Congress is back for the 112th session, and the post-election calls for working together are the hot thing around Washington. Both parties say they want to get along on taxes, spending cuts and most importantly,...

When I woke up on Wednesday morning, I could not have anticipated that that evening I would be standing alongside international media giants in the White House. The day marked the second of Chinese...

President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday night was a study in unrealistic ambition. He proposed plans to reform the economy, create jobs, fix health care, reduce the budget deficit, improve...

America faces a stark choice on Tuesday. As millions of voters take to their polling stations nationwide, we must ask ourselves: Who is best prepared to lead America forward and restore and enhance the...

"Obama's War" has increasingly come under fire in the media and the American public. Like Iraq, Afghanistan has become the war that cannot be won. While American political focus fixated on Iraq, Afghanistan...

Last week, Republicans in the Senate led a filibuster to prevent debate on a bill that would repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law - the military policy barring openly gay soldiers from service - a move...

During my Junior year of high school, I took time off from school for a few weeks to work on a congressional campaign in New York. It was an exciting time to be involved in the political process: After...

The Obama staffers and community leaders with whom I spent my break between sophomore and junior years referred to our campaign as Freedom Summer 2008. Decades after courageous, radical young women and...

First lady Michelle Obama announced that President Obama will lead a new 90-day review to develop a coordinated federal government approach for supporting and engaging military families in a speech today...

President Obama's administration is stuck between a rock and a hard place. It has to juggle rejuvenating economic growth and keeping a watchful eye on the growing current account deficit. Striking a balance...

Change we can believe in. That was the tagline of the campaign I spent more than six months working for. I gave up a semester at Georgetown, worked 20-hour days and ate junk food for months on end in order...

*Mr. President,* *Thanks for coming to Verizon Center to watch your beloved Hoyas trounce the hated Duke Blue Devils today.* *Some think your support may bring bad luck (Kentucky basketball,...