Tag: Middle East

The Treasury and State Departments said they were targeting more than a dozen companies and individuals who evaded international sanctions in support of Iran's nuclear program. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama administration takes action against Iran sanction violators

Susan Crabtree · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

The Use and Abuse of Sanctions

Lee Smith · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

An Interview of Michael Doran

Daniel Halper · December 6, 2013 4:23 pm

A U.S. Navy patrol boat follows a boat that passes near the USS Ponce, where Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was taking a tour, in Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Standing on the massive deck of the NavyÃ?s USS Ponce, Hagel said the U.S. is entering the new nuclear pact with Iran Ã?very clear eyedÃ? and it remains to be see whether Tehran is serious about keeping its development peaceful. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

National Security

Chuck Hagel ship tour showcases US commitment to Gulf

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama applauded Denis McDonough in the East Room of the White House after appointing him to succeed Jack Lew (left) as his chief of staff in January. AP Photo

White House chief of staff slams GOP’s ‘nostalgia’ for even worse pre-Obamacare system

Paul Bedard · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

A B-52 bomber aircraft flyover is seen at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Examiner Editorial: America needs to build a new, stealthy, long-range bomber

Editorial Writer · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Israel’s former leader slams Benjamin Netanyahu over US

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

BuzzFeed’s New Middle East Correspondent Keeps Getting Israel Wrong

Noah Pollak · November 29, 2013 6:25 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news briefing after Iran and world powers agree in Geneva to a deal over Iran's nuclear program at the Presidency compound in Tehran, Iran on Sunday. Iran struck a deal agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades. The deal commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for limited sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

Iran deal is Obama’s Munich

Cal Thomas · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Iran'sÃÂ Revolutionary Guard troops march during a military parade outside Tehran in September. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Iran may get away with nuclear blackmail without building a bomb

Charles Hoskinson · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: ""Past actions predict future actions and Iran has defied the United Nations Security Council, and simply put, Iran has not earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt." (AP/Seth Wenig)

Beltway Confidential

Canada’s not on board with Iran deal

Charles Hoskinson · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson who went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007 and Levinson's family received these photographs of him in April 2011. In secret face-to-face talks with Iran, aimed at a deal to slow Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. team in a March 2013 meeting also raised concerns about Syria, Tehran's threats to close the Strait of Hormuz and the status of Levinson. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

White House calls on Iran to return missing, ex-FBI agent

Brian Hughes · November 26, 2013 5:00 am