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February 12, 2013

Cheney calls US drone strikes 'a good policy'

WASHINGTON (AP) - In an interview that aired Tuesday on CBS, Cheney dismissed the need for 'checks and balances' against…
February 7, 2013

Black pride in Obama shouldn’t silence dissent on drone policy

OPINION - Our community's near solidarity in support of the president is probably only exceeded by our collective disdain for…
February 6, 2013

Is President Obama wrong about predator drones?

ANALYSIS - Would law professor or senator Barack Obama have supported effectively giving a U.S. president unilateral power to kill…
February 5, 2013

Obama to visit Israel for 1st time as president

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit Israel in the spring, the White House said Tuesday, marking his first…
February 4, 2013

theGrio's 100: Susan Rice, shaping Obama's foreign policy

theGRIO'S 100 - Susan Rice's role is particularly important as Obama has made building strong alliances with other nation's as…
December 7, 2012

Obama faces new challenges on foreign policy

Debate over the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts is consuming most of the political oxygen…
October 22, 2012

Does a debate on foreign policy give Obama an advantage?

WASHINGTON (AP) - For months the one reliable constant for Barack Obama was the public's approval of his handling of…
September 24, 2012

Obama responds to Romney's tough talk on Mideast

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama joins other world leaders at the United Nations on Monday after defending his foreign…
September 11, 2012

Diminished role for national security issues in 2012 election

theGRIO REPORT - In the first few years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, national security and terrorism dominated the…
August 30, 2012

Condoleezza Rice says US standing in the world is at risk

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama's national security policy, although the Democrat's aggressive…
August 29, 2012

Why Condoleezza Rice's RNC speech matters

ANALYSIS - Condoleezza Rice's speech is one of the rare ones at a convention that could be worth watching...
August 29, 2012

Condoleezza Rice says America's voice 'muted' in world affairs

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the voice of the United States in world affairs…
July 24, 2012

Did Congress force Obama into his controversial terrorism policies?

ANALYSIS - For the first time in a generation, a Democrat is running for president without facing sustained attacks on…
July 20, 2012

Romney rep Tara Wall struggles to define Republican's Afghanistan policy

VIDEO - Mitt Romney's campaign adviser Tara Wall had trouble providing clarity on the Republican candidate's during a recent appearance…
May 23, 2012

Colin Powell trashes Romney's foreign policy advisors

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday questioned Mitt Romney's choice in foreign policy advisers, saying that some are…
March 14, 2012

Obama: US, UK committed to Afghan mission

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama gave his fullest endorsement yet for the mission shift, but he said the overall…
January 18, 2012

Obama administration denies that letter was sent to Iran's supreme leader

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is denying that the president sent a letter to the supreme leader of Iran,…
December 12, 2011

Obama heralds end of divisive Iraq war

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq's neighbors that the…
December 8, 2011

Obama on appeasement charge: 'Ask bin Laden'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is firmly rejecting Republican accusations that he has engaged in an 'appeasement' foreign policy.…
November 15, 2011

Cain stumbles talking about intervention in Libya

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The exchange over Libya with the Georgia businessman came during a meeting with the editorial board of…