Nick O Malley on Iraq
US shootings continue, along with gun debate
Nick O'Malley It has been a bloody few days in America. There is no evidence that it has been any bloodier than usual, but some of the crimes committed have been unusual enough to have added even more fuel to the...
Obama's pick for defence job irks pro-Israel hawks
Analysis Nick O'malley BY THE time the President formally introduced Chuck Hagel as his pick for defence secretary on Monday in Washington, the former Republican senator's enemies on the right had been busy for weeks...
Private affair, public downfall
Nick O'Malley In the fever swamps online, and on Fox News, the story is that David Petraeus was forced out of his post as CIA director by the White House in order to prevent his testimony before a Senate committee...
Race the flame that spreads Americans' anger
Nick O'Malley COLUMBUS, Ohio: Barack Obama wears the burden of office etched into his face. The comparison is often made between his wan, worn features today and those of the man sworn into office on that bright...
Obama's race to the finish in a divided land
Nick O'Malley, Columbus, Ohio Barack Obama wears the burden of his office etched into his face. The comparison between his wan, worn features today and those of the man sworn into office on that bright day nearly four years ago...
The US election: what you need to know
Nick O'Malley and Tom Threlkeld A long, complicated and contentious race for the US presidency is reaching its climax.
Timeline: the unfolding of the Petraeus affair scandal
Nick O'Malley Spring 2006 — Paula Broadwell meets Petraeus at Harvard University, where she is a graduate student.
Polarised America: choose your own truth
Nick O'Malley That footage of Mitt Romney dismissing half the US electorate to a room full of wealthy donors that leaked last Monday may turn out to have been a signal moment of the campaign.
Running mate comes with his own budget axe
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: Paul Ryan has a plan. Unlike the plans of most politicians seeking a new elected office, it is clear and detailed and public.
Allies slow to pledge funds for Afghan forces
By Nick O'Malley, Chicago Australia's $300 million commitment to Afghanistan's defence forces is beginning to look spectacularly generous, as far larger key NATO allies leave the Chicago summit having made smaller pledges, or...
Romney running mate up in air but 'dull' firms as safe bet
Nick O'Malley Discussion of who Republican presidential hopeful's running mate will be has reached fever pitch.
Romney demands answers over alleged security leaks
Nick O'Malley Mitt Romney has accused Barack Obama's White House of leaking national security secrets in order to bolster the President's reputation in a major foreign affairs speech hours before he was to depart...
US appeals for calm after Afghan shooting
Nick O'Malley Afghan president Hamid Karzai condemned the attack as an 'inhuman and intentional act.'
Soldiers bring death home
Nick O'Malley Last Tuesday, Abel Gutierrez shot the 11-year-old sister he had helped to raise, and then himself.
