Outside the Beltway

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.

The Hunt For Red November 6th Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

The cuts to Pentagon spending in the new debt deal are further revealing a split in the GOP over foreign policy and military spending.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

The ongoing saga of piracy off the coast of Somali is about to get Americans’ attention again, as a yacht containing four U.S. citizens has been hijacked.

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

The latest story being repeated by the conservative talking heads is the claim that President Obama will be spending $ 200 million per day on his upcoming overseas trip. The problem is that it’s not true.

Bill Kristol and friends are trying to make it politically toxic to criticize Israel.

Israel and Turkey held secret, informal talks recently. This is interesting, given the recent flotilla incident. What is more interesting is that the Israeli Foreign Minister learned of the event via the press.