The 1990s All Over Again
The 1990s All Over Again President Obama’s new direction in the war on terror turns back the clock In a landmark speech Thursday at National Defense University, President Obama laid out a new direction for the war on terrorism. “I believe,” he told a packed auditorium filled with journalists,... Read more
The Uncomfortable Questions Not Raised by Benghazi The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions The eight-month controversy over the attacks on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi reintensified last week, as the former Deputy Chief of Mission in Tripoli testified before a panel at the House of Representatives.... Read more
Obama Alone Can’t Close Guantanamo, But Here’s What He Can Do
Kathleen T. Rhem/American Forces Press Service Obama Alone Can’t Close Guantanamo, But Here’s What He Can Do  This week, President Obama renewed his call, made almost half a decade ago, to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Calling the prison “against American interests,” the President said it had become a... Read more