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Pyongyang claimed on Wednesday that it already has developed nuclear weapons small enough to fit on missiles. The powerful National Defense Commission declared “it is… Read More
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The White House has released a new report entitled “The National Security Implications of a Changing Climate,” essentially a summary of the administration’s view that… Read More
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For many years, Stephen Clouse has made videos designed to inspire donations to worthy causes. Recently, he made a different kind of video. It’s not designed to… Read More
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For more than three decades, they have sought out and killed Americans. In 1983, in one of the first major anti-American attacks, they bombed the… Read More
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House conservatives today accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of playing politics with the 2015 USA Freedom Act, a measure designed to scale back the… Read More
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Today, many of Osama bin Laden’s documents and writings were declassified. It turns out that bin Laden’s library included a paper by The Heritage Foundation’s Jim… Read More
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This week, The Heritage Foundation will host the debut of the film “Honoring a Commitment: The Story of PFC Gordon.” “Honoring a Commitment” is a… Read More
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It’s been a year since the House Select Committee on Benghazi began its work, and although the committee has produced an interim report and its… Read More
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The National Defense Authorization Act, currently making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House, includes language encouraging the secretary of defense to allow immigrants who… Read More
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Despite the fact that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted down repeated attempts to encourage the recruitment of illegal immigrants into the military, we… Read More
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Did the Obama administration lie about the details surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death? A recent article in the London Review of Books titled “The Killing… Read More
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will now require states to plan for climate change before they are eligible for grants. This de facto oath… Read More
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, has done something well-nigh unthinkable on Capitol Hill: He has filed a bill to cut red tape. Thornberry’s goal… Read More
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Rewind 70 years ago. It is May 8, 1945, and Germany has just surrendered. World War II is over in Europe. The day, formally now referred… Read More
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Last week, the House Armed Services Committee took a first step in ensuring that the government provides for the common defense and passed the fiscal… Read More
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ISIS has claimed responsibility for a failed attack that occurred on Sunday in Garland, Texas. At the “First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest,” two… Read More
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Intelligence failure—it’s one of the most common mistakes in war. And recently we learned that it led to the deaths of two Western hostages—one American,… Read More
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Relations among political leaders, civilian agencies and the military blow hot and cold. At this point, things are rather chilly. For more effective coordination between… Read More
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Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, whenever Americans seem especially polarized over a controversial issue, you hear pundits recall how united we’d became in the aftermath… Read More
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Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi, is fine with Hillary Clinton’s decision to appear at a full hearing… Read More
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In a recent 60 Minutes story about U.S. Air Force Space Command and the threat to American satellites, correspondent David Martin intones, “Another thing that… Read More
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Following 19 interdictions along the Central and South American coasts, the crew of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returned home on April 16… Read More
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Nestled between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial is the World War II Memorial, a 7.4-acre site in Washington, D.C., honoring the 16 million… Read More
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Over this past weekend, I spoke to constituents in the eastern part of Nebraska. The one topic that came up every single place we went… Read More
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House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz believes more answers are needed from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the 2012 Benghazi terrorist… Read More
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President Obama announced earlier today that U.S. aid contractor Warren Weinstein, who had been held hostage by al-Qaeda in Pakistan since August 2011, was accidentally… Read More
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Today, the House will vote on the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA) and various amendments to it. With the ongoing threat of cyber attacks from… Read More
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On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack killed… Read More
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It’s been 20 years since we experienced the worst act of American home-grown terrorism at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This… Read More
