Outside the Beltway

Would more information about the Benghazi attacks have changed the outcome of the Presidential election?

The talking points prepared in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack were heavily edited at the request of the State Department.

ThinkProgress’ Hayes Brown reports that, contrary to his claim that he was demoted for speaking up on the Benghazi attacks, Gregory Hicks was instead demoted for being a bad manager.

Republicans looking to Benghazi for political ammunition are likely going to be disappointed.

Yesterday’s hearings shed more light while also raising yet more questions to which we’ll likely never get a satisfactory answer.

My latest for The National Interest, “Never Again, Except This Time,” has posted.

Apparently, Benghazi has not faded (at least not for some).

Arming the Syrian rebels may do nothing more than prolong a seemingly endless war, and pull the United States into a conflict it shouldn’t be involved in.

Last night, the Atlantic Council honored Hillary Rodham Clinton, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, John S. Watson, Tony Bennett, and Juanes.

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans oppose American military intervention in Syria’s civil war.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

My latest for The National Interest, “It’s Not Too Soon to Tell,” has posted.

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Three Questions,” ponders our national security decisionmaking.

So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?

For the moment, Republicans appear to be blocking Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense but they don’t seem to know why they’re doing it.

Despite some tough questions, Congressional Republicans didn’t land a glove on Secretary of State Clinton.

My latest for The National Interest, “Obama Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine,” is out.

The notion that guns prevent tyranny is based on fantasy and movies, not reality.

Would a formal guarantee of Israel’s security deter Iran from whatever nuclear weapons development program it has?

Recent comments from Russian officials suggest that the nation may be preparing to cut its longtime ally loose.

After an independent investigation blasted State Department leadership for lax security in Benghazi, three officials have resigned.

People continue to spread conspiracy theories explaining the “real reason” that David Petraeus’s extra-marital affair became public.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

Without question, Barack Obama won the foreign policy debate in the 2012 campaign.

If we elected presidents by a national telephone survey using Gallup’s likely voter screen, Mitt Romney would be a happy man.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.