John Hudson
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:13
On Friday, its chief nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman won over a key Iran hawk, Rep. Eliot Engel, during a round of calls to the Hill.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 12:45
But that isn't stopping hawks in Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio from calling for a new round of crippling sanctions against the country -- a development that some observers fear could spoil the fragile negotiations.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 08:36
Markey is far from the only Democrat who believes that the White House needs to not just keep the current measures in place but also prepare to add newer, tougher ones.
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 08:16
Congressional aides in both parties tell The Cable that members were blindsided by last night's CNN report that the administration was ready to cut off aid.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 07:58
The muted reaction "is unusual," Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at the Heritage Foundation, said. "But it would be consistent with the U.S. engaging Russia on Syria right now."
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 08:28
Long heralded as the poster child for Syria's moderate rebels, Idriss has yet to travel to Washington to make his case for U.S. intervention -- and it's not for lack of trying.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:49
An error in a front page article published by The New York Times has elicited strong condemnation from supporters of the Syrian opposition on Friday for what they see as a misrepresentation of moderate rebels in the Syrian conflict.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 06:56
Now Kerry is lashing out at the military he was publicly, if cautiously, extolling just weeks before.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 06:43
Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, calls into question Gen. Martin Dempsey's gloomy analysis of U.S. military options in Syria.
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 00:00
For the last six years, the U.S. government has spent more than $24 million to fly a plane around Cuba and beam American-sponsored TV programming to the island's inhabitants. But every day the plane flies, the government in Havana jams its broadcast signa