Policy & Strategy

Al Qaeda has vowed to launch a new wave of attacks against targets inside the United Kingdom if British officials deport a known terror suspect back to his home country of Jordan. 

The United Nations wants to send 300 observers to Syria after 30 are set to arrive next week, in order to monitor the cease-fire that appears to be faltering, a spokesman for U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Friday.

Annan’s spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, told reporters in Geneva there would be 30 observers in Syria next week, with the goal of ratcheting the number up to 300, according to The Associated Press.

Moving 300 UN observers into Syria would still need to be approved by the UN Security Council.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Thursday that Russia has begun cooperating with the U.S. and its allies to stop Syria's violent suppression of anti-government forces. 

Senators who have tracked African warlord Joseph Kony for years are now hoping to capitalize on the massive interest surrounding the “Kony 2012” film with a viral video of their own.

A group of senators released a YouTube video Thursday that talks about their efforts to stop Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army and get people involved in the campaign.

While clips of senators speaking don’t exactly make for compelling viewing like the 30-minute film produced by California-based nonprofit Invisible Children, the senators say the video is one more step that can help bring an end to Kony’s reign of terror.

McCain, Graham and Lieberman called on President Obama and the international community to mobilize with a military response in Syria.

House Republicans demanded assurances from the White House and the Pentagon on Thursday that they will not be left out of the loop should the United States decide to take action in Syria. 

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered some words of wisdom to the United States on Thursday: "Remain strong."

Sen. Carl Levin offered a strong warning that Congress could refuse to fund Afghan security forces after U.S. troops leave.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the potential for another war breaking out remains high in places like North Korea.

Forty-eight percent view Iran as a “very serious threat,” with 43 percent describing North Korea that way.