Obama libre  —  The last five weeks of the president's year were better than almost all the rest.  —  If President Barack Obama's year ended in November, it would have been one of the worst of his presidency.  —  Good thing he had the last five weeks.  —  Story Continued Below

Obama gives the Castro regime in Cuba an undeserved bailout  —  IN RECENT months, the outlook for the Castro regime in Cuba was growing steadily darker.  The modest reforms it adopted in recent years to improve abysmal economic conditions had stalled, due to the regime's refusal to allow Cubans greater freedoms.

Every big question you have about the U.S. opening to Cuba, answered  —  So by now I'm sure you're aware that the Obama administration and Cuba's communist regime have pledged to restore diplomatic ties through a variety of means, which include an exchange of prisoners …

General: ISIL battle in Iraq could take 3 years or more  —  American troops could spend another three years training Iraqi forces before they're able to reconquer all the territory seized this year by the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a top U.S. general said Thursday.