Outside the Beltway

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

The Pentagon considers those killed by Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood three years ago victims of workplace violence, not terrorism.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

What’s the truth about last night’s debate exchange about Libya?

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

The Center for Responsive Politics touts “Overwhelming Support for Obama” among military donors. The numbers show something more interesting: those associated with the military don’t give money to political campaigns.

Falling on the sword?

The worst elements among the Syrian rebels seem to be the ones getting the arms.

Don’t blame the Defense Department for following a bad law.

The argument that the United States should start assisting the rebellion in Syria has many flaws.

A round of finger pointing in the aftermath of the Benghazi attack.

One of Mitt Romney’s own supporters didn’t like his foreign policy speech very much.

The official narrative on the Benghazi consulate attack has changed again.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

The Afghanistan War is officially eleven years old today.

Afghanistan was a much different place half a century ago.

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

The Afghan Surge announced by President Obama in December 2009 is over. By any objective measurement, it was a failure.

Secret surveillance of American citizens has dramatically increased under the Obama Administration.

My latest for The New Republic, “America’s Scandalous Drone War Goes Unmentioned in the Campaign,” is out.

More than two weeks after four Americans — including the U.S. ambassador to Libya — were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured.

Sacrificing our principles in the face of mob violence is never a good idea.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

The Administration’s narrative regarding the attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens no longer holds water.

The President’s poll lead has shrunk, but there are still signs of trouble for Mitt Romney.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

Contrary to what was believed, it does not appear that there was any protest taking place when the Benghazi Consulate was attacked.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.

The White House’s theory of what happened in Benghazi is become less and less credible.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.