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For Yezidis Displaced by ISIS, a Long Way Home
Yezidis have lived in Iraq’s Sinjar region and Nineveh plains for centuries. But after recent attacks by the Islamic State, most are so scared of… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
China’s Growing Military Pressure Against India
For years, there has been concern about the “string of pearls,” China’s range of investments in port facilities in nations along the Indian Ocean littoral…. Read More
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The Iron Dome Works
It’s been a rough few weeks for one of America’s most vociferous critics of missile defense. Ted Postol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and longtime… Read More
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Boehner: Ground Troops Needed to Defeat ISIS ‘Barbarians’
House Speaker John Boehner said today the United States should send ground forces to fight the militant Islamic State if no other country does. .@SpeakerBoehner… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Is Talking, Not Acting, Like George W. Bush
The U.S. military has officially begun airstrikes against terrorist targets inside Syria. It would be nice to think that this represents a different Obama and… Read More
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Obama Wants to Stop Tomahawk Missiles in 2016. But the Navy Is Firing Them at ISIS.
President Obama ordered the launch of 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles last Monday night from the USS Philippine Sea and USS Arleigh Burke, all aimed at… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Believes Our Urgent Threat Is … Climate Change
At the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday, President Barack Obama offered a stunning–in fact, deeply disturbing–insight into his views on threats to the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Snub to Congress: Oversight of International Broadcasting Agency in Question
With the hiring of new Chief Executive Officer Andy Lack, formerly of Bloomberg News, the Broadcasting Board of Governors has pulled an end-run around congressional… Read More
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The Sneaky Way the Obama Administration Is Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Join the Military
Despite the challenges of a growing terrorist threat, the Obama administration has decided now is the right time to allow illegal immigrants to join the… Read More
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Navy SEAL Shot 27 Times by al-Qaeda Lives. Now He Helps Others.
On April 6, 2007, Navy SEAL Sr. Chief Mike Day was shot 27 times by four al-Qaeda leaders. Despite the extensive close-range wounds, Day was… Read More
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Once Here, 70 Percent of Illegal Families Don’t Report Back to Immigration Agents
Seven of every 10 families released by the Obama administration this year after entering the country illegally didn’t show up for follow-up appointments with authorities,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s UN Speech: Long on Rhetoric, Short on Substance
President Barack Obama’s 2014 speech to the United Nations General Assembly today highlighted a number of major crises facing the world today, but it focused… Read More
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‘I Think Our Values Are Better’: UK’s Liam Fox Talks the West and Islamic State Threat
Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood talks to Liam Fox, former United Kingdom defense secretary and a conservative member of parliament, about ISIS and what must be… Read More
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UK’s Fox: We Must Stop ISIS Before It Becomes ‘University of Jihad’
If the world does not destroy the terrorist group ISIS, former British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said today, “they will become the University of Jihad,… Read More
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Raw Footage of First U.S. Strikes Against ISIS in Syria
Videos released by the U.S. Navy early Tuesday captured raw footage of the military’s first assault on Islamic State targets in Syria. The broad series… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Federal District Court—Not Military Commission—Was Right Court to Try Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law was sentenced to life in prison today in a New York federal district court. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was convicted in… Read More
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Washington Shouldn’t React to White House Fence Jumper By Making Government Buildings Less Accessible
Since this article was originally published, it has been reported that the fence jumper, Omar Gonzalez, got further inside the White House than was known…. Read More
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Dem Rep.: Congress ‘Abdicating’ Constitutional Power by Leaving D.C. Without Authorizing War
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., today said Congress is “absolutely” abdicating its constitutional power to declare war by leaving Washington, D.C., without authorizing war in either… Read More
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Tony Blair: Obama Is ‘Absolutely Right’ With Plan to Defeat ISIS
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair commended President Obama for his strategy to defeat ISIS, but noted that over time, there may be a need… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What Obama Could Learn From George W. Bush About War
Replaying the video of President Bush’s 2007 warning against a premature withdrawal U.S. troops from Iraq is all the rage. Millions of Americans have “gone… Read More
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Q&A: Meet Khorasan, the Terrorist Group That Might Be Scarier Than ISIS
As the Islamic State terrorist organization commands attention with its cold-blooded tactics of rape and murder, another group of violent extremists in Syria considers itself… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Won’t the Obama Administration Fund Efforts to Make the Rest of the World Not Hate Us?
The U.S. Congress heard recently from the President that the world is a dangerous place and that we may need to defend our national security… Read More
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What Should U.S. Diplomacy Strategy Be in a Time of Terrorism?
Without question, the Obama administration has been slow in coming up with a strategy to counter the threat from ISIS terrorism. This week, Rick Stengel,… Read More
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Australia Foils Terror Plot to Randomly Behead Civilians
Australian security officials say they stopped a suspected plan by Islamist extremists to capture random citizens and behead them in public and on camera. More… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Can’t We See This in the Cinema?
Of late, Hollywood has given us all kinds of movies about the military. The worst of them—such as “Green Zone,” a dreadful 2010 film that… Read More
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Former State Dept. Official: Details of Maxwell’s Benghazi Document Story ‘Ring True’
A State Department whistleblower has come forward to say the details of a former colleague’s account of the sifting of Benghazi-related documents to identify damaging material “ring… Read More
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Cartoon: Obama’s Version of Fantasy Football
Does this “team” look like it’s ready to challenge ISIS?
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Benghazi Hearings: At Some Point, Hillary Clinton Must Answer Questions About Her Role
At the first public hearing of the Benghazi Select Committee, Democrats and Republicans alike expressed frustration with the State Department’s actions and responses with regard… Read More
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For Lawmakers, an ‘Agonizing’ Decision on How to Confront ISIS
One popular notion is that members of Congress who oppose helping Syrian rebels confront the Islamic State terrorists fall into one of two groups: anti-war Democrats who… Read More
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Jimmy Carter: ‘I Think We Need to Attack ISIS’
Former President Jimmy Carter, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, says President Obama is justified in taking military action against the terrorist group… Read More
