InternationalNews
Six world powers led by the United States secured a historic diplomatic deal with Iran Tuesday, concluding 20 months of arduous negotiations to limit Tehran’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Months of Iranian pressure on the United States brought its fruition. Iran got a deal that legitimizes its nuclear program, rewards its defiance of international… Read More
InternationalNews
After Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States agreed to a deal to contain Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Obama administration puts a lot of stock into negotiating with hostile regimes. Consider its seemingly endless negotiations with Iran over that nation’s illicit nuclear… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Imagine if, on Sept. 12, 2001, I had written a column predicting that within less than 15 years, the president of the United States would… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Obama administration continues to have difficulty in gaining support for its failing strategy to defeat the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL)…. Read More
InternationalNews
Iran and six world powers extended negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program Tuesday, blowing through another deadline as diplomats struggle to notch a final agreement. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Funny how painfully sobering Monday mornings can be—for a whole host of reasons—but especially after a long, holiday weekend such as Independence Day. For instance,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
With the deadline pushed off until July 7, I’m betting that an Iran nuke deal actually will be trumpeted over the July 4 holiday weekend,… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
The Druze minority sect in Syria is facing a high-stakes game of survival in the complex web of alliances driving the country’s brutal civil war…. Read More
InternationalNews
Negotiations between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program have been extended into July as diplomats failed to bridge differences on key components… Read More
InternationalNews
Today is the self-imposed deadline for the United States to complete a nuclear deal with Iran. But key pieces of the deal—meant to contain Iran’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Not surprisingly, the artificial June 30 deadline set for concluding the P5&1 nuclear talks won’t be met. The deadline backfired against the United States in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In Washington, a gaffe is defined as a statement in which a politician inadvertently tells the truth. President Obama has been roasted this week for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Turkey yielded a resounding vote of no confidence in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian and pro-Islamist policies. Erdogan’s political party,… Read More
InternationalNews
In a step to reassure American Jews that he supports Israel, President Obama today became the fourth president to speak before an audience at a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The seizure of the city of Ramadi by the Islamic State (or ISIS) on Sunday was a major setback for the Iraqi government and for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
One of the unhappy truths of life is that you can get a pretty good idea of your power and popularity by the number of… Read More
InternationalNews
The House easily passed a bill today imposing congressional review over a proposed nuclear deal with Iran after party leadership blocked changes proposed by conservatives…. Read More
InternationalNews
Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, snapped his fingers to signify how quickly the Jewish state could go from being strong to… Read More
InternationalNews
A group of House conservatives is pressuring GOP leadership to allow the chance to “strengthen” a Senate-passed bill imposing congressional review over a proposed nuclear… Read More
InternationalNews
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday to give Congress at least some voice over a proposed nuclear deal with Iran. The bill, which passed… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The emerging nuclear deal with Iran has numerous flaws that could dangerously undermine U.S. national security. It lets Iran maintain a huge nuclear infrastructure that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a cargo ship Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, after first firing a shot across the bow of the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Over this past weekend, I spoke to constituents in the eastern part of Nebraska. The one topic that came up every single place we went… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Senate soon will have an opportunity to strengthen congressional oversight over the Obama administration’s naïve and risky nuclear framework agreement with Iran. The Senate… Read More
InternationalCommentary
So much for those who were hoping that the recently concluded—but clearly unfinished—nuclear deal with Iran would serve as the basis for a replay of… Read More
InternationalNews
House conservatives today expressed skepticism over a bipartisan Senate plan for Congress to review a nuclear deal with Iran, fearing the measure would give lawmakers… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Is the Obama administration deliberately releasing crucial information about Iran’s nuclear capabilities at politically opportune times? First, let’s look at some history about the Obama… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A U.S. president reaches a nuclear agreement with a rogue state. He steps before the microphones and declares, “This is a good deal for the… Read More
