In the course of his rambling monologue on national security policy delivered at the National Defense University, President Obama gave only glancing attention to the most significant military undertaking of his term in office -- the Afghanistan war.
As America grew in the 1800s from a republic of a few millions, whose frontier stopped at the Mississippi, into a world power, there were constant collisions with the world's greatest empire.
Gov. Rick Scott is continuing to showcase the budget he signed last month. On Monday, Scott highlighted the fact that the new budget doubles funding for the Quick Response Training program to $12 million. In Boca Raton on Monday, Scott insisted that this investment was needed to lure jobs to and expand businesses in Florida.
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Hopefully the Senate will sink Bill Nelson's beach house bailout bill.
Michael Etienne is looking to move up the political ladder in 2014 -- but he has a tough assignment as he looks to beat one of the most established Democratic incumbents in South Florida.
Etienne, an attorney and a leader of the Haitian-American community, is known in Tallahassee for working as a legislative aide in the Florida House but he has been trying to advance his career by running for office. He was part of a crowded field of Democrats in 2010 who ran for the House seat Yolly Roberson held, but Etienne placed third.
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Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen continues to offer warnings about communist Cuba. On Monday, Ros-Lehtinen teamed up with fellow Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, the senior Democrat on the Western Hemispheres Subcommittee, to send a letter to Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson demanding information on why a visa was granted to Cuban official Josefina Vidal Ferreiro.
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With Rick Scott continuing to struggle in the polls, chatter keeps on coming that the governor could face a challenge for the Republican nomination in 2014. But if it's going to come, it likely won't be from Washington.
An old foe resurfaced last week to insist Scott could face a primary in 2014. Former Attorney General Bill McCollum closed the door on challenging Scott in the Republican primaries next year. During the 2010 election cycle, the governor defeated McCollum in a close and bitter contest.
Longtime U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died on Monday morning at the age of 89. Lautenberg was the last member of the Senate who was a World War II veteran. Faced with a major primary challenge from Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Lautenberg had already announced that he would not run again in 2014.
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