Tag: Middle East

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., speaks with Washington Examiner at his office on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

‘Bad cop’ Congress weighs tougher sanctions on Iran

Tim Mak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press upon his arrival in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday for multi-party talks on Iran's nuclear program. (AP/Jason Reed)

White House: Any criticism of U.S.-Iran deal is ‘premature’

Susan Crabtree · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The White House on Thursday said that they were weighing the possibility of âlimited, targeted and reversible reliefâ of some sanctions if Iran took steps to limit its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama assures Benjamin Netanyahu of ‘strong commitment’ to prevent nuclear Iran

Meghashyam Mali · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The U.S. military budget totals $600 billion. That is 40 percent of what the entire world spends on defense, and substantially more than the Cold War average in inflation-adjusted terms.

National Security

Military must do more with less

michael-ohanlon · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

In September, 68 people were killed and 200 injured during an attack in a Kenyan shopping mall. The attackers permitted Muslims to escape the killing. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Persecution of Christians and Jews is a human rights issue, too

Editorial Writer · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday. (AP/Fadi Arouri)

John Kerry seeks movement in Israeli, Palestinian talks

Matthew Lee · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shakes hands, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The prime minister arrived at the White House Friday to personally appeal to President Barack Obama for more U.S. assistance in beating back the bloody insurgency consuming his country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki presses Obama for weapons deal

Brian Hughes · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

John Kerry to Mideast, Europe on damage control mission

Matthew Lee · October 31, 2013 8:31 pm

A Surfeit of Modesty

Thomas Donnelly · October 30, 2013 12:05 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2013, women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. The wave of attacks by al-Qaida and Sunni extremists that has killed thousands of Iraqis in 2013 so far, most of them Shiites, is provoking ominous calls from Shiite leaders to take up arms in self-defense. IraqÃ?s Shiite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, said he wants American help in quelling the violence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Obama, Nouri al-Maliki face growing threat of Iraqi civil war

Brian Hughes · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a breakfast meeting at vice president's residence, the Naval Observatory, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. President Barack Obama plans to host the prime minister at the White House on Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Biden meets with Maliki, affirms U.S. commitment to Iraqi security

Meghashyam Mali · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Beltway Confidential

State Department sees al Qaeda as ‘major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability’

Joel Gehrke · October 30, 2013 4:00 am