Cuban-American voters in Miami remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 22, 2009

Former Air Force Officer A.J. D'Amario questions the foreign policy goals for President Barack Obama. ...more

February 18, 2009

Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of U.S. foreign policy. ...more

January 26, 2009

OBAMA'S ORDERS •Close the much-maligned Guantanamo facility within a year, a complicated process with many unanswered questions. The administration already has suspended trials for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo for 120 days pending a review of the military tribunals. ...more

January 23, 2009

67 Percent of Americans polled by the Washington Post-ABC News highlighting the economy as the top priority for Obama and the next Congress ...more

January 4, 2009

A Democratic official says retired Marine Gen. James Jones is President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be national security adviser. ...more

November 25, 2008

BURBANK, Calif. - John McCain says Sarah Palin didn't hurt his presidential bid and he attributes anonymous criticism aimed at her following their loss last week to typical campaign sniping. The Arizona senator tells Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" the Republican ticket faced a tough challenge from the start but disputed that a different vice presidential pick would have changed the outcome. ...more

November 11, 2008

Just hours before Sen. Barack Obama spoke to crowds in Tampa today, students in Maria Borkowski's speech class at Alonso High School staged a mock presidential encounter of their own. ...more

October 20, 2008

Michelle Leonick of New Port Richey says John McCain's lack of computer savvy doesn't mean he's dumb, just out of touch with modern life. ...more

October 11, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says John McCain is a leader, not just a war hero. ...more

September 27, 2008