Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel advised graduates from the prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point to not just deal with the "debilitating, insidious and destructive forces" of sexual assault now plaguing the military, but to be the generation to stop it. Read More

"This war, like all wars, must end," President Obama said this week. Read More

Pressure on Secretary Hagel to investigate the leadership--and conditions--at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Read More

Obama’s national security speech gets the "MHP" breakdown tomorrow as well as Tim Cook’s testimony on Capitol Hill on cooperate spending and the latest on Oklahoma (including the politics of disaster) -- Saturday at 10am ET on MSNBC! Read More

What to expect from Saturday's Up with Steve Kornacki. Read More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been scrambling to fix its backlog, which has reached 584,308 claims that have been pending for 125 days or more. About 873,680 veterans have filed claims and that number continues to grow. Read More

President Obama, in a commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy, urged graduates to "constantly strive to remain worthy of the public trust." Read More

While the president made some worthwhile proposals on Friday that would put the nation on a better path, Obama's speech was heavy on rhetoric and process, but woefully short on commitment to immediate action. Read More

President Obama condemned the ongoing military sexual assault crisis in his commencement address at the United States Naval Academy. Read More

It's a pivotal moment for the president who needs to keep his second term moving forward. The IRS scandal is still simmering, and the national security speech didn't assuage all his critics--or even his supporters. Read More

The Boy Scouts of America voted to end their ban on gay scouts. But they maintained their ban on gay scout leaders. This and other political stories driving our day. Read More

President Obama gave an address at the National Defense University on the future of U.S. anti-terrorism policy on Thursday. The much-anticipated speech focused… Read More

The president evoked the suffering of detainees at Gitmo and the moral hazard of continuing to hold them----but didn't offer a real plan to close the prison or promise to end the practice of indefinite detention. Read More

The White House spoke openly about its rationale for using drones against terrorists. But it's still an open question if the program creates as many enemies as it kills. Read More

The remarks come as Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that the U.S. killed four Americans in drone strikes in Yemen in Pakistan, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Read More

A coalition of gun owners and gun rights groups are suing the governor of Connecticut and other state officials, contending that sweeping gun control laws passed in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school are unconstitutional. Read More

"This is part of free speech, is you being able to speak, but also you listening, and me being able to speak," the president said after more than a minute of interruptions. Read More

Missing from the streets of New York City this week: A sea of men in uniform. The city's famed Fleet Week, scheduled to run May 23-30 this year, was canceled due to sequestration. Read More

President Obama will discuss a range of U.S. counterterrorism issues during an address to the National Defense University Thursday at 2 pm EST. Read More