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Meet the Last Remaining Four-Legged Hero of 9/11
Heroes of all stripes emerged during and after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, 13 years later, one is the last known of… Read More
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How 17 Candid Americans Reacted to Obama’s ISIS Speech
Last night, Obama addressed the nation vowing to “destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL.” The speech, focusing on a four-point counterterrorism plan for Iraq… Read More
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At One Border Hot Spot, Concern That Federal Prosecutors Have Cooled on Security
Officials in Yuma County, Ariz., a border region long a hot spot for illegal immigration, say the Department of Justice is scaling back an established… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Unintended Consequences of Obama’s ISIS Strategy
President Obama has a discomfort with foreign policy and using American power. He doesn’t feel comfortable doing it and wishes the problems away. Unfortunately, in the case… Read More
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What Obama Got Right—and Wrong—in His ISIS Speech
On Wednesday, President Obama addressed the nation concerning an uptick of action against the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL. It was a… Read More
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Ted Cruz Slams Obama’s ‘Photo-Op Foreign Policy’
Moments after President Obama spoke to the nation Wednesday night about the threat posed by the Islamic State, Sen. Ted Cruz told Fox News’ Megyn… Read More
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Obama’s 4-Point ISIS Strategy Explained in 3 Minutes
President Obama addressed the nation Wednesday night in hopes to lay out a strategy to “destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL”—a much anticipated speech… Read More
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A Primer for Obama’s ISIS Speech: No Easy Answers for a Long Fight
In a prime-time address tonight, President Obama hoped to explain to Americans his strategy for defeating the Islamic State, the terrorist group whose rush of… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Heritage at the NATO Summit
Last week, I participated in the Future Leaders Summit at the venue of the NATO summit in Wales, dubbed the most important summit in NATO’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Advice for Obama: What He Should Say About ISIS Tonight
President Obama “has to avoid the risk of talking about what he will not do and what America will not do,” says Steve Bucci, a… Read More
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Q&A: What More Troops in Iraq Means for Defeating ISIS
Despite repeated U.S. airstrikes ordered by President Obama to blunt the advance of the Islamic State, the brutal terrorist group — also known as ISIS… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Benghazi Eyewitness Stories Contradict Official Account
Eyewitness accounts of the Benghazi attack—broadcast by Fox News over the weekend—have now publicly and directly contradicted the official account as shaped by the State… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Visa Waiver Program Is No Threat to National Security
Recent reports of foreign fighters from Europe and the U.S. in Syria and Iraq have caused speculation regarding the security of the U.S.’s Visa Waiver… Read More
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Arab Bank Mounts Its Defense in Landmark Terrorist Financing Case
The chairman of Arab Bank, Sabih Al-Masri, is expected to be the first defense witness as a landmark terrorism trial begins its third week in… Read More
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How Ted Cruz Would Defeat ISIS
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday he hopes President Obama seeks congressional approval in taking military action against the Islamic State, the terrorist group also… Read More
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‘This Is Not the Equivalent of the Iraq War’: Obama Won’t Use Ground Troops to Combat ISIS
In a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today, President Obama said he will not deploy U.S. ground troops to Iraq or Syria to… Read More
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Greta Van Susteren: White House Pressured Me to Get Fox News to Back Down on Benghazi
Last night, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren said the White House pressured her to get a colleague to back down on a Benghazi story…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Should Talk About ISIS the Way David Cameron Does
The contrast between last week’s press conference in London by British Prime Minister David Cameron and the White House remarks by President Obama could not… Read More
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Has President Obama Watched the Islamic State’s ‘Message to America’ Videos?
Yesterday, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl asked White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes whether President Obama has watched the two videos of the Islamic… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Was Underwhelming in His Remarks on ISIS
This wasn’t the voice of President Reagan, rallying the free world to confront a great evil, a great menace to the world today.
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Transatlantic Trends: NATO Still Required for Europe’s Defense
The German Marshall Fund announced the results of its annual Transatlantic Trends survey this week, to coincide with the 2014 NATO summit in Wales. The… Read More
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Flashback: President George W. Bush Warned of What Would Happen If the U.S. Withdrew From Iraq Too Early
Facing criticism from opponents of the Iraq War after ordering a troop surge in 2007, President George W. Bush issued a warning of what would… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Joan Rivers’ Passionate Defense of Israel Against Hamas
“Let me just tell you: If New Jersey were [blasting] rockets into New York, we would wipe them out,” said comedian Joan Rivers in July…. Read More
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House Deputy Whip Says Obama Immigration Action Would Hand Control of Senate to Republicans
A Texas lawmaker says if President Obama were to try to revamp immigration law on his own, it would change the course of November’s midterm… Read More
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Mother of Jailed Marine Asks White House to Expedite Release From Mexico Prison
Nearly 135,000 people have signed a petition demanding the release of Marine Corps Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from a Mexico prison, prompting an official response from… Read More
Islamic State Beheads a Second American Journalist, Warns of More Executions
The Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, claims to have beheaded a second American journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff. A video of… Read More
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Parents of Fallen Navy SEAL Voice Outrage at Obama in Emotional Letter
Billy and Karen Vaughn, the parents of a Navy SEAL who died in combat, recently called President Obama’s handling of terrorism “cowardly” and suggested he… Read More
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U.S. Government Lost Track of 6,000 Foreign Nationals of ‘Heightened Concern’
More than 6,000 foreign nationals in the United States on student visas have vanished after overstaying their time here, raising alarm at the Department of… Read More
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Q&A: Can the World Count on the U.N. to Fight ISIS Terrorists?
Top officials for the United Nations last week announced the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, committed crimes against humanity “on an unimaginable… Read More
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‘Militarization’ Critics Want to Review a Pentagon Program After Ferguson. But Police Get Gear This Way, Too.
President Obama has led a chorus of cries for a review of a Pentagon program supplying “excess” weaponry and equipment to state and local police… Read More
