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January 4, 2020

DHS looks to ramp up protections for places of worship after spate of attacks

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to ramp up protections for faith-based organizations and make houses of worship across the U.S. safer -- after a string of attacks of synagogues, churches and other places of worship in 2019.

January 3, 2020

Sen. James Risch on Soleimani kill: Trump 'did what he had to do'

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch, R-Idaho, defended President Trump's decision to order the drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

January 3, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: In ordering Soleimani killing, Trump acting correctly, decisively and constitutionally

President Trump did not need congressional permission to order an attack that killed Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani.

January 3, 2020

The master behind the mask: Who is Iran’s most feared and powerful military commander?

He is routinely referred to as the “shadow commander” or “spymaster” and is considered one of the most powerful persons in Iran. So who is 62-year-old Qassem Soleimani, the military mastermind whom Secretary of State Mike Pompeo equates with being as dangerous at ISIS leader Abu al-Baghdadi?

January 3, 2020

Christian Whiton: Trump right to order killing of Iranian Gen. Soleimani – Will make Americans safer

President Trump acted correctly and decisively in ordering the Friday morning killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, in an airstrike in Iraq.

January 2, 2020

Michael Pregent: In Iraq, US should take these 6 actions – We can’t allow it to become an Iranian puppet

After the tremendous sacrifices America made to liberate Iraq from the rule of brutal dictator Saddam Hussein and end his threat to other nations, we must not allow Iraq to become a puppet of the virulently anti-American dictatorship that rules Iran.

December 23, 2019

State Dept opens massive new training center, complete with fake town, burning simulator

The State Department opens Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Blackstone, Virginia. The massive 1,350-acre compound was approved by Congress and built to provide comprehensive lifesaving security training to Department of State personnel and members of the foreign affairs community.

December 17, 2019

GOP push to reform FISA gains momentum in wake of Horowitz report

A push to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has gained fresh momentum on Capitol Hill from Republicans amid the fallout of the long-awaited findings of Michael Horowitz, the Department of Justice’s inspector general who illuminated an array of abuses and misdeeds pertaining to government surveillance tools during the Russia investigation.

December 8, 2019

Newt Gingrich: Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were horrific surprise attacks – How can we prevent new ones?

This month is the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a devastating surprise attack on an American naval base that brought the United States into World War II.

November 30, 2019

The impact of designating Mexican cartels a 'foreign terrorist organization'

President Trump has said efforts to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) are moving ahead – prompting both praise and criticism. But what impact would such a title have and would it work in dismantling such networks who burn, behead, smuggle and instill fear?