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A Moment for Hillary's Inner Wonk
Heather Hurlburt, the executive director of the National Security Network, was from 1995-2001 a speechwriter to President Clinton and Secretaries of state Albright and Christopher; from 2005-2007 she was an occasional speechwriter for then-senator Clinton.
Obama's erstwhile rival has been entrusted with his top national-security priority, but she still can't get any press. So her nuclear-policy speech was the perfect time to surrender to her inner wonk, says former Clinton speechwriter Heather Hurlburt.
My Iranian Prison
Sandra McElwaine is a Washington-based journalist. She has been a reporter for The Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun, a correspondent for CNN and People and Washington editor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Currently she writes for The Washington Post, Time and Forbes.
Sandra McElwaine talks to Haleh Esfandiari about her 105-day imprisonment and interrogation in Iran and her powerful new memoir, My Prison, My Home.
Obama's Democratic Backlash Over Afghanistan
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
On the eve of key Afghan elections, Obama has a new headache: big-name left-wing critics. Benjamin Sarlin on the threat they pose to Obama's agenda.
Just Get Out of There
Matthew Yglesias is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He is the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.
The president is expected to boost troop levels in Afghanistan again. Instead, Obama should be asking himself whether we should still be there at all, nearly eight years after U.S. troops hit the ground for a short-term mission.