Democratic discomfort with national security
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All the salutes and displays of military uniforms by the Democrats cannot hide their real orientation. To Democrats of the last thirty years, social order and national security have been
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As GOP leaders narrow the agenda to security, Democrats charge the White House with incompetence.
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John Kerryâs campaign accused Republicans of trying to frighten voters about a terrorist attack being more likely if the Democrat is elected.
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Despite feeling a gust of political wind at their backs for the coming election, Democrats still need to make some critically fine distinctions to voters if the war in Iraq is to blow down the house of George W. Bush and sweep away his partyÃ¢ÂÂs control of Congress.
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Conservative voters are feeling glum about the Republican Presidential frontrunners. What they really should be lamenting is the collapse of their pet issue: national security
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Chicago Tribune - As congressional Democrats prepare to watch President Bush take the oath of office Thursday, many within the party are growing frustrated at the lack of a clear Democratic strategy for dealing with a president who they believe is not particularly popular despite his re-election.
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As Iraqis prepare for a democratic vote, the U.S. is still struggling to prevent insurgents from destroying it
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Top Democrat suggests CIO isn't fit to keep his job amid reports of security-related "incidents." CIO points to "significant progress."
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The United States, accustomed to giving advice on democracy, is in the unfamiliar position of getting some from international election observers schooled in Tajikistan, Ethiopia and other emerging democracies.
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Part of a classified intelligence report that says the war in Iraq has increased the terrorist threat against the United States has fueled calls by congressional Democrats for a new direction in the nation's war on terrorism.
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For months, the big media and Democratic politicians have hammered on President George W. Bush and his service in the National Guard, suggesting it was less than honorable.
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Iraqâs fledgling security force is poorly led, plagued by desertions and âfalling behind in its capability and commitmentâ to protect the countryâs new democratic government, US Sen.
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Fissures over Iraq could make it more difficult for Republicans to coalesce on national security policy and avoid a bitter intraparty fight going into 2008.
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The news of Senator Tim Johnsonâs hospitalization highlighted the fragility of the Democratsâ new majority.
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President Bush sees the world as a struggle between good and evil, but his push for democracy often collides with geopolitical reality.
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Many lawmakers are uneasy about creating a powerful intelligence director.
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"When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew from the bitter experience with King George III that the most serious threat to democracy is usually the accumulation of too much power in the hands of an Executive, whether he be a King or a president. Our ingrained American distrust of concentrated power has very little to do with the character or persona of the individual who wields that power. It is the power itself that must be constrained, checked, dispersed and carefully balanced, in order to ensure the survival of freedom. In addition, our founders taught us that public fear is the most dangerous enemy of democracy because under the right circumstances it ...