“Political isolation is something the Iranians are very much concerned about,” said Thomas Pickering, who served as undersecretary of state in the Clinton administration, arguing that continued diplomacy gave the U.S. the leverage of presenting Iran with a united coalition.

A draft report proposes fundamental changes to military-civilian relationships during complex wars.

Obama seeks to cultivate ties with groups within the American Jewish and Arab-American communities to support a two-state solution.

Sen. John Kerry urged President Obama to endorse a campaign targeted at the Pashtun areas of south and eastern Afghanistan, provided that the U.S. could also boost civilian governance and development projects to consolidated military success.

The planning process is expected to result in significant policy changes.

Seated across the table from the United States and its allies, the Iranian regime is considering an ambitious diplomatic offer to ship its uranium out of the country.

The insurgents could respond by targeting the Pakistani army in Waziristan or sending fighters across the porous border into Afghanistan.

The administration insists there is no constitutional right to humane treatment by U.S. authorities outside the United States.

Powerful groups and members of Congress that quietly accepted Obama’s infusion of 21,000 new troops this spring are finding their footing to oppose the current one.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi says his government has forged an “unprecedented national consensus” to defend a “stable, democratic country where terrorism and extremist ideologies have little or no support.”