Appointment of John Bolton President Trump has made one of his best appointments of his Administration with the selection of John Bolton as National Security Advisor. Peace Through Strength Bolton, a “peace through strength” Reagan conservative, is the right man to help navigate the complex foreign policy and national security landscape that includes North Korea, […]
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No one can doubt the historic nature of the upcoming meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. It will mark the first time in history that the leaders of the United States and North Korea have ever met face to face. In fact, the leaders of the two nations have never even […]
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When President Trump was in Davos recently “selling America” and engaging with world business leaders, his Secretary of Defense was in Asia engaging with former foes in an effort to now work together on a common interest — the South China Sea. While much of the media has been focused on the tabloid issue of […]
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Most Americans are in disbelief that that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl escaped any jail time for desertion in Afghanistan. His case is a sad reminder of why we should never engage in prisoner exchanges with terrorists and why deserters should be dealt with harshly. When Bergdahl deserted in 2009, a number of search efforts for […]
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When Donald Trump took the oath of office as our 45th President, he inherited one of the most complex national security and foreign policy situations a U.S. president has faced since President John F. Kennedy stared down Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is an international chess game with no good options and […]
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By Van Hipp As Americans grow increasingly concerned about Ebola both here and around the world, I’ve been speaking with respected doctors who have spent most of their lives working for our government. The concern they have about the Ebola threat to the American people is very real. They have spent their lives making sure […]
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President Obama said Sunday that U.S. intelligence underestimated ISIS’s strength on the ground in Syria and Iraq. National-security officials counter that the president has been receiving precise briefings on the rise of the terrorist group for over two years, but Obama ignored the threat. While politicos point fingers, the danger is escalating rapidly as ISIS acts on insight into U.S. vulnerabilities it is getting from Russia.
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The recent Ebola outbreak and other biological and medical threats underscore the fact that it is US military docs who are on the frontline in keeping America safe. The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) have for years been developing the most promising technologies to counter biological threats.
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In the last few years, while America’s attention has been focused on everything from the Facebook IPO, Miley Cyrus’ twerking and the Olympics, something special has been happening in Ohio.
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One of the reasons the states came together to form the federal government was to provide for the “common defense” of the American people. In keeping with this, the so-called “Reagan Test” has been the best guide as to when U.S. military action is wise — that is when a vital U.S. national security interest […]
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