Frank James

by Frank James Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton used today's appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker to promote her legislation...

by Doyle McManus Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has had more than a couple of rough weeks. She got caught red-handed embellishing memories of a visit to Bosnia. She belatedly...

by Frank James Sen. John McCain was the first of the remaining three presidential candidates to get a crack at Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker today, as the...

by Frank James Sen. John McCain got unwanted attention recently when, during a visit to the Middle East, he said that Iran, a nation of Shiite Muslims, was providing aid...

by Frank James In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, Gen. David Petraeus called for a controversial 45-day pause in U.S. troop drawdowns after the reduction...

by Frank James Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker are now in the packed Senate hearing room where they will testify before the Senate Armed Services...

by Josh Drobnyk Suddenly, the race is on in Pennsylvania. A contest considered firmly in Hillary Clinton's corner has closed to within six percentage points, with Barack Obama now trailing...

by Frank James Congratulations to all who won Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced today. Among their number were several Chicago Tribune journalists who won the investigative reporting prize for their...

Chinese paramilitary police patrol a street in Lhasa in China's Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) by Frank James Sen. Hillary Clinton wants President Bush to...

Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,and wife Wendy at a news conference in Metairie, La., Monday, July 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Bill Haber) by Frank James How would you like to have hanging...