Policy & Strategy

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.

Two Democratic lawmakers praised the Pentagon and Army Monday for making progress on military sexual assault prevention, including building new databases and increasing sexual assault training.

Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) pointed to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last week that said the Defense Department has put in place 13 recommendations on sexual assault and partially implemented another 12.

Press secretary Jay Carney said the administration was “outraged” by reports Syrian military forces had fired on refugees in Turkey.

Satellite images show an excavation is under way at the site where tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009.