Saddam Hussein allowed the world to think he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion, according to an FBI interrogator who questioned the Iraqi leader after his capture. ...more

January 26, 2008

Russia's military chief of staff said Saturday that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in preventive strikes to protect itself and its allies, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive Russian authorities. ...more

January 20, 2008

The Largo plant produced nuclear weapons during the cold war, and the government promised to pay the medical bills of workers who were sick from radiation and chemical exposure. ...more

January 15, 2008

President Bush gently nudged authoritarian Arab allies Sunday to satisfy frustrated desires for democracy in the Mideast and saved his harshest criticism for Iran, branding it "the world's leading state-sponsor of terror." ...more

January 14, 2008

In his two turns as prime minister in the 1990s, Nawaz Sharif tried to endear himself to Pakistan's people with populist policies and did little to please the United States and other foreign allies. He might yet get the chance to repeat that role. ...more

January 2, 2008

For the presidential candidates, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has emerged as a ghoulish sort of test: A chance to project leadership and competence - or not - on a fast-moving and nuanced foreign policy issue. ...more

December 29, 2007

The claims made in the "Legacy of Failure" article are similar to those of all the haters of President Bush and America. If they were true it would make you want to pack up and move to Eastern Wizzyhakastan or somewhere where things are obviously much better. Fortunately, the claims are not true. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Bush administration said Tuesday that a 15 percent reduction will be made in the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons, taking the overall inventory down to less than a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War in 1991. ...more

December 19, 2007

Regarding Pat Buchanan's column headlined "National Interest Comes First." In the Nov. 24 column, where he quoted Condi Rice,"for 60 years my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in the Middle East region and we achieved neither. Now we are taking a different course. We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people." This is high fallutin' horse patootie. Closer to the truth in the Middle East is Pat's observation that "anti-Americanism there is pandemic." ...more

November 29, 2007

Memo to: Ron Paul supporters Subject: Your e-mails Okay, enough is enough. Like every other journalist in America, and who knows, maybe the world or even the universe, I've been deluged with your letters and e-mails. So I've done as you asked and taken a closer look at your candidate. Here is what I've found: ...more

November 19, 2007