Lindsey O. Graham

Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes

2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...

Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly

2013-05-07 03:00:00

The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...

Immigration bill is no compromise

2013-04-22 09:45:00

When only one of the extreme sides of each political party is hollering against a bipartisan agreement on any bill, no doubt that side is the only one getting hosed. A true bipartisan bill gets both sides upset. So now begins the spin game by trying to...

Boston bombing suspect belongs in civilian court

2013-04-22 12:00:49

A 19-year-old naturalized American citizen is accused of committing a crime of violence in the United States, and a gaggle of elected officials are urging for him to be treated as an enemy combatant and placed in the hands of the military. Not just the...

Getting to yes on immigration reform

2013-04-17 11:38:00

The sweeping immigration bill outlined by a bipartisan group of eight senators this week represents the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in more than a quarter-century. It's also probably Congress' best chance this year to...

Md. groups rally as immigration deal nears

2013-04-09 16:46:00

Immigration reform advocates are organizing thousands of Marylanders to attend a Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to bring attention to negotiations in the Senate over immigration. The rally, conceived by CASA de Maryland's executive director, Gustavo...

What Rand Paul got right

2013-03-14 00:00:00

I hope I'm not too late to the fight. Last week, freshman Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, held an old-fashioned filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Mr. Paul's stated reason for taking to the floor and talking for...

Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

2013-03-12 03:00:00

President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...

Little action to stop defense cuts, despite warnings

2013-02-18 10:04:00

Defense officials and their allies in Congress have done their best to create a sense of crisis about impending budget cuts, but their warnings have failed to produce any visible result. Instead, partisan divisions have hardened over how to avoid the...

As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage

2012-12-02 06:25:00

President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...

Goodbye, Joe Lieberman

2012-12-15 00:00:00

After 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the first and only Jewish politician nominated to a national major party ticket, in 2000, had some advice to his colleagues in a farewell speech Wednesday on the Senate floor. To break the...

Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?

2012-12-03 08:51:00

There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...

Rep. Howard Berman will get the backing of Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, plus Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

2012-09-10 08:12:00

Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. John McCain take questions Monday night in Norfolk.

2012-07-30 00:00:00

US Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain, center, Senator Joe Lieberman, left, and Senator Lindsey Graham speak to media after a scheduled meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday March 20, 2008.

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