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Sep 2016

Smart power: G-20 economic summit off to smashing start for US

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2016 10:01 AM

“Who is he to confront me?”

Nov 2015

New RNC ad: Can these Democratic weaklings be trusted to keep America safe?

Guy Benson Nov 23, 2015 8:01 PM

Vulnerabilities.

Aug 2015

Gallup: Obama approval on Iran stands at robust 33/55

Guy Benson Aug 13, 2015 9:21 PM

Salesman.

Kerry warns Congress: Don’t screw the Ayatollah

Ed Morrissey Aug 05, 2015 10:01 AM

“I’m telling you, this deal is as pro-Israel, as pro-Israel’s security, as it gets.”

Jul 2015

Video: Tom Cotton dismantles Kerry on Iran deal secrecy, regime’s ongoing terrorism

Guy Benson Jul 29, 2015 8:01 PM

Brutal.

May 2015

‘Red line’ update: Syrian regime caught cheating on WMD deal, again

Guy Benson May 12, 2015 6:01 PM

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Apr 2015

By the way, new ‘framework’ allows Iran to keep illegal, fortified underground nuclear facility

Guy Benson Apr 06, 2015 3:31 PM

Smile.

Fox Poll: 83 percent call Iran untrustworthy, huge majority says Obama must get Congressional approval for deal

Guy Benson Apr 01, 2015 9:21 PM

Wary.

Dec 2014

Hillary: Smart power means empathizing with your enemies

Ed Morrissey Dec 04, 2014 3:21 PM

Reset failure.

Oct 2014

Surprise: ‘Disarmed’ Assad regime has been hiding chemical weapons facilities

Guy Benson Oct 08, 2014 4:41 PM

Smart power.

Jul 2014

US: Russia violated 1987 missile treaty

Ed Morrissey Jul 29, 2014 10:41 AM

US, EU agree on tougher sanctions.

Jun 2014

Cheneys rip the “collapsing Obama doctrine”

Ed Morrissey Jun 18, 2014 9:21 AM

Trust.

MSNBC host: So conservatives are basically arguing we should have left an American soldier behind, huh?

Guy Benson Jun 03, 2014 11:21 AM

Nope.

Apr 2014

WaPo: Middle East peace process dead, worse off than before

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2014 10:41 AM

Time to go?

Kerry: Hey, I don’t think Israel is an apartheid state … yet

Ed Morrissey Apr 29, 2014 12:01 PM

“Partisan, political purpose …”

Rubio: Obama’s foreign policy is failing pretty much everywhere

Guy Benson Apr 09, 2014 3:21 PM

Smart power.

McCain to Kerry: You’re about to hit the trifecta of failure

Ed Morrissey Apr 09, 2014 10:41 AM

“Recognize reality!”

Mar 2014

Biden visit fails to calm nerves in eastern Europe

Ed Morrissey Mar 19, 2014 9:21 AM

Symbolism … and little else.

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Mar 01, 2014 8:31 PM

Red lines.

Jan 2014

Did the Obama administration try a “clumsy putsch” against Karzai?

Ed Morrissey Jan 10, 2014 10:41 AM

Context.

Sep 2013

Must see: A brief history of Obama’s “smart power” on Syria

Allahpundit Sep 11, 2013 3:21 PM

Clusterfark.

Did Kerry blink in Syria standoff? Update: Russia ups the ante

Ed Morrissey Sep 09, 2013 10:01 AM

Russia, Syria call for more UN inspections.

Jul 2013

Abbas: No, direct talks aren’t about to begin again

Ed Morrissey Jul 22, 2013 8:41 AM

Smart power.

May 2013

Russia arrests American diplomat in Moscow for espionage

Ed Morrissey May 14, 2013 8:41 AM

Throwing elbows?

Apr 2013

No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation

Ed Morrissey Apr 16, 2013 10:01 AM

Respect.

US to increase aid to Syrian rebels after key group merges with al-Qaeda

Ed Morrissey Apr 10, 2013 12:01 PM

Smart power.

North Korea reappoints “reformer” as premier

Ed Morrissey Apr 01, 2013 12:41 PM

Hmmm.

Mar 2013

Was Kerry winging it on Syria?

Ed Morrissey Mar 01, 2013 10:00 AM

Irked.

Dec 2012

Hillary Clinton: Putin wants to “re-Sovietize the region”

Ed Morrissey Dec 07, 2012 11:21 AM

Reset.

NYT: Obama retreating on “red line” for Syrian chemical weapons

Ed Morrissey Dec 07, 2012 9:41 AM

Russia moving toward US on Syria?

Nov 2012

Morsi grabs dictatorial powers in Egypt; Update: Protests, clashes erupt in Egypt

Ed Morrissey Nov 23, 2012 9:46 AM

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Caption contest: Presidential PDAs

Ed Morrissey Nov 21, 2012 12:46 PM

Protocol.

Jul 2012

Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama

Ed Morrissey Jul 28, 2012 10:01 AM

Smart power strikes again.

Jun 2012

Video: Reset button suddenly not working

Ed Morrissey Jun 19, 2012 12:01 PM

Transmissions and flexibility.

May 2012

Canada, France, Germany, Australia to expel Syrian diplomats over Houla slaughter

Ed Morrissey May 29, 2012 10:41 AM

Entire families shot in their homes by Assad’s forces.

Did the Obama administration abandon Chen? Update: “No one from the embassy is here”

Ed Morrissey May 02, 2012 12:01 PM

US official told him to leave the embassy?

Apr 2012

Obama admin caught flat-footed by Argentina nationalization of Spanish oil company

Ed Morrissey Apr 18, 2012 12:11 PM

Smart power.

Mar 2012

Medvedev to Romney: Tone down the Hollywood cliches, comrade

Ed Morrissey Mar 27, 2012 2:30 PM

Overplaying the hand?

Obama on hot-mic moment: I wasn’t “hiding the ball”

Ed Morrissey Mar 27, 2012 9:50 AM

Retreat from the retreat?

Feb 2012

Fumbling the Falklands?

Ed Morrissey Feb 15, 2012 11:00 AM

“The Obama administration knife[d] Britain in the back again …”

US closes Syrian embassy after almost a year of military attacks on civilians

Ed Morrissey Feb 06, 2012 10:25 AM

Better late than never?

Jan 2012

Russia: What Iranian nuclear-weapon program?

Ed Morrissey Jan 02, 2012 12:05 PM

Smart power.

May 2011

Have we become a turncoat nation under Obama’s foreign policy?

Ed Morrissey May 27, 2011 1:03 PM

Smart power?

Smart power: G-20 economic summit off to smashing start for US

New RNC ad: Can these Democratic weaklings be trusted to keep America safe?

Gallup: Obama approval on Iran stands at robust 33/55

Kerry warns Congress: Don’t screw the Ayatollah

Video: Tom Cotton dismantles Kerry on Iran deal secrecy, regime’s ongoing terrorism

‘Red line’ update: Syrian regime caught cheating on WMD deal, again

By the way, new ‘framework’ allows Iran to keep illegal, fortified underground nuclear facility

Fox Poll: 83 percent call Iran untrustworthy, huge majority says Obama must get Congressional approval for deal

Hillary: Smart power means empathizing with your enemies

Surprise: ‘Disarmed’ Assad regime has been hiding chemical weapons facilities

US: Russia violated 1987 missile treaty

Cheneys rip the “collapsing Obama doctrine”

MSNBC host: So conservatives are basically arguing we should have left an American soldier behind, huh?

WaPo: Middle East peace process dead, worse off than before

Kerry: Hey, I don’t think Israel is an apartheid state … yet

Rubio: Obama’s foreign policy is failing pretty much everywhere

McCain to Kerry: You’re about to hit the trifecta of failure

Biden visit fails to calm nerves in eastern Europe

Quotes of the day

Did the Obama administration try a “clumsy putsch” against Karzai?

Must see: A brief history of Obama’s “smart power” on Syria

Did Kerry blink in Syria standoff? Update: Russia ups the ante

Abbas: No, direct talks aren’t about to begin again

Russia arrests American diplomat in Moscow for espionage

No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation

US to increase aid to Syrian rebels after key group merges with al-Qaeda

North Korea reappoints “reformer” as premier

Was Kerry winging it on Syria?

Hillary Clinton: Putin wants to “re-Sovietize the region”

NYT: Obama retreating on “red line” for Syrian chemical weapons

Morsi grabs dictatorial powers in Egypt; Update: Protests, clashes erupt in Egypt

Caption contest: Presidential PDAs

Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama

Video: Reset button suddenly not working

Canada, France, Germany, Australia to expel Syrian diplomats over Houla slaughter

Did the Obama administration abandon Chen? Update: “No one from the embassy is here”

Obama admin caught flat-footed by Argentina nationalization of Spanish oil company

Medvedev to Romney: Tone down the Hollywood cliches, comrade

Obama on hot-mic moment: I wasn’t “hiding the ball”

Fumbling the Falklands?

US closes Syrian embassy after almost a year of military attacks on civilians

Russia: What Iranian nuclear-weapon program?

Have we become a turncoat nation under Obama’s foreign policy?

BREAKING: Senate parliamentarian rules minimum-wage hike out of bounds in reconciliation

WaPo reporter faces racist, sexist attacks from Tanden fans for … asking Murkowski to comment on one of her tweets

China: Sorry we accidentally performed anal swabs on U.S. diplomats