Starving children in the countryside are not responsible for DPRK's nuclear ambition. We should not use this aid package as a wedge to drive nuclear policy. We should stop kids from staving. Full stop.
Protests in Egypt are entering their fifth consecutive day. At least 18 people have been killed, and by all accounts -- this video included--the military has been particularly fierce.
President Obama today signed an executive order to mandate the implementation of a sweeping new US government plan to include women in peacemaking and security roles around the world. I talk to an expert who helped craft this policy about what she hopes it will accomplish.