Iraq War

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates didn't hide his contempt for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., when asked to answer Reid's claim that he "denigrated" colleagues "to make a buck" with his new memoir. (AP/Lee Ferris)

Beltway Confidential

Robert Gates: ‘I do denigrate’ Harry Reid, but not most other people

Joel Gehrke · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Pushback: Gates says his book praises Obama, only ’10 pages’ are critical

Washington Secrets

Pushback: Gates says his book praises Obama, only ’10 pages’ are critical

Paul Bedard · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

This Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2014 screenshot shows the TMZ website with their story about U.S, military members burning bodies. The U.S. Marine Corps said Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, it is attempting to determine the authenticity of photos published by TMZ.com that the entertainment website says show Marines appearing to burn bodies of dead Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah in 2004. (AP Photo)

National Security

Marines probing validity of online Iraq war photos

Associated Press · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Military ‘studs’ for ‘sale’ at embassy auction

Paul Bedard · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized President Obama for focusing only on the disarming of strongman Bashar Assad's stockpile of chemical weapons in his State of the Union address and not making bolder efforts to limit the violence in Syria. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

National Security

John McCain: Iraq needs U.S. help to fight al Qaeda

Sean Lengell · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is continuing to resist Obama administration efforts to persuade him to sign an agreement as soon as possible on the parameters of a post-war relationship. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai unlikely to sign post-war pact with US before April

Susan Crabtree · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden has indicated an interest in running for president in 2016. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Robert Gates memoir deals a blow to Joe Biden’s presidential hopes

Susan Crabtree · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Sen. John McCain answers a question during a press conference at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Republican Sen. McCain said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "serious, serious concerns" about parts of the proposal Secretary of State John Kerry is using to broker peace with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

National Security

Flashback: John McCain in 2008 predicted Iraq withdrawal would lead to al Qaeda’s resurgence

Paul Bedard · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., questions a witness during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Carl Levin defends Obama on Iraq, considers sending attack helicopters

Susan Crabtree · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Unlike Robert Gates’ tell-all, Hillary Clinton’s pricey memoir seen as ‘snoozefest’

Paul Bedard · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifying on the 2012 Benghazi, Libya attack. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

You lie! Poll finds Obama, Hillary Clinton ‘deliberately misled’ on Benghazi

Paul Bedard · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

âAnybody who has covered Barack Obama back to his race in the Senate knows he was opposed to the Iraq war,â said White House press secretary Jay Carney. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)

National Security

Jay Carney: Robert Gates’ claim on Iraq surge ‘doesn’t track’ with Obama record

Meghashyam Mali · January 8, 2014 5:00 am