LawNews
Convicted Democrat Ex-Sen. Menendez Accuses Party of Lawfare
Convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., took to X on Friday to accuse his party of weaponizing justice and unfairly ousting him from the Senate… Read More
InternationalNews
Rubio Warns During Hearing of Possible New ‘Full-Scale Civil War’ in Syria
Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda and defended government reforms from attacks by Democrats on the Senate Foreign… Read More
InternationalNews
Align Foreign Policy ‘to Our National Interest,’ Secretary of State Nominee Rubio Says
When Sen. Marco Rubio was asked Wednesday how he would define success as secretary of state, for which he has been nominated, he told the… Read More
SecurityNews
‘AMERICA AT GREAT RISK’: Foreign Affairs Committee Members Warn Biden’s Lack of Mental Fitness Puts US in Danger
Republican members of the House and Senate foreign affairs committees have expressed alarm over President Joe Biden’s apparent declining mental health amid a growing terror… Read More
LawCommentary
NJ’s Menendez Rejects Calls to Quit Senate Amid Corruption Indictment
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released an indictment, which accuses New Jersey’s senior Democratic U.S. senator, Bob Menendez—along with his wife and several others—of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Loss for Anti-Trump Media Forces: Michael Pack Confirmed as Agency for Global Media Head
After a delay of two years, on Thursday the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Pack as the new chief executive officer of the U.S. Agency for… Read More
Critical Questions for the Obama Administration on Burma–North Korea Ties
In a discussion at Heritage last week examining U.S.–Burma military-to-military relations, former Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff Keith Luse laid out his personal opinion… Read More
Burma Is Not Ready for Mil-to-Mil Cooperation with the U.S.
Has Burma made enough reforms to have military-to-military cooperation with the U.S.? Congressman Steve Chabot (R–OH) says no. In a recent speech at The Heritage… Read More
Heritage Experts Discuss the Mess in Syria (VIDEO)
In a 26-minute chat, Heritage experts discussed the unraveling situation in Syria and why President Obama’s widely publicized plan for limited missile strikes is not… Read More
Experts Answer: What Do You Want to Know About Syria?
President Obama said last year that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was a “red line.” It wasn’t one that he rushed to enforce,… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama’s Goals in Syria Remain Unclear
Red lines work only when they are red. This is one of the foreign policy lessons President Obama has not learned. The President has had… Read More
Obama’s Unreal New Realities on Syria
Today, President Obama sent Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey to testify before the… Read More
News
4 Things John Kerry Got Wrong in a 4½-Minute Video
Secretary of State John Kerry has a new, impassioned video appeal for the U.S. Senate to consent to ratification of the U.N. Convention on the… Read More
Halt the Senate Rush to Fill Dysfunctional Broadcasting Board
An untimely rush is on in the Senate to fill board positions in one of the government’s most dysfunctional agencies, the Broadcasting Board of Governors… Read More
News
Hatch: U.S. Should Protect Sovereignty, Not Promote a U.N. Treaty
Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) delivered a broadside on the Senate floor last week to proponents of U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of… Read More
Benghazi Scandal Haunts Nuland Nomination
Benghazi continues to haunt the Obama Administration. As demonstrated yesterday, Victoria Nuland, the nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and former State… Read More
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Congress Showing Initiative to Investigate Benghazi
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s congressional testimony (here and here) failed to deliver new information regarding the September 11, 2012, attack on the… Read More
Morning Bell: John Kerry, President Obama’s Ideological Twin
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is likely to be confirmed today as the next Secretary of State after sailing through a Senate hearing last week. What… Read More
News
Benghazi Terrorist Attack: The Difference It Makes
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bristled in a heated moment at yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing when pressed about why the Obama Administration initially… Read More
SecurityNews
Clinton Takes One for Her Team
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the September 11 terrorist attack… Read More
News
Congressional Hearing on Benghazi: New Developments Beg More Answers
Tomorrow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the terrorist attack… Read More
Clinton and Kerry Play Musical Chairs with U.S. Foreign Policy, Benghazi
Senator John Kerry (D–MA) has announced that he will bow out of chairing the expected Benghazi hearing featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January… Read More
Hunkering Down for the Confirmation Hearings
Yesterday, President Obama pretty much told the world what to expect from the White House for national security and foreign policy for the second term:… Read More
New START Treaty Vote Predicted in Lame Duck Session
The New START Treaty, a treaty signed between the U.S. and Russia, is promoted by the Obama Administration as a means toward a reduction of… Read More
Questions Raised about Obama’s Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Management and Reform
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding confirmation hearings this afternoon for five nominees. One of the nominees, Jide J. Zeitlin, is being nominated to… Read More
