by Rebecca Nelson | Mar 5, 2012 | National Security, Politics
Photos by Jaclyn Skurie/Medill WASHINGTON – It wasn’t exactly what the crowd of 13,000 supporters of Israel wanted, but it was good enough. President Barack Obama defended his record on Israel Sunday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in...
by David Uberti | Feb 29, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON— Middle East experts expressed doubt Wednesday that either Israel or United States is on the brink of conflict with Iran, despite hawkish headlines and aggressive rhetoric from all three countries. Their skepticism, they said, stems from the political...
by David Uberti | Feb 22, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Experts Wednesday called the situation in Iran a “budding crisis,” but they warned against military action to stop the country’s fledgling nuclear programs. A strike against Iranian nuclear facilities could not only increase regional sympathy for the...