Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's National Security Council has embraced the idea of setting up local defense forces in some parts of the nation.President Hami...
Warren Buffett's secretary will be sitting with the first lady in her gallery box Tuesday night as President Obama announces his plans for tax reform at the State of...
Impact of U.S. withdrawal on Mideast relations
President Obama and his national security team are appealing to lawmakers for last-minute changes to a sweeping defense bill that mandates military custody for terro...
President Obama is consulting with allies following the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, whose reported weekend heart attack has catapulted son Kim Jong U...
Kim Jong Il, North Korea's longtime leader, has died at 69 of a heart attack, state TV reported on Monday in a "special broadcast."State media reported that Kim suff...
Over the past 40 years, the one consistent face of war with which we have been confronted is irregular warfare. In parallel, one consistent threat to our security ha...
Was regime right to blame terror group?
Assessing U.S. strategy to Iranian quest
Iran deliberately delayed its announcement that it had captured an American surveillance drone to test U.S. reaction, the country's foreign minister said Saturday.Al...
Twenty-something Kim Jong Un is likely successor
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could put a brake on talks ultimately aimed at getting the secretive communist state to give up its nuclear weapons.Kim ...
U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Michael Reagan weighs in
When I was on Henry Kissinger ’s National Security Council Staff in the 1970’s he insisted that every presidential memoranda have three options. We thought it would ...
Near East expert Michael Singh weighs in
Tensions rise with U.S. over Straight of Hormuz
A recent visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds force to Damascus is the strongest sign yet that Iran is supplying weapons to aid Bashar Assad's crackdown on th...
Tensions are quietly increasing between the White House and some congressional leaders over access to sensitive information about the government's use of drones in P...