In the news: South Korea, coal, Bangladesh, sarin gas, Benghazi, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ted Cruz, Syria, and health care exchanges. UPDATED
The Ambassador May Wear Prada
Obama weighs appointing big names and fundraisers to patronage posts
What if al-Qaeda Gets Syrian Chemical Weapons?
The threat of terrorists acquiring WMD is real, experts say, though the danger to America is hard to measure
Obama, Romney Campaigns Subject To Repeated Hacking Attempts in 2012
Tech experts on both sides say foreign and domestic actors tried to steal policy and political secrets and influence the race through cyberattacks.
Why Barack Obama Plays Golf
Obama took Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Bob Corker, (R-Tenn.), and Mark Udall, (D-Colo.) to the golf course today. Chambliss got a hole-in-one.
“He gives speeches, he gives interviews, he says words, but he doesn't really rally people, doesn't create a wave that breaks over the top of the Capitol Dome and drowns the opposition, or even dampens it for a moment.”
— Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan in "Is Obama Already a Lame Duck?" The lame duck debate has carried over the weekend as the President weighs his options on gun control and immigration reform.
1 in 20 million
— Chance of dying in a terrorist attack in the United States from 2007 to 2011, according to Richard Barrett, coordinator of the United Nations al Qaeda/Taliban Monitoring Team.
How the U.S. is Building Unhealthy Hospitals in Afghanistan
Unfortunately, like much that has happened in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion less than a month after 9/11, American heads – if not hearts – have been in the wrong place.
Storming the Beach: Semper Fi, Dude
It’s the Marines against the surfers in a California beach battle
Morning Must Reads: May 6
In the news: Syria, Medicaid, Warren Buffet, background checks, the Tea Party troika, and Game of Thrones and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. UPDATED
Attacks Like the Boston Bombing Are Nearly Unpreventable
Four Additional Hurdles for Immigration Reform
As the Senate bill heads to the Judiciary Committee next week, there is plenty of cause for optimism, but also much still standing in the way.
Strikes on Syria Signal an Emboldened Israel
After two air strikes inside Syria in the space of four days, Israel remains intent on targeting advanced weapons there before they can be transferred to Hizballah in Lebanon.