Obama’s security triplets: U.S. soft power may have unintended hard consequences

Obama’s security triplets: U.S. soft power may have unintended hard consequences

Sol W. Sanders   The President’s nominations for his second security cabinet – State, Defense and CIA – mark a break with America’s post-World War II strategies. Now that the first shoe has dropped, his nomination of favorites for the jobs, it remains to be seen what allies in Europe and Asia will make of […]

Running out the clock on Benghazi

Running out the clock on Benghazi

Wesley Pruden There’s no mystery about why Hillary Clinton spends so much time on airplanes to dreary places that everybody else avoids like the plague (or the stomach flu). The climate anywhere is better than in the comfortable ineptitude of Foggy Bottom. The report of an independent panel inquiring into what happened in Benghazi, and […]

Obama policy reduces Congressional oversight over weapons exports

Obama policy reduces Congressional oversight over weapons exports

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, in a move that could affect Middle East allies, has trimmed oversight by Congress of weapons exports. Congressional leaders said the Obama administration has reduced House and Senate oversight over proposed U.S. arms sales. They said the White House was virtually eliminating the consultation process with Congress […]