The Washington Times Foreign-policy flaws leave national security in shambles By J.D. Gordon- J.D. Gordon was the vice president for communications and a foreign policy and national security adviser to Herman Cain’s 2012 Republican presidential nomination campaign Friday, December 30, 2011 So 2011 has come and gone – yet another bleak chapter in our national […]
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JANUARY 10, 2012 Spending less on defense means squandering the money elsewhere. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Or consider Mr. Obama’s favorite subject, nuclear proliferation. In April 2009, he gave a speech in Prague dreaming of a nuclear-free world. Almost immediately, North Korea tested a weapon, Pakistan expanded its arsenal, Iran moved ahead
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JANUARY 6, 2012 Obama’s Defense Drawdown Entitlements begin to crowd out the American military. A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT EISENHOWER – ” WEAKNESS IN ARMS, OFTEN INVITES AGGRESSION.” President Obama yesterday put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time
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The wages of appeasement By Charles Krauthammer, Published: December 15 “Ask Osama bin Laden . . . whether I engage in appeasement.” — Barack Obama, Dec. 8 Fair enough. Barack Obama didn’t appease Osama bin Laden. He killed him. And for ordering the raid and taking the risk, Obama deserves credit. Credit for decisiveness and political courage. However,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defeat in Iraq President Obama’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops is the mother of all disasters Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Marisa Cochrane Sullivan November 7, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 08 Iraq is not Vietnam. There are certainly analogies: the length and unpopularity of the wars; the late
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NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Barack Obama is leading us toward a cascade of proliferation in the Middle East. By MITT ROMNEY EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: In his “reset” of relations with Russia, President Obama caved in to Moscow’s demands by reneging on a missile-defense agreement with Eastern European allies and agreeing to a New Start Treaty
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THE WASHINGTON POST By Joby Warrick, Published: November 6 Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles, according to Western diplomats and nuclear experts briefed on the findings. Documents and
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OCTOBER 14, 2011 The U.S. military is the principal guardian of our global economy’s avenues of commerce. We protect the skies, cyberspace and the world’s oceans. By BUCK MCKEON Mr. McKeon, a California Republican, is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee What principles should guide the congressional super committee as it prepares to cut
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) No More Cuts Gary Schmitt and Thomas Donnelly October 10, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 04 Among the many shortcomings of the Budget Control Act and its spawn, the “Super Committee,” is that the threat of a sequestration “nuclear option”—in which some $600 billion would be cut automatically from national
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Romney Defends Defense Daniel Halper October 10, 2011 12:04 PM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made clear, in a foreign policy speech on Friday, that he believes “American strength rises from a strong economy, a strong defense, and the enduring strength of our values.” Romney then pledged to “reverse
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