Policy & Strategy

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syria can’t “pick and choose” which parts of the peace agreement to accept.

Afghan officials told Panetta they would implement an enhanced vetting process to better identify rogue soldiers.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey are going to Capitol Hill on Monday to talk sexual assault with members of Congress, according to an invitation for the event.

The closed-door meeting with members at 5 p.m. Monday is being hosted by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), who chairs the Caucus on Women and the Military, and Reps. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) and Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.), who co-chair the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus.

A new poll found that a majority of Republicans for the first time say that the Afghanistan war has not been worth fighting.

The new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that only 30 percent of the public believes the Afghan war is was worth fighting, its lowest level of support since at least 2007.

Ambassador Rice said Syria's pledge to halt hostilities was not enough to show compliance with a UN-Arab League peace plan.

With the U.N. ceasefire deadline Thursday, Syria was reportedly still attacking opposition forces with rockets and mortar fire on Wednesday.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of planning the 9/11 terror attacks will be arraigned in a military trial at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.

Military judge Army Col. James Pohl set the court date Tuesday for Mohammed and the other Guantanamo detainees, as their military trial moves forward, according to a statement from the Defense Department.

"After years of struggle," Afghanistan's defense minister said in a meeting at the Pentagon Tuesday, "tomorrow's goal is in sight."

McCain and Lieberman said that the international community is “failing the people of Syria” by only providing humanitarian aid. 

The Iranian president said his country has “so much capital” that the oil sanctions starting soon will have no effect.