National Security

(AP) Blast outside school in China kills at least 2BEIJINGA three-wheeled truck caught fire and exploded Tuesday outside a school in southern China, killing at least two people and injuring 17, including 10 students, state media reported. Initial reports from

(AP) Obama trying to sway war-weary public on SyriaBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is hitting the airwaves to try to convince war-weary Americans that limited strikes against Syria are needed for the United States’ long-term safety, while his national

Syria’s foreign minister on Monday passed on the personal thanks of President Bashar al-Assad to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for his support, as he held talks in Moscow amid growing expectations of military action against the regime. Foreign Minister Walid

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt launches military operation against Sinai militants Egypt – Israel alliance grows with Sinai attacks Syria may have used chemical weapons without Assad’s permission Poland confiscates private pension funds to pay public debt Nasa

U.S. taxpayers have spent at least $1,010,354,195 on Syrian humanitarian aid for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, according to official numbers from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID, which was created by President John F. Kennedy, is

A former Israeli national security adviser who is a retired Major General in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that Barack Obama forced Israel to abandon attacking Iranian nuclear sites last year. According to the Israeli paper Mida, Giora Eiland

President Obama tried to defuse opposition to Syrian intervention by suggesting that hesitation now will be a repeat of the error America made in waiting to enter World War II. The Telegraph transcribed Obama’s Friday speech at the G20 Summit,

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has accused President Barack Obama and his administration of embellishment in making the case for military action against Syria. Appearing on CBS’s Face The Nation Sunday, Amash said the intelligence briefings have not given him comfort and, “there

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said he believed President Barack Obama would get congressional authorization to use military force in Syria on CBS’s Face The Nation Sunday.  “I have every confidence we’ll be able to get this,” McDonough

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) said it was “confounding” that the Obama administration would send Susan Rice, the former Ambassador to the United Nations who is now the National Security Adviser, to brief some lawmakers in Congress next week on the

On CBS’s Face The Nation on Sunday, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was a liar for denying that he used chemical weapons against his people. He said Assad’s statements, which were reported by

One of the luxuries of being a new administration appointee is being able to duck blame, politely or otherwise, for the mistakes of your predecessor. On Syria, new UN Ambassador Samantha Power does not have that luxury. Yet she continues

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CBS’s Face The Nation that Congress would not give President Barack Obama authorization to attack Syria if the vote were held today.  Rogers claimed Obama actually lost support last

On Friday, the Marine Corps dropped criminal charges against Capt. James V. Clement, one of the officers in the case regarding urination on Taliban corpses. Defense attorneys had achieved a court order allowing testimony about senior commanders interfering in the

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad reportedly denied he used chemical weapons against his people and said he did not even know a chemical weapons attack had occurred in his nation last month. CBS News’ Charlie Rose interviewed Assad on Sunday, and

A series of foreign policy clashes have revealed the Obama administration bitterly feuding with Russia–a country that just years ago the State Department prided itself on handling more diplomatically than George W. Bush. The Obama administration’s relationship with Vladimir Putin’s government

As pro-Israel organizations begin to weigh in strongly in favor of President Barack Obama’s proposed attack on Syria, it is worth remembering that the most influential, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), once believed (wrongly, in my view) that

As the vote to authorize a U.S. attack on Syria nears this week, President Barack Obama is preparing to grant six interviews on Monday, and to address the nation on Tuesday. But the opposition is growing in strength and has

The Daily Mail confirmed on Saturday the United Kingdom not only approved export licenses to British companies to send sodium fluoride to Syria, but the chemical was indeed delivered. The government previously denied Syria received the chemicals. Last Sunday, The

Rebel forces have retaken the Christian village of Maalula. The village is located about an hour northeast of Damascus, Syria and is a symbol of Christian presence in Syria. It is one of the last places on Earth that the

(AP) Looming Syria vote prompts protests and prayersBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTONAnti-war protesters gathered outside the White House on Saturday to voice their opposition to a U.S. military strike in Syria, calling their picket line one that Congress shouldn’t cross as

Syrian rebels have taken control of the historic Christian town of Maalula, north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog and residents said on Sunday. A resident of the town, reached by phone, also confirmed that regime forces

(AP) Pakistan militants prepare for war in AfghanistanBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressISLAMABADMilitants in Pakistan’s most populous province are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based civil war in neighboring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw in 16

(AP) China releases reporter jailed in Yahoo email caseBEIJINGA Chinese reporter who was sentenced to prison in 2005 after Yahoo Inc. disclosed details of his email has been released, a writer’s group announced Sunday. Shi Tao was released Aug. 23,

(AP) Moscow votes in pivotal mayoral raceMOSCOWMoscow is holding its first mayoral election in a decade. Although an incumbent backed by President Vladimir Putin is expected to win handily, the candidacy of charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny is changing Russian