Issues
The civil war in Syria is a growing source of tension between the United States and Russia.
The U.S. deployed 300 Marines and a missile system along Syria's border with Jordan as Obama prepares to ship weapons to al-Qaeda-led rebel forces in Syria.
The Obama administration announced that it "strongly objects" to an amendment in the National Defense bill that would protect the religious freedoms of America's military personnel.
Fox News and other mainstream media outlets are smearing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, rather than reporting on the federal government's assault on fundamental civil liberties that he revealed.
After news accounts of how the government has been collecting and storing millions of phone call records, e-mail messages and other forms of electronic communications every day, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday greater protections are needed — for the government.
By authorizing the arming of Syrian rebels who are known to be led by members of al-Qaeda, is President Obama violating the National Defense Authorization Act?
In a brutal killing spree this week, Western-backed Sunni rebel forces have massacred dozens of Shia Muslim villagers in Syria.
In a statement after his first cabinet meeting, newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticized his country's military's participation in the U.S. drone war.
The revelations by Edward Snowden are causing public relations problems for two of Washington's finest examples of incestuous intertwining: Booz Allen Hamilton and its parent, The Carlyle Group.
The negative consequences of putting men and women together in the military should be obvious to those with common sense.






