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Carie LeMack holds a photograph of her mother who died in the 9/11 attacks, and a copy of the 9/11 commission report, which lamented a failure of imagination to anticipate such attacks, at a 2005 press conference in Washington. (CQ Roll Call File Photo)

How Creative Thinking Could Help Prevent the Next 9/11

By Matt Lewis
Posted September 7, 2016 at 2:30pm
Florida Rep. David Jolly now leads the list of the most vulnerable House incumbents. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

2 Months to Go: The 10 Most Vulnerable House Members

By Simone Pathé
Posted September 6, 2016 at 5:00am
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, right, shows the iconic photo of a young dead Syrian boy in the surf near Bodrum, Turkey, at a recent news conference. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call)

Analysis: Desire to Avoid Bush Missteps Could Taint Obama Legacy

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 29, 2016 at 5:00am
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 15. In Sweden on Thursday, Biden issued a renewed vow to close Guantanamo. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Biden’s ‘Expectation’ Is Obama Will Close Gitmo Prison

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 25, 2016 at 10:51am
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized Donald Trump's comments about foreign policy while campaigning with Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania last week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Biden to Baltic States: Don’t Take Trump Seriously

By Eric Garcia
Posted August 23, 2016 at 11:19am
Secretary of State John Kerry (left) meets with senior Iranian officials. On Thursday, President Obama rejected allegations that his administration paid a ransom to Tehran to free U.S. hostages. (Photo via Flickr)

Ransom-to-Iran Charge ‘Defies Logic,’ Obama Says

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 4, 2016 at 6:13pm
Donald Trump speaks to the 2016 Republican National Convention. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP National Security Expert Freaks Out Over Trump and Nukes

By Warren Rojas
Posted August 3, 2016 at 3:35pm
U.S. officials reportedly loaded an unmarked cargo plane with $400 million owed to Iran via a squashed 1979 arms deal, around the same time four American prisoners were released. (SCOTT J. FERRELL/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP Lawmakers See ‘Ransom’ to Iran Amid White House Denials

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 3, 2016 at 3:31pm
Trump's reaction to Muslim-Americans Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala Khan, whose son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan was killed in Iraq, has become a flashpoint of his campaign. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Obama to Trump: Stop ‘Trash-Talking’ U.S. Troops

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 1, 2016 at 2:30pm
U.S. Marine General (Ret.) John Allen speaks during the final day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Retired Marine General on Clinton: ‘We Trust Her Judgment’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 28, 2016 at 9:42pm