MPs' vote halts UK action over Syria  —  MPs have rejected possible UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to deter the use of chemical weapons.  —  David Cameron said he would respect the defeat of a government motion by 285-272, ruling out joining US-led strikes.

The ironic war plan  —  Imagine Dick Cheney in a “Saturday Night Live” skit fantasizing about Barack Obama handling the pressures of going to war.  —  Cheney's sitting there, yucking it up with Rummy and the boys, eating yellow cake.  He laughs off his own reckless rush to an unwinnable war fought on flawed grounds.

UK Prime Minister Cameron loses Syria war vote  —  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes Thursday, a stunning defeat for a government which had been poised to join the U.S. in strikes to punish Bashar Assad's regime …

British leader loses vote on Syria response  —  (CNN) — [Breaking news alert, 5:52 p.m. ET]  —  British Prime Minister David Cameron was dealt a blow Thursday in his push for a strong response, including possible military action, against Syria after the House of Commons voted down the measure.

British parliament rejects military strike against Syria  —  British lawmakers on Thursday delivered a stunning rejection of Prime Minister David Cameron's bid to punish the government of Bashar al-Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons, citing skepticism over the misinformation used …

Inside the 2013 U.S. intelligence ‘black budget’  —  The pages in this document appear in the summary of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's multivolume FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification — the U.S. intelligence community's top-secret “black budget.”