I oppose the appointment of a “secular-humanist” chaplain, and I have formally requested that the secretary of the Navy and the chief of naval operations reject this application.

I will be among those voting for Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis to be the next Secretary of Defense. President-elect Donald Trump has picked the right man for right now.

The recently released Fiscal Year 2015 budget blueprint from the Obama administration offers little comfort in a world still imperiled by acts of war.

For the past 65 years, Radio Free Europe has broadcast independent news programming behind the Iron Curtain and beyond. The service was an especially valuable asset during the years of Soviet power, and it remains increasingly critical in the wake of Putin’s expansionism today.

Exactly five years ago today, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 Americans and set in motion the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.  For 87 days, more than three million barrels of crude oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico and toward the shores of five states. For coastal communities in my home state of Mississippi and elsewhere, the spill was a devastating setback, arriving less than five years after Hurricane Katrina.