Foreign Policy

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State Department Officially Removing MEK From US Terror List

The Iranian opposition group has a sketchy past—and a long list of powerful bipartisan support in the US.

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| Fri Sep. 21, 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Obama Official Says No Evidence Gitmo Detainee Behind Benghazi Attack

An administration official disputes a Fox News report that a former Gitmo detainee led the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya.

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| Thu Sep. 20, 2012 2:02 PM PDT

Romney Funder's Israeli Newspaper Buries Video Controversy

Sheldon Adelson spends millions on ads for Mitt, but tries to downplay the GOP candidate's gaffes.

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| Wed Sep. 19, 2012 9:48 AM PDT
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WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser

Mitt Romney wanted the full tape. Here it is.

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| Tue Sep. 18, 2012 11:30 AM PDT

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Obama Legal Theory on Targeted Killing Cribbed From Clarence Thomas?

A legal analysis notes that the administration's legal arguments resemble those of Justice Thomas.

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| Fri Sep. 14, 2012 1:24 PM PDT
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The US Embassy Attacks, Explained

Four Americans are dead. What went wrong?

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| Thu Sep. 13, 2012 8:20 AM PDT

Mitt Romney Is a Guy Who Doesn't Know When to Quit

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| Wed Sep. 12, 2012 12:01 PM PDT
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Responding to Embassy Attacks, Romney Goes the Full D'Souza

Romney's reaction to American deaths in Benghazi echoes Dinesh D'Souza's recent film.

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| Wed Sep. 12, 2012 9:10 AM PDT
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US Ambassador to Libya Killed in Benghazi; Romney Says Obama "Sympathizes" With Attackers

Trouble in the Arab world.

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| Wed Sep. 12, 2012 6:19 AM PDT

Romney's Afghanistan Screw-Up and My Tweet

The GOP candidate is still plagued by the candidate's failure to address Afghanistan—or thank the troops serving there—during his convention speech.

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| Mon Sep. 10, 2012 1:30 PM PDT

Obama Talks Drone Strikes

POTUS defends the targeted killing program that his administration argues is still technically secret.

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| Thu Sep. 6, 2012 10:21 AM PDT
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US Sanctions Anger Iranian 'World of Warcraft' Gamers, US Treasury Department Weighs In

"Clearly the focus of our sanctions is not on video games." —US Department of the Treasury.

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| Tue Sep. 4, 2012 3:33 PM PDT

Does Navy SEAL's New Book Suggest Bin Laden Killing was a War Crime?

What does a former Navy SEAL's firsthand account of the killing of Osama bin Laden say about the legality of the operation?

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 10:11 AM PDT
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CHARTS: US Overseas Arms Sales More Than Tripled in 2011

The uptick is largely driven by Persian Gulf states freaking out about Iran.

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| Wed Aug. 29, 2012 3:05 AM PDT

Iranian Oil Sanctions Still Biting

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 7:51 AM PDT

How Not to Reconstruct Iraq, Afghanistan—or America

A guide to disaster at home and abroad.

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| Thu Aug. 16, 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad

How two administrations and both parties made illegality the American way of life.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War

Meet the election year outsourcing that no one’s talking about.

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| Thu Aug. 9, 2012 10:52 AM PDT

The Hunger Wars in Our Future

How the drought and rising food costs may lead to global social unrest.

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| Wed Aug. 8, 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Kim Jong Un's Mysterious Roller Coaster Pal, Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: It was a British diplomat frolicking with North Korea's dictator in a photo that went viral last week, MoJo has confirmed.

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| Wed Aug. 1, 2012 12:24 PM PDT