Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies today on the improvements to inter-agency cooperation between the State Department and the Department of Defense.

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies today on the improvements to inter-agency cooperation between the State Department and the Department of Defense.

Well that didn't take long. Looks like someone learned a lesson from Chik fil A's massive politically-driven profits last week and wants in on some of that litmus test lunch day (as Jon Stewart called it) action:

Want to have a live discussion about solutions to political gridlock with us and No Labels? Well, tomorrow you can! We're holding our third ever tweet chat, this time looking for answers to the hyper-partisanship we see in government today.

TechPresident is reporting today that Wikipedia has put restrictions on editing the profiles of top contenders for Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick. Seems like a segment on The Colbert Report promoting viewers to edit all the profiles of VP potentials sparked the response.

A new Daily Kos/SEIU poll found one thing American voters apparently dislike more than Congress...the political media.

Cheers! For the 27th year in a row, worldwide production of beer increased, says the Associated Press. A new report commissioned by Kirin Holdings, a Japanese brewery, said 50.9 billion gallons of beer were produced last year. That's a 3.7% increase from 2010.

Who is the leading beer producer worldwide?

Another success for third parties in the social media world: #IAmLibertarian is trending on Twitter. Here are a few tweets from the hashtag:

https://twitter.com/GovGaryJohnson/status/233252803441745921

https://twitter.com/christoferguson/status/233243232581066752

Rumors consistently circulate regarding how vocal opponents of partisanship within either party are quickly silenced or shunned. Jon Huntsman has become the latest victim of this behind-the-scenes suppression of dissent.

Abby Huntsman, daughter of Jon Huntsman, was interviewed last night on Current TV’s ‘The War Room’ and she disclosed an interesting bit about the RNC and their actions towards her father.