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  • The meaning of Sunday's European elections

    Published May 06, 2012

    Sunday’s elections results in six European countries, particularly France, Greece and Germany, bode poorly for satisfactorily resolving the European Union’s ongoing financial and political crisis.  

  • Obama's timidity risks the world's security

    Published April 10, 2012

    President Obama's driving ideology, whether he wins or loses in November, has already had enormous implications for the U.S. role in the world and the very structure of international order.

  • Obama, Moscow and Romney

    Published March 28, 2012

    In his 2011 State of the Union Address, with six members of the Supreme Court present, President Obama famously attacked the Court’s Citizen’s United decision. At the center of Obama’s criticism was his completely erroneous contention that the decision opened the floodgates to foreign corporate spending in U.S. election campaigns.

  • Palestinian U.N. Statehood Bid -- More Broadway Theater Than a Serious Effort to Achieve Middle East Peace

    Published September 20, 2011

    This is neither the first time, nor undoubtedly the last, that Palestinian leaders have succumbed to the delusion that Middle Eastern reality can be changed by irrelevant U.N. activity.

  • The Pentagon's On Fire -- Amb. John Bolton Remembers 9/11

    Published September 07, 2011

    My secretary raced into my office to say that the Pentagon was on fire. I went to a window and saw a great cloud of smoke and fire rising just across the Potomac River from the iconic building’s western side. Another staffer then ran in to exclaim that he had just watched a large aircraft crash into the Pentagon right next to its helipad. We were under attack. We had no clue what was coming next.

  • Bring the Lockerbie Bomber to Trial -- Before It's Too Late

    Published August 29, 2011

    It is proper, it is appropriate, for the United States to insist to the new government, the Transitional National Council in Libya, that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi be handed over to us. 

  • If Obama Thinks Assad Should Go, What Is He Prepared to Do About It?

    Published August 18, 2011

    If you say you want President Assad to go but you're not prepared to do anything other than a modest increase in sanctions, in effect, aren't you giving Assad and his Iranian allies license to do whatever it takes to stay in power?

  • We Must Stop the 2012 Defense Budget Train Wreck

    Published August 16, 2011

    Hollowing out America’s military right now would be a catastrophic mistake in a dangerous world. 

  • John Bolton Explains Why He Is Thinking of Running For President

    Published August 10, 2011

    The Republican Party must nominate a leader who, unlike Obama, understands instinctively that America’s liberty, prosperity and national security are inextricably linked.

  • The Debt Deal and the Threat to America's National Security

    Published August 01, 2011

    The debt deal, by risking massive defense cutbacks, potentially points a dagger at the heart of our national security.