Walter B. Jones

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, journalist Rachel Maddow looks at the key government decisions that led the United States into the war, through a new documentary called Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, premiering Feb....

When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the other day the U.S. war in Afghanistan is "succeeding" and "has turned an important corner," I could have sworn I had heard that before. Where could it have been? Ah, now I remember. In 2003, Defense...

Congress and the President are fighting. Nothing unusual, but this fight could wind up in court. A bi-partisan group of house lawmakers are suing President Barack Obama to end the United States` role in Libya. They argue the President did not get...

Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday in filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over U.S. involvement in Libya, alleging that the White House overstepped its constitutional authority when it launched the...

The National Journal, which last week brought us the 2010 liberal and conservative rankings of all members of Congress, takes a look today at the 10 lawmakers that had voting records overlapping with the opposing party. There were only 10,......

SOME PRIVACY ADVOCATES ARE troubled by reports in The Times and in other newspapers Friday that the U.S. government has been trying to detect terrorist plots by sifting through an international database of financial transactions. But whatever one thinks...

Six congressmen, including Connecticut's U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, say a congressional inquiry shows that Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen failed to carry out plans to ensure the safety of the anthrax vaccinations for all 2.4 million U.S. troops....