Robert Ford

The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we’re on it.  Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said,...

In my Sunday column, I argued that events are pushing President Obama toward a bigger role in aiding rebel forces in Syria’s civil war -- not direct military intervention, perhaps, but certainly more direct help for the insurgents. Yes, I wrote, it&...

The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...

***1/2 (out of four) “Killing Them Softly,” writer-director Andrew Dominik’s follow-up to 2007’s vastly under-seen “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” does include traditional criminal...

When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home. And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...

Syria protests: Activists say at least 31 people were killed Friday after Syrian security forces fired on them during protests calling on the international community to impose a "no-fly" zone over their country....

SATURDAY The Chris Matthews Show Wall Street; super committee: Dan Rather, HD Net; Andrew Ross Sorkin, the New York Times; Gloria Borger, CNN; Rana Foroohar, Time. (N) 5 p.m.; Sunday 5:30 a.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today......

CBS' "Face the Nation" will talk to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod; and Howard Dean, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. The program starts at 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6....

Also, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Robert Ford, Gloria Steinem, Steve Forbes, Howard Dean, David Axelrod, Arianna Huffington and John McCain...

When the U.S. envoy to Syria -- an area that's been overtaken by violence and human rights violations since mid-March -- testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, only Pennsylvania's U.S. Sen. Bob Casey stayed to ask him any questions. From......

Just a few weeks after U.S. Sen. Bob Casey wrote an op-ed that it was time for Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad to step down, President Barack Obama officially called on al-Assad to resign. "The horror taking place in Syria has......

Oprah Winfrey came to South Carolina on Sunday with a message tailored to the state's considerable African-American community, asking it to cast aside doubt and support the black man she assured them could -- and should -- be elected president. On the...