Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
What we saw in the second presidential debate when it came to questions surrounding the security failures in Libya and the subsequent cover up, is that President Obama answered neither. Obama talked around the security issue and then when Romney
For the vast majority of this presidential election cycle, voters’ focus has been on domestic policy. But on Monday night, President Obama will be on the hot seat over his foreign policy. Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on
Polls decisively show that Americans say they are not better off now than they were four years ago. The same, however, cannot be said for Chinese citizens. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center finds that 70% of Chinese
A Republican member of the House intelligence committee is vigorously disputing a new claim by Democrat and fellow committee member Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois that intelligence officials told the committee there had been a “demonstration that was going on”
One of the Obama administration’s worst foreign policy gaffes occurred when Secretary of State presented her Russian counterpart with the gift of a red button that was meant to say “reset.” The international press enjoyed a laugh at President Barack
(Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in a roadside bomb that exploded in central Beirut on Friday, a security source said. A Reuters witness saw at least one body at the scene and the security
In June 2008, I happened to be traveling through Washington D.C. on the day then-Sen. Barack Obama addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In line at the airport ticket counter, I encountered some of those who had attended.
(AP) CIA found militant links a day after Libya attackBy KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTONThe CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was
For as long as Pakistan has existed, film lovers flocked to the Nishat cinema, sinking into seats in its plush auditorium to watch Hollywood imports, Bollywood hits and homegrown productions. All that came to an end last month when an
Syrian regime warplanes have dropped cluster bombs in sorties against rebels in the northwestern town of Maaret al-Numan, the insurgents told AFP on Friday. The rebels showed an AFP correspondent in the battleground Idlib province town debris from one such
A non-partisan study by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has determined that whatever the sanctions against Iran might have done, they have not hindered that nation’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon. In fact, the study indicates the sanctions “have not
Months before the attack in Benghazi took place, a State Dept report praised security at the consulate. The report shows that while the revolution surrounding the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi was still raging, diplomatic security forces went to Benghazi to
Green on blue attacks continued last weekend as a a suicide bomber in Kandahar took the lives of two American intelligence officers. The attack took place on Saturday, and two American officers associated with the CIA were killed, along with
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Tens of thousands protest against austerity in Greece Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party gains support in Greece Greeks shocked at Golden Dawn attack on Corpus Christi play performance Hungary’s neo-Nazi Jobbik party demonstrates against Roma
A panel of US Army judges ruled Thursday that a soldier accused of the Fort Hood massacre must appear in court clean-shaven, upholding a trial judge’s earlier order. Major Nidal Hasan, charged with the November 2009 shooting spree that left
When it comes to foreign policy, incumbent presidents have the advantages of greater experience and better information. That is why it is particularly important to examine how they have used those advantages in office. In advance of the Third Presidential
Today, the Libyan government announced that it had discovered the identity of the terrorist behind the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, resulting in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. According to a senior
Hamas, the terrorist organization that refuses to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist, told the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that it won’t allow teaching of the Holocaust in its Gaza Strip schools. Hamas went ballistic after some Arab media
In a closed door meeting in 2007, Senator Barack Obama boasted that his judgment in foreign policy was “better than any other candidate in this race, Republican or Democrat.” Obama’s statement includes then-rivals Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of
It has taken more than four weeks, but the facts of the assault on the American consulate in Benghazi are slowly emerging. It is now known that on the evening of September 11, 2012, Ambassador Christopher Stevens conducted a scheduled
In light of the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack, Obama may be reworking his stump speech to take out claims that “Al Qaeda is on the run” or on its way to defeat. Sadly, the ugly truth is that Obama’s minimal
Monday, October 22 is the 50th anniversary of the President John F. Kennedy’s address to the nation in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which he announced that nuclear missiles had been found in Cuba, that the U.S.
In 2009, Carlos Bledsoe, a Bible Belt Christian converted to Islam and murdered Andy Long, a U.S. Army soldier, in Little Rock. The U.S. Government refused – and still refuses – to call it terror. This American nightmare is now
(AP) Austerity-weary Greeks stage new general strikeBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreece was facing its second general strike in a month Thursday as workers protested over another batch of austerity measures that are designed to prevent the bankruptcy of the country.
The film “2016,” which was released on DVD this week, not only provides a focused look at the formation of President Obama’s worldview but also a valuable summary of many of his foreign policy exploits. Narrated by director and author
