Obama’s highly anticipated overseas tour, which includes visits to countries throughout the Middle East and Europe, has generated a flurry of news coverage in the U.S. and around the world. One sign of the attention being paid to Obama’s trip:…

An incredible story out of Iraq’s Anbar province from the New York Sun: “Iraqi Sheik Offers To Take Fight to Bin Laden”:

The leader of the tribal confederation that has fought to expel Al Qaeda from most of Iraq’s Anbar province is offering his…

In the past few months, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has subtly begun putting the Pentagon on what he calls “war footing.” Last week, he dropped the subtlety and, in the interest of preparing for “the long war” against Islamist jihadists, he attacked…

A pox on both their houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. A pox on both their parties, Democrats and Republicans. A pox on them for once again trotting Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before their committees…