Nuclear Reduction Plan Based on Assumptions, Not Reality
President Obama’s speech in Berlin included a nuclear reduction pledge that is based on poor assumptions and an unrealistic goal. It is a policy that… Read More
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Benghazi: Military Commanders Face Questioning
On Wednesday at 9 a.m., Members of Congress will once more try to pry answers from U.S. military leaders regarding the disastrous absence of military… Read More
Snowden, Rafael Correa, and Ecuador
The saga of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor turned “whistleblower” Edward Snowden continues to attract global attention. If press reports prove accurate, Snowden’s final… Read More
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CBO Report Shows Us Worse Off After Immigration Reform (VIDEO)
If 10 guests of The Heritage Foundation each bought a bag of popcorn during one visit, and 20 guests bought the same size bag at… Read More
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Amnesty: A Path to Permanent Residency Is as Bad as a Path to Citizenship
The gossip in Washington is that the House of Representatives, unlike the Senate, will not have a path to citizenship, or amnesty, in its immigration… Read More
Nuclear Weapons: The Case for a Robust Force
President Obama announced yesterday during a speech in Berlin that “peace with justice means pursuing the security of a world without nuclear weapons, no matter… Read More
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Homeland Security Abandons Amnesty Background Checks
Last week, government watchdog Judicial Watch issued a report that showed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) abandoning ordinary background checks due to a surge… Read More
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Phone Records and the NSA: Legal and Keeping America Safe
A couple weeks ago, Edward Snowden exposed a NSA counterterrorism program that collects the phone records of millions of U.S. citizens. As Mr. Snowden continues… Read More
DeMint on Fox News: Immigration Bill Is “Going to Cost Americans Trillions”
Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint appeared on Fox News’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” this afternoon to challenge the Congressional Budget Office’s report that immigration… Read More
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F-35 Survives
During markup of the National Defense Authorization Act, many feared that funding for the F-35 would be stripped from the bill. But conservatives successfully blocked… Read More
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First Take on the CBO Report: Amnesty Hurts U.S. Workers
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate and economic impact documents for S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,… Read More
NSA Spying Stops Terrorism but Should Also Respect Liberties
General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), testified in an open hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee for Intelligence on… Read More
Senator Levin Is Wrong: U.S. Needs East Coast Missile Defense Site
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), recently concluded that there is “no validated military requirement” for a proposed East… Read More
NSA Leaks: The National Security Risks
What happens when NSA leaker extraordinaire Edward Snowden stops being a “guest” of Hong Kong and becomes a subject of a People’s Republic of China… Read More
A Hidden Cost: Failure to Reflect the True Cost of Operations Would Damage Readiness
Among the amendments cleared for action during House consideration the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2014 is an amendment sponsored by Representative… Read More
House Pushes Back on Obama’s Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) advances U.S. national interests when it comes to U.S. nuclear weapons. The bill prohibits… Read More
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Honoring the Greatest Generation
Having enjoyed peace and stability since the end of World War II, it is often easy for Americans to forget a generation that sacrificed so… Read More
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Still a Security Risk
A new report by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, indicates that security at even the… Read More
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Susan Rice to NSC: Obama Goes All In on Failed Policies
President Obama’s jarring choice of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to be the Administration’s new National Security Adviser showcases the President’s… Read More
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House Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act: A First Peek
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund U.S. forces. The Heritage Foundation recently set 10… Read More
Iran Steps Up Its Global Terrorism Campaign
Senior Obama Administration officials held a background briefing on Friday in which they discussed the “alarming trend” of escalating Iranian support for terrorism. Two high-ranking… Read More
Hurricane Season Underway; Be Prepared
With the start of hurricane season on June 1, Americans living along the eastern seaboard and the Gulf Coast should make sure they are prepared… Read More
VIDEO: Senator Vitter’s 6 Reasons to Oppose Comprehensive Immigration Legislation
Senator David Vitter (R–LA) has “real and fundamental concerns with the so-called ‘Gang of Eight’ bill”—and he took to the Senate floor last week to… Read More
Secretary Kerry Fumbles at the African Union
Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, was called a terrorist organization by Secretary of State John Kerry last week. At the 50th anniversary Summit… Read More
Arrest Made in Attack on French Soldier Suggests Homegrown Radicalization
Shortly before 6 p.m. last Saturday, French soldier Cedric Cordier was patrolling the underground arcade of bustling shops beneath the famed La Grande Arche de… Read More
The National Guard, Supporting Local Efforts in Tornado Relief
In response to the tornado that struck the Moore, Oklahoma, area last week, the National Guard mobilized 250 personnel to assist state and local response… Read More
Hezbollah Escalates Fighting in Syria as Sectarian Tensions Grow in Lebanon
The Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah is becoming more aggressively involved in Syria’s civil war, which threatens to reopen the old wounds of Lebanon’s… Read More
Cybersecurity: Homeland Security Follies
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just found out that it had a cybersecurity vulnerability for the past four years that could have led to… Read More
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Chinese Hackers Compromise U.S. Weapons Systems
The Washington Post is reporting that the designs for many of the U.S.’s “most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers.” While… Read More
China Hacks U.S. Defense Department
The Defense Science Board (DSB) just released a report indicating that Chinese hackers have compromised the designs of perhaps two dozen of America’s top defense… Read More
