SecurityCommentary
The Best Deal With Iran Is No Deal With Iran
It’s no secret that the Obama administration badly wants a nuclear deal with Iran. And it’s no secret that the Iranians are playing hard to… Read More
SecurityNews
Why John McCain Doubts Obama’s Pick for Defense Secretary Will Have Clout
President Obama’s nominee for secretary of defense will need to penetrate the White House’s tight inner circle of national security and foreign policy advisers to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Intelligence Committee Report on Benghazi at the Center of New Storm
Survivors of the Benghazi terrorist attack and members of Congress alike are voicing deep frustrations with the report released on Nov. 21 by the House Select Committee on Intelligence. The… Read More
SecurityNews
Watch How This Marine Reacts When His Wife Surprises Him Upon His Return from Afghanistan
Sara Taylor wanted to give her husband a huge surprise. Her husband, Sgt. Fort Taylor, was returning to the United States after serving for a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
More Regulations Undermine Chemical Facilities Security
What does security at chemical facilities have to do with labor relations? Not much, but lawmakers are considering adding a provision to the Chemical Facility… Read More
SecurityNews
Conservatives Train Fire on Government ‘Land Grab’ in Key Defense Bill
Parkland and wilderness provisions added to a defense policy measure have outraged friends of the military, who call the move both a “land grab” and a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Dangerous Allure of Advanced Technology
“Offset strategies” is a topic currently being discussed in defense circles, the premise being that the U.S. has adopted various approaches to offset an advantage… Read More
SecurityNews
Army Veteran Explains Why He Called Out ‘Phony Soldier’ in Shopping Mall
In a crowded Pennsylvania shopping mall on Black Friday, an Army veteran spots a suspicious-looking man in uniform. “Where’d you get your three CIBs at?”… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Last Man Standing: Don’t Expect Ashton Carter to Rock the Boat
Ashton Carter looks like a shoe-in for the next Secretary of Defense. All the other possible candidates have pulled themselves from contention, and it is… Read More
SecurityCommentary
ISIS Is Watching U.S. Military Members and Their Families on Social Media
Are U.S. military members at risk on social media? The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security this weekend jointly issued the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
HASC Members Discuss Findings of National Defense Panel. Will Congress Listen?
The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing today on the 2014 National Defense Panel Report, which was released in July of this year. During… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Ongoing Insurgency
On November 28, the terrorist group Boko Haram attacked a mosque in Kano, a city in northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 people according to… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
U.S. Should Support NATO Membership for Georgia
On November 15, a crowd of 30,000 Georgian protestors took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest Russian policies in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In… Read More
SecurityNews
Why ISIS May Surpass al-Qaeda in the Middle East
ISIS may surpass al-Qaeda in terms of power in the Middle East, according to a Heritage Foundation Middle East expert. “Ideologically, they [ISIS] are on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Is North Korea Behind This Hollywood Studio Getting Hacked?
Last week, Sony Pictures was the victim of a cyber intrusion. So far, at least 5 motion pictures, including war film “Fury” with Brad Pitt… Read More
SecurityNews
Americans Should Fear Terrorists Crossing ‘Defenseless’ Border, Warns Tom Cotton
Arkansas Sen.-elect Tom Cotton shot back at NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd when asked whether his campaign rhetoric about the threat of terrorism on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Did Obama Ever Think Hagel Was Qualified to Be Defense Secretary?
Breaking news from the White House: Chuck Hagel lacks the skills to be defense secretary. Talk about understatement. That’s like the last soldier on the… Read More
SecurityNews
Watch This Unemployed Army Veteran Get the Surprise of His Life
After three years in the Army and deployment to Iraq, this soldier, like many others, struggled to pay the bills and find a job. So “Pranking It… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Thanksgiving Sacrifice to Remember
As we sit down to feast with our families this holiday, the blessing might well include a word of thanks to the men and women… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Al-Qaeda Was Involved: 17 Findings From the Explosive New Benghazi Report
A new report on Benghazi does little to resolve the ongoing controversy about what happened. The U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why It Doesn’t Matter Who the Next Secretary of Defense Is
After news of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s resignation Monday, analysts immediately predicted that Hagel will be made a scapegoat for the administration’s poor leadership on… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Those Who Confront Death
The Kurdish people are often described as the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation-state; nevertheless, they have greatly influenced regional events—most recently… Read More
SecurityNews
White House, Congress Raided Hundreds of Millions from Anti-Bioterrorism Fund
Congress and the Obama White House looked for billions of dollars a few years ago to offset the costs of a legal settlement with black… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Relief from the Hagel Budgets
Secretary Chuck Hagel served as the head of the Department of Defense (DOD) for a grand total of 21 months and, like those previous to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Cybersecurity: Time for the U.S. to Stop Negotiating with China and Start Acting
It comes as no surprise that the U.S.–China cybersecurity talks at the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) largely failed. While Obama was in China The Washington… Read More
SecurityNews
Amid Crises, Obama Pushes Out Hagel as Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned today after less than two years in the post amid the struggles of President Obama’s national security team to respond… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Chuck Hagel Learned to Love the Bomb. Will His Successor?
When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel entered the Obama administration, he was a proponent of U.S. unilateral nuclear weapons reductions. He believed that nuclear weapons are… Read More
SecurityNews
House Panel’s Benghazi Report ‘Full of Crap,’ Senator Says
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., today said a new House committee report on the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi is “full of crap.” The report by… Read More
SecurityNews
No Cover-Up, Intelligence Failure or Military Inaction in Benghazi Attacks, House Panel Finds
Intelligence and military officials responded appropriately during the terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a House committee concluded in a report released… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Pentagon Spent $46 Billion to Develop Weapon Systems It Never Bought. It’s Time to Cut Waste.
When it comes to how the Pentagon buys new stuff, everyone’s a critic. The zeal for reform rivals that of Carrie Nation when she first… Read More
