Tag: Syria

Protesters against U.S. military action in Syria march to Capitol Hill from the White House in Washington Saturday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Syria debate presents political quagmire for candidates

Rebecca Berg · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama's team will attend a kick-off event next week at the Center for American Progress. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Reset: Scuffling Obama team turns from Syria to ‘women’s initiative’

Joel Gehrke · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

This Sept. 28, 1995 file photo shows President Bill Clinton gesturing toward Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shaking hands in the East Room of the White House after the Mideast accord signing.

The Rabin-Arafat handshake, 20 years later

Eric Rozenman · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul is fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent op-ed with an op-ed of his own. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rand Paul to Russia’s Vladimir Putin: America is exceptional

Rebecca Berg · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

George W. Bush

Why Obama’s PR campaign to attack Syria won’t work

Byron York · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, walk with the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi into a meeting at the United Nations offices in Geneva to discuss the ongoing problems in Syria on Friday. (AP/Larry Downing)

John Kerry: Syria talks ‘constructive’

Susan Crabtree · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing with members of the House of Representatives on the situation in Syria, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. It is the first full day of legislative business for Congress as lawmakers return from the August recess and President Barack Obama is seeking congressional approval for a military strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons in the civil war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

On The Slide: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel struggles on Syria

Tim Mak · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

While the United States remains skeptical of Putin's proposal, the plan may give the president an exit from his military action impasse. (Photo by Guneev Sergey/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin upstages Obama on Syria

Susan Crabtree · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Off the Hook — For Now

Tim Mak · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Extra ships for Syria cost $27 million a week

National Security

Extra ships for Syria cost $27 million a week

Lolita Baldor · September 12, 2013 9:01 pm

In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington. Some of Obamaâs top allies say the president misread a few crucial political forces when he asked Congress to support his bid to strike Syria over last monthâs chemical weapons attack. They say the chief one is the nationâs profound weariness with military entanglements in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama allies cite PR missteps in bid for Syria hit

Charles Babington · September 12, 2013 8:36 pm

Podcast: ‘Putin Is Getting Inside Obama’s Head’

TWS Podcast · September 12, 2013 7:10 pm