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May 5, 2011

Defense and Security
Campaign 2012: The First GOP Presidential Debate

A staffer places the Presidential Seal on a lectern. (Jason Reed/courtesy Reuters) The 2012 campaign season formally kicks off tonight with the first GOP presidential debate. Fox News is carrying th…

A White House staffer places the Presidential Seal on a lectern before President Obama delivers remarks.

September 26, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Foreign Aid and Lousy Choices

A Pakistani solider stands guard next to relief goods sent by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (Mian Khursheed/courtesy Reuters) At last Thursday night’s GOP president…

A Pakistani solider (front) stands guard next to the relief goods sent by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at a military base in Rawalpindi October 15, 2005. Pakistan raised the official death toll from the Kashmir earthquake to 38,000 a week after one of the most devastating quakes to hit South Asia in recorded history. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed

September 26, 2011

Defense and Security
The GOP Debate and Pakistani Loose Nukes

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (at center) with senior army officials and scientists of Pakistan Army Strategic Force Command before the test firing of a nuclear-capable …

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (C) with senior army officials and scientists of Pakistan Army?s Strategic Force Command (ASFC) pose for a photograph before test firing the Shaheen-1 (Hatf-IV) Medium Range Ballistic Missile with a range of 700 kilometers at undisclosed loaction January 25, 2008. Pakistan’s army chief dismissed on Friday fears that the country’s nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of Islamic militants as the military test fired a nuclear-capable missile. REUTERS/Stringer (PAKISTAN)

June 15, 2011

Defense and Security
GOP Foreign Policy Divisions

Well, I was wrong about Monday night’s GOP debate being the no foreign policy news debate. The debate touched on foreign policy only briefly, and none of the candidates said anything he or she ha…

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May 9, 2011

Elections and Voting
Quick Takes: So Who Won the GOP Presidential Debate?

Herman Cain speaks at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "Presidential Summit on Spending and Job Creation" in Manchester, New Hampshire on April 29, 2011. (Brian Snyder/courtesy Reuters) In …

Herman Cain speaks at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s