bill that might pass Congress soon, and the standoff on its pay-for, a cut to food stamps,

Here’s a quick recap of the midterm results from last night that have implications for energy/climate/environmental policy. It was mostly bad news for House

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Two weeks’ worth of proceedings in the pre-trial hearing of Omar Khadr found an unexpected meta-conclusion this afternoon as the public

The United States ranks ninth out of 31 countries in an international study evaluating immigrant integration policies released this week. # The Migrant Integration Policy Index (aka MIPEX), produced by the British Council and the Migration Policy Group, evaluates seven areas: labor market mobility, family reunion, education, political participation, long-term residence, access to nationality and anti-discrimination measures in all European Union member states plus Norway, Switzerland, Canada and for the first time the U.S. # The Immigration Policy Center , the research and policy arm of the American Immigration Council, served as a U.S partner for the study, and helped answer questions and gather information from various American experts

Below is the Pentagon’s presentation of the long-term budget picture. Why’s it going from Fiscal 2001 to Fiscal 2015? I don’t presume to know for sure. But the

Several cities that planned to opt out of Secure Communities, an initiative that leads to illegal immigrant deportations, were surprised when federal officials announced the program was mandatory. But local officials aren’t about to give up.

I just got off a conference call held by the McCain campaign to deny that Al Qaeda, contrary to reports in the AP and the Washington Post, is rooting for their

In one technique, the detainee’s weight is borne by his legs and feet during sleep deprivation, ensuring that he had to keep awake, for if he los his balance from exhaustion he would feel the restraining tension of the shackles.

The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack has another duplicitous blog post — he did the same thing last week — arguing that because the disturbed woman at Rep.

One of the major components of the post-Enron accounting reforms, and laughable so, was a provision requiring that all CEOs sign off on their company’s

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After 30 years of war, Afghanistan’s economy is based around opium and foreign aid. But an important New York Times piece reports that geological data indicate

The continued expansion of the so-called Secure Communities program, which sends the fingerprints of suspects booked at local jails to the federal immigration

Naval reformers think the successful rescue of Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates may have highlighted structural imbalances in the U.S. Navy’s ability to handle irregular warfare.

The number of civilian experts Afghanistan officials believe are necessary for counterinsurgency efforts looks to exceed what Obama can send.