Outside the Beltway

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

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”

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

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

For all the hype, it’s unlikely that tonight’s debate will have the same impact as the October 3rd Debate.

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

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

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

Republican problems among Latino voters could have an influence on several close races this year.

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

Within minutes after today’s Jobs Report was released, the conspiracy theorists began to come forward.

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

The Presidency costs taxpayers a lot of money, but that’s been true for many, many years now.

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.

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

Mitt Romney is a deeply flawed candidate, but that doesn’t mean the President is any better.

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.

A lot more people than expected are likely to be hit by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax penalty than previously thought.

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.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.

Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.

If the United States and Egypt were Facebook friends, their relationship status would be “It’s Complicated.”

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy weaknesses are starting to become apparent.

Mitt Romney’s initial response to the attacks in Egypt and Libya displayed a tendency to jump the gun rather than wait for the facts.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

Based on its recently passed platform, the Democratic Party has given up any pretense of putting civil liberties ahead of “national security.”

When it comes to issues like medical marijuana, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are reading from the same playbook.

The Obama campaign’s 4.5 new private sector jobs claim is true, but only if you forget the first year of the Obama Administration.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Seniors face a variety of economy-based difficulties–but let’s criticizes the media!

Left with a choice between their hawkish foreign policy and their supposed commitment to fiscal conservatives, Republicans will, without fail, spend the nation into debt.