Policy & Strategy

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry said the United States needs to use “hard-nosed diplomacy” with Iran.

An Obama administration official on Wednesday said he was not aware of any "secret deal" on missile defense.

More than 40 Republican senators signed onto a letter to President Obama Tuesday that pushed him not to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal in the wake of his comments to Russian President Dimitry Medvedev asking for “flexibility” on missile defense.

The 43 GOP senators said they would oppose any efforts by the administration to limit U.S. missile defense capabilities or pursue nuclear arms reductions.

The senators’ letter, headed up by Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), was the latest Republican criticism of the president for his comment to Medvedev that he needs “space” and will have more “flexibility” after the election.

The GOP senator said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s slam on Mitt Romney shows the Russians' preference for president in 2012.

The Pentagon is rewriting the book on how it defends against and possibly responds to cyberattacks against U.S. targets, the top uniformed officer in charge of the effort told Congress on Tuesday. 

“When the president is overseas, I think it’s appropriate that people not be critical of him or our country,” Boehner said.

The Russian president said Romney's comments smacked of Hollywood machismo and said candidates should "use one's head" when speaking.

A bipartisan group of members from the House and Senate proposed legislation on Monday that seeks to crack down on human trafficking by contractors that the U.S. military hires for work in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act is a reaction to reports from the Commission on Wartime Contracting and the inspectors general of the Defense and State departments that overseas contractors are known to engage in practices that are illegal under U.S. employee rights standards. These include seizing workers' passports to trap them at a work site, lying about compensation, engaging in sexual abuse and generally keeping workers in a state of indentured servitude.

A day after a live microphone picked up a private conversation with Medvedev, Obama sought to clarify his remarks.

Republicans used an unscripted remark by President Obama to label him as someone who could easily change his positions.