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Finally: A Benghazi Select Committee
The Benghazi scandal finally will get the investigative attention it should have gotten months ago. House Speaker John Boehner (R–Ohio) said today that he will… Read More
Missile Defense: House Overwhelmingly Approves a Third Site
The House of Representatives voted 416–1 this week to approve construction of a third U.S. missile defense site. The Heritage Foundation has advocated a missile… Read More
No Speech Can Fix This
President Obama has been on a foreign tour. How’s it going on the world stage? Probably not so well when New York Times columnist Maureen… Read More
Q&A: Do the Latest Sanctions on Russia Go Far Enough?
The U.S. and other nations continue to impose sanctions on Russia following the retaking of Crimea and the presence of Russian troops in other parts… Read More
Growing Chinese Military Space Capabilities
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) earlier this month and issued remarks calling for the… Read More
Financial Regulator Considers New Cybersecurity Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an initiative last week to examine the cybersecurity of 50 security brokerages. The initiative is a detailed, high-level… Read More
Bill Clinton Is Concerned and You Should Be, Too
What do Bill Clinton, The Washington Post, and The Heritage Foundation have in common? They are all wary of a big transition that’s happening with… Read More
Study: NIST Framework Will Harm Cybersecurity
A new report by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center finds that the Cybersecurity Framework could “ultimately undermine cybersecurity” and diminish the “spontaneous, creative sources of… Read More
Latest Trick for Illegal Immigrants: Granting Amnesty in Return for Military Service
Here’s a disturbing new idea from some members of Congress: Trade instant citizenship to illegal immigrants if they’ll agree to serve in the U.S. military…. Read More
U.S. Should Not Give Russia More Insight into Its National Security Activities
House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R–MI) sent a letter to President Obama urging him to reject a request by Russian President Vladimir Putin to… Read More
Disputed Call: Obama Tries to Shrug Off House Leader’s Public Rebuke
President Obama today sought to make light of a stinging public rebuke from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who took the president to task for… Read More
A Nation That Is ‘Boston Strong’
After the bombing shattered the Boston Marathon last year, hundreds of runners left their shoes behind in a spontaneous memorial. Many wrote messages on them…. Read More
Hagel’s Visit to China Showcases Hardening Chinese Line
As Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel returns from his visit to China, reporting on the visit has been mixed. Optimists have tended to focus on… Read More
WATCH: Why Sharyl Attkisson Left CBS News Over Benghazi ‘Pressure’
Veteran correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who quit CBS News citing lack of support for her investigative reporting on Benghazi and other Obama administration scandals, told Fox… Read More
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Medal of Honor Recipient Rejoins Military
U.S. Army captain and Medal of Honor recipient Will Swenson returned to active duty recently. Captain Swenson will be joining I Corps at Joint Base… Read More
Is Congress Our Number One Threat to Homeland Security?
Currently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports to over 100 committees and subcommittees in Congress. Could you imagine reporting to over 100 bosses? The… Read More
National Guard Chief Accepts Army Aviation Restructuring Plan
General Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, expressed acceptance of the Army’s aviation restructuring plan recently. Though there had been resistance to this… Read More
Save Our Ships: DHS Should Renew Cargo Waiver
A waiver implemented by former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano that has exempted DHS from scanning every piece of cargo… Read More
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The Asia Pivot Comes Up Short—Again
The U.S. Marine Corps is questioning whether it can implement the Obama Administration’s much-vaunted strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific. “We are on our way…to a… Read More
Congress Should Support Army Aviation Restructure Initiative
The U.S. Army and Army National Guard have squared off in a debate of the proper allocation of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters between the two… Read More
Q&A on Ukraine: After Losing Crimea to Russia, What Next?
Russia essentially took over part of Ukraine and still reportedly has troops along the country’s border. We asked Heritage’s Margaret Thatcher Fellow, Luke Coffey, what… Read More
General Carl E. Mundy Jr., USMC (Ret.): July 16, 1935–April 2, 2014
The U.S. Marine Corps lost one of its generational leaders this week with the passing of General Carl E. Mundy Jr., the Corps’s 30th commandant…. Read More
WATCH: Megyn Kelly Faults CAIR for Quashing Film on ‘Honor Violence’
For two nights running, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly criticized efforts by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to impede screenings –on university campuses and… Read More
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MEADS: A Way to Keep U.S. Commitments and Increase American Security
A recent article in the Huffington Post called for the cancellation of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program, an ongoing multinational missile defense… Read More
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Report: U.S. Releases 1 in 3 Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Crimes
Federal immigration officials last year charged only one of every four “deportable” illegal immigrants and released more than a third of those convicted of crimes,… Read More
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Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine Versus Obama’s “Nuclear Zero”
There is a stark discrepancy between the nuclear doctrines of the United States and Russia, according to a recent discussion hosted by the George C…. Read More
3 Things That Don’t Make Sense in Putin’s World
Russia’s Vladimir Putin took part of a country. So what kind of world does that mean we’re living in? It’s a world where we can’t… Read More
James R. Schlesinger: Devoted Patriot
The U.S. lost a dedicated public servant yesterday with the passing of James R. Schlesinger, a prominent member of the Washington establishment during a particularly… Read More
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Sen. Jeff Sessions Rips ‘Weakening’ Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Warns of ‘Open Invitation’ to Violators
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R–Ala.) slams the Obama administration’s loosening of already lax enforcement of immigration laws in a report revealing that almost no illegal immigrant… Read More
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Defense Cuts Leaving the U.S. Navy Toothless?
Earlier this month, the Obama administration released the annual FY2015 budget request for the Department of Defense. As analysts pore over the several thousand pages… Read More
