Outside the Beltway

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

82nd Airborne solider David Hickman was the 4474th American serviceman killed in Iraq. He should be the last.

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

America’s greatest statesmen fear America’s political paralysis endangers our ability to lead the world.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

While unfortunate, the loss of an RQ-170 drone over Iran may not be the intelligence disaster some make it out to be.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

The memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor is, inevitably, fading into history.

Don’t believe the fear mongering about the coming decreases in the growth of defense spending.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.

Rick Perry wants a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent ground forces from harming civilians.

With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

We’re running out of excuses.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the green beret as the official headgear of US Army Special Forces.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

Last night, Herman Cain established that he simply isn’t prepared to be Commander in Chief.

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

The remains of US servicemen killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were thrown out with the trash.

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.

It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.

The TSA is deploying VIPR units to weigh stations and bus stations in TN.

SFC Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday, on his fourteenth combat tour.

Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.