Outside the Beltway

Far from being a positive, Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State provides ample material for those who would attack her over the next eighteen months.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

Not surprisingly, the Select Committee established by House Republicans to investigate something that has already been investigated multiple times, will be in operation well into the Presidential Election season.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

Another step forward for U.S.-Cuban relations.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.

Talks in Geneva have reached a framework agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program that, if it’s complied with, appears at first glance to be about the best deal available under the circumstances.

Jeb Bush is leading the latest poll of the 2016 Republican race and Ted Cruz has surged since he entered the race, but the race is just beginning.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

Despite the ongoing email controversy, Hillary Clinton remains well positioned heading into 2016.

Hillary Clinton addressed the week-long email controversy, but her explanations only raised new questions.

Hillary Clinton’s use of email while Secretary of State pretty much violated every Federal law and regulation on the issue.

President Obama will ask Congress to authorize a war he started six months ago.

Some Congressional Democrats are considering skipping a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session Of Congress.

Has the legislative branch abdicated its responsibility in US foreign policy?

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

Some are criticizing the President for not going to Paris for yesterday’s rally.

President Obama’s decision on Keystone XL is apparently to delay things long enough so he doesn’t have to decide at all.

Just one day into the new Congress, the first confrontation is already set.

An American freed from captivity, and potentially huge changes in America’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Cuba.

It looks like Congress has averted a budget fight for the second straight year.

The shocking has become routine. We’re no safer because of it.

The House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11/2012 attack in Benghazi are not supported by the evidence. That’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, though.

The Keystone XL pipeline bill is dead until the next Senate. Mary Landrieu’s political career, on the other hand, is basically dead for the foreseeable future.

Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will likely pass the Senate today, and will eventually go forward despite an expected Presidential veto. But, Mary Landrieu’s political career is still dead.

As things stand right now, there is no legitimate legal authorization for the President’s war against ISIS, and that’s largely because Congress has failed to act.

Mary Landrieu’s Keystone XL Hail Mary isn’t going to save her.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

The Supreme Court will decide if Congress can override American foreign policy when it comes to declaring who has dominion over Jerusalem.

Another health care worker in Dallas is being treated for exposure to the Ebola Virus.

So far at least, the air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria do not seem to be having much of an impact.

Once again, there’s speculation that something is up in the world’s most closed society.

Closing down international air travel won’t stop Ebola from becoming a bigger public health threat.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

Iran and the United States are on the same side in the fight against ISIS, whether they like it or not.

A major escalation.

The United States is, in fact, doing the exact opposite.

Does Hillary Clinton remember that she was Secretary of State for four years?

A glimmer of hope in Gaza is quickly snuffed out.

Add Libya to the list of the world’s trouble spots.