UPDATED 9:20 a.m. 9/28/12
The perpetrators behind the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, had been looking for an opportunity to attack …
Foreign Policy
Netanyahu at the U.N.: Bibi Makes Nice with Obama
In a departure from his recent icy statements aimed at the Obama Administration, Netanyahu took a friendlier approach in his speech at the U.N.
A Tale of Two Speeches: How Egypt’s President Was Received in New York and Tehran
In both places, the Islamist leader of the largest Arab nation asserted his country’s independence of foreign agendas. But he seemed gentler and more accommodating in the U.S.
The IED That Turned A Senior Republican Against The War
Last Thursday the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee held a hearing on the Pentagon’s efforts to defeat improvised explosive devices, the homemade bombs that are now the leading cause of death among U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Lieut. General Michael Barbero, director of the Joint IED Defeat Organization, told …
“Welcome to New York, World Leaders,” Says President… Hillary Clinton?
As she winds down her tenure at State, Hillary Clinton is burnishing her reputation and her star power. Bright enough perhaps to run in 2016?
Obama Comes to New York for Barbara Walters and, sorta, the United Nations
Though Gotham is full of visiting heads of government and state, the President is meeting no one this time around. Is it insurance against possible gaffes? Or just a broader excuse not to meet the Prime Minister of Israel?
How Libya Makes Obama Vulnerable — and the GOP Knows It
Rally-around-the-flag time is over. For the most part, Republicans — with the exception of Mitt Romney — had held their fire in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. embassy in Cairo and consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which claimed the lives of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. But as …
Could Romney Really Improve America’s Standing in the Islamic World?
It’s hard to know, amid the chaos and confusion, just what is driving the anti-American demonstrations around the Arab world. Perhaps a ridiculous and amateurish movie about the Prophet Muhammad really is to blame; the White House …
Will the Arab Spring Rain on Obama’s Re-election?
Until now, the Arab Spring has felt like a wash in domestic political terms. Conservatives have charged Obama with “losing” Egypt to the Islamists after mishandling the region’s politics. Just last month, Mitt Romney complained …
What’s Worse: No Marines in Libya or (Possibly) Unarmed Marines in Egypt?
Senior U.S. officials decline to discuss it, but it’s clear there were no U.S. Marines protecting U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his beleaguered staff at the Benghazi consulate Tuesday night. Marines are routinely posted to U.S. diplomatic outposts around the world, but the “interim” facility in Benghazi apparently was …
Ambassador Chris Stevens: The American Who Loved Libya (1960-2012)
Courageous and optimistic, he knew the country he was assigned to like no other diplomat. His tragic death leaves an enormous hole in the American foreign service—and in Washington’s fitful dealings with the Arab world.
Timeline: What Happened in Libya and How the U.S. Reacted
