For our money, one of the better parts of President Obama's speech at West Point this week was his connection between a healthy economy and U.S. national security. To quote: "Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our" [...]
In a recent Pew Research Center report, "Where the Public Stands on Immigration Reform," data was included that showed Latinos themselves did not rank immigration reform as a priority issue.
The economy, education, health care, national security and the environment all ranked higher than [...]
Advocates for cap-and-trade legislation are trying to make their case on a trumped-up national security issue based on the premise that global climate change will increase the potential for global conflict.
Hogwash! There is no question that if Congress passes cap-and-trade legislation, there will be [...]
The Obama administration has been pressing Pakistan to move more aggressively against Taliban forces, a message that national security adviser James L. Jones was reported to have carried to Pakistani officials during a visit last week. In particular, U.S. officials have urged [...]
At least, that’s how I read this report:
President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration [...]
Political Correctness should never impede National SecurityAfghan National Police and ISAF forces found 500,000 lbs. of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and 5,000 components used in making roadside bombs during a raid Sunday in Kandahar.
Ammonium' [...]
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chief of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign [...]
“The most significant challenge to rapidly expanding the Afghan National Security Forces is a lack of competent and professional leadership at all levels, and the inability to generate it rapidly,” concluded one of the reviews, a grim assessment forwarded to Washington in September from [...]
