Robert Ford

Another reason for U.S. to act on Syria: Sending message to Iran

2013-04-15 08:18:00

In my Sunday column, I argued that�events are pushing President Obama toward a bigger role in aiding rebel forces in Syria’s civil war -- not direct military intervention, perhaps, but certainly more direct�help for the insurgents. Yes, I wrote, it&...

McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria

2013-04-14 00:00:00

The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...

Syrian forces kill 31 as 'no-fly' zone urged, activists say

2011-10-28 16:37:31

Weekend TV Talk Shows

2011-08-05 21:36:29

Sunday shows: Ryan, Brown, Adm. McConnell, Dean

2011-08-06 16:38:30

OPINION: Why ethics reform now?

2013-05-20 10:34:02

Demands for ethics reform coalesced amidst a string of ethics scandals, a study that tied the scandals to flaws in our laws and the first election after a federal judge threw out a key component of our campaign reporting law: Our memories were still...

OPINION: House ethics plan is improved, but still falls short

2013-04-30 01:04:02

THE ETHICS legislation the House is set to take up today is much improved from the disaster that House leaders had hoped to pass last week. Gone is the decriminalization of ethics-law violations that derailed the first too-quickly cobbled-together and...

COLUMN: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria

2013-04-15 22:07:00

The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we’re on it. �Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said,...

'Killing Them Softly' review: A crime saga with personality plus

2012-11-29 00:00:00

***1/2 (out of four) “Killing Them Softly,” writer-director Andrew Dominik’s follow-up to 2007’s vastly under-seen “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” does include traditional criminal...

Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill

2012-06-02 18:30:00

When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home. And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...

Guest list: Alan Greenspan, Rachel Maddow on ‘Meet the Press’; Rep. Paul Ryan on ‘Fox News Sunday’

2011-08-06 16:39:48

Casey lone senator to question Syria ambassador

2011-08-03 16:25:40

Pregnant with twins In this file photo, actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the screening of the movie "The assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford" at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007. Jolie is pregnant with twins.

2013-05-14 04:37:00

The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as the acting assistant secretary of State for Near East affairs, Elizabeth Jones, looks on.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Robert Ford appears before a Senate committee hearing on his nomination to be ambassador to Syria.

2010-03-16 00:00:00