Year: 2012

What Americans need to understand about the North Korean threat

By Van Hipp FoxNews.com The successful North Korean rocket launch of the Unha-3 was much, much different than any previous rocket or missile test conducted over the years by the Pyongyang Regime. For years, right after Iran made news, we could always count on the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il, to try and grab […]

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1980 all over again? Romney channels Reagan as Election Day looms

By Van Hipp FoxNews.com Mitt Romney arrived at the third and final presidential debate, with its focus on foreign policy and national security, as the understandable underdog facing a sitting president who receives intelligence briefings on a daily basis. Yet, from the outset, it was the challenger who actually looked more “presidential.” President Obama looked […]

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The Electoral College in 2012

Founding Fathers’ wisdom still evident Thanks to George W. Bush’s 271-266 victory over Al Gore in the Electoral College in 2000 despite losing the popular vote, more people understand the significance and unique role the Electoral College plays in electing our president. These days, political pundits are all over TV and the Internet with their latest Electoral College […]

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Ryan pick checks all the right boxes

Mitt Romney’s selection of U.S. Representative Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate was exactly the kind of “bold move” the Romney campaign needed to make to show the American electorate that he intends to take off the gloves and carry the fight to President Obama this fall.  In addition, the Ryan pick checks […]

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Romney’s international trip could be a defining moment

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s overseas trip has the potential to be the defining moment of the 2012 presidential campaign. People are hurting in America. Mitt Romney wants to talk about economics, President Obama does not. In fact, the president’s recent attacks on Romney have been designed to do just that –get the conversation as […]

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What it means to be an American this Fourth of July

It’s time once again when we pause, step back and assess who we are, what we have and how we got it. Upon some reflection, the answer seems clear– we are Americans. We have freedom. We have it because we fought and died for it. In a speech at Hickam Air Force Base in 1984, […]

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Russia’s Putin is making his moves in Syria and beyond

The eyes of the world are on Syria and rightfully so. The atrocities of the Assad regime are horrific. There’s no question that a friendly Syria, without Assad, would be great news for the free world. It would weaken Iran, allow Israel to be able to deal with Hezbollah, and most importantly would stop the […]

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The sobering truth about the national security threats to a financially squeezed USA

The year 2012 is shaping up to be a big year for the United States as far as increased national security threats are concerned. No, I’m not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan. I’m talking about the almost constant and ever increasing threats to U.S. national security from Iran, North Korea and China. When you consider […]

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Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina Primary by uniting Reagan Republicans

Newt Gingrich’s South Carolina State co-chairman John Napier knew the “Gingrich surge” was real last Sunday afternoon. Napier, a former U.S. Congressman and retired Federal Judge, pulled into the parking lot of the Land’s End Restaurant in Georgetown, S.C. for a Gingrich event expected to draw 25-30 people. Instead, over 350 people showed up before […]

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South Carolina: Gateway to the Republican presidential nomination

“As goes South Carolina, so goes the rest of the South.” Those were the words of late South Carolina GOP Chairman Dan Ross in 1979 when the South Carolina Republican Party officially established its presidential primary beginning in 1980. Since then, and with every presidential election cycle since, South Carolina has always gotten it right. […]

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