Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasted Republicans who have been critical of the Obama administration’s response to the attack on the American facility in Benghazi last year, saying they are exhibiting a “cartoonish” knowledge of the American military. Gates, a Republican who served in both the Bush and Obama administrations, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” [...]
Gates Defends Obama Administration on Benghazi, Calls Republicans ‘Cartoonish’
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
Clinton Doesn’t Rule Out 2016 White House Run
January 28, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a joint appearance on “60 Minutes” yesterday that many observers are interpreting as his endorsement of Clinton for president in 2016 — though Obama dismissed that notion, calling the press “incorrigible” for even making such suggestions. “I was literally inaugurated four days ago. And you’re talking [...]
Congress to Finally Grill Hillary Clinton Over Deaths in Libya
January 23, 2013 | Posted by
Like a monster in a Hollywood horror flick, just when you thought the issue was dead, Benghazi is back. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying today before committees in the House and the Senate about the security breakdowns that led to the death of four Americans at a U.S. consulate in Libya, including Ambassador [...]
U.S. Recognizes Somalia For First Time in 20 Years
January 18, 2013 | Posted by
Somalia remains a blighted image in the minds of most Americans, based on the ugliness that occurred there in 1993 when dead Americans soldiers were dragged through the streets — events portrayed in the film “Black Hawk Down.” But the Obama administration now seems to feel Somalia’s dark days are over. The nation’s president, Hassan [...]
On Eve of Karzai Visit, US Says It Could Withdraw All Troops in 2014
January 9, 2013 | Posted by
It may just be a negotiating ploy on the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to the U.S., but a White House official for the first time has indicated that the Obama administration might be open to completely withdrawing all U.S. soldiers from Afghanistan in 2014. The size of the remaining American force has [...]
Allen West Takes Parting Shot at Clinton, Over Benghazi
December 20, 2012 | Posted by
Florida Rep. Allen West apparently couldn’t just go quietly back into the Florida night: Weeks before he has to leave Congress, the election day loser took a shot at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by suggesting she’s missing the Capitol Hill hearings on Benghazi not because she’s unwell after suffering a stomach virus and concussion [...]
Review Board Blasts Obama Administration for Failures in Benghazi
December 19, 2012 | Posted by
What happened in Benghazi has become such a political football that it has seriously stalled the promising Washington career of Susan Rice, but an independent panel that conducted an investigation into the incident that killed four State Department employees found that while systematic failures in leadership and management led to “grossly inadequate” security, there was [...]
U.S. Allows China, India and Others to Continue Buying Oil from Iran
December 8, 2012 | Posted by
The United States’ continuing war against Iran’s nuclear program sucks in a lot of other nations that the U.S. insists must follow its edicts of sanctions against the oil producing nation, but the U.S. yesterday granted waivers to China, India and several other nations that allows them to continue buying oil from Iran. The waivers, [...]
Turmoil Brews in Congo, Mali, Somalia, As the World Looks the Other Way
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets today with African Union chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, they are slated to discuss a list of issues that neatly illustrate the traumas confronting modern Africa—and demonstrate why much of the rest of the world is plagued by a severe case of calamity fatigue that keeps the media and the [...]
Killing at Israel Border Shows Outrage of Gaza’s Imprisonment
November 23, 2012 | Posted by
While the ceasefire in Gaza and Israel appears to be holding up, the killing of a Palestinian man by Israeli troops at the border highlights the untenable imprisonment of Gazans in their territory. The Palestinian man was killed and 19 other Palestinians were injured because they got too close to the border fence that separates [...]
