The speech President Obama delivered Wednesday at West Point was intended to be a robust defense of his foreign policy, about which even our liberal friends are starting to entertain doubts. But ...

In contrast with President Bush's 'preventive war' speech at West Point, President Obama told graduates that he aims to address explosive international situations 'without us firing a shot.' ...

Obama draws applause at West Point after telling Class of 2014 it is first since 9/11 "who may not be sent into combat in" Iraq/Afghanistan. — Scott Wilson (@PostScottWilson) May 28, 2014.

Beyond the substance of his remarks at West Point on Tuesday night, President Obama deserves credit for eschewing the increasingly irritating practice of politicians using military personnel as ...

More than 12 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks made al-Qaida operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan the No. 1 target, the U.S. plans to shift its counterterrorism resources to other regions ...

President Obama told graduating cadets at the West Point military academy that America’s security abroad must be matched by a revitalized US economy.

President Obama is preparing a series of speeches defending his foreign policy, starting Wednesday with the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The speech will outline ...

- Obama built on his announcement Tuesday that 9,800 troops will remain in Afghanistan when combat operations end in December, a force that will wane to a small military presence at the U.S ...

As an occasion for re-entry, let me mention Pres. Obama's speech just now at West Point.* Considered simply as rhetoric, this was nothing special, at least by Obama-speech standards.

President Obama praised the potential of American leadership around the globe on Wednesday while laying out a new definition of that term, downplaying military might and emphasizing diplomacy ...

In his address at West Point, President Obama's rhetoric on the use of force was strikingly consistent with that of every post-Cold War administration, from George H.W. Bush to, well, George W ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday told graduating cadets eventually headed for war that their country needs allies standing with the U.S. in Afghanistan at a time when ...