National Security

Real hope. Real Change. Real national security and foreign policy competence. All are embodied in Congressman elect of Florida’s 22nd district and Retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Army, Allen West. He is a combat veteran who understands global

Days after Britain’s security minister pressed White House officials for action, clips of al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki have started to be removed from YouTube, the Telegraph reports. Dozens of Awlaki recordings are posted on the popular video site and calls

A very dramatic scene is underway in the obscure republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a province in southern Russia, part of the North Caucasus. On October 20, gun fighting broke out between rebel forces and police, in which people on both sides

So here’s a new twist for a terrorist defense: YouTube made me do it. In Great Britain Roshanara Choudhry has been jailed for attempting to murder Member of Parliament Stephen Timms. She attacked him with a knife, stabbing him in

While President Obama was watching his party lose control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections, let’s hope he was planning a response to another vote–this coming weekend’s elections in Burma. The Nov. 7 elections will be held

The huge Republican gain in the mid-term elections diminished significantly President Obama’s political influence domestically and internationally. Domestically, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives is likely to limit Obama’s ability to implement his economic and entitlement policies.

Cuban dissident Darsi Ferrer could have warned Andrew Breitbart about ABC’s swinishness. To wit: Michael Moore’s parroting of Castro’s claims in Sicko sickened even some in the U.S. mainstream media. An ABC producer (name withheld at their request), appalled at

Efforts to raise “one dollar a day per man” in support of al Shabaab militants fighting African Union forces in Somalia have led to a recently unsealed indictment charging three California men with conspiring to provide material support to the

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank relates a thorough break down of the new ‘who’s who’ on Capitol Hill in terms of national security. Frank lists the notable members who will be in a position to influence U.S.

I just got a look at part of an incendiary brochure produced by the Institute of Islamic Information and Education (Chicago, Illinois) that’s being made available to military prisoners at the US Disciplinary Barracks Prison at Fort Leavenworth. What is

There are many great groups that help our military,and Soldier’s Angels is one of the finest. They have a wonderful program to help our wounded get back in communications w/ their families and friends and we are currently involved in

Michael Barone puts it all into rather stunning context at the Washington Examiner: The upshot is that Speaker-to-be John Boehner will have a workable House majority, larger than the Republicans had during the 12 years they controlled the House from

Breaking news out of Israel, where a leading paper is reporting: “Hezbollah is planning to seize control of the Lebanese government if charged by International Court of Justice over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, security sources in

This has been a long night- and with the GOP taking the House, yet the Dems keeping the Senate, there is going to be a great deal of ‘negotiating’ having to be done over what will the new DoD look

The most stirring election headline may come from the (UK) Daily Mail: “Republicans seize control as millions of U.S. voters turn their backs on Obama”. (This is what that looks like.) Other good news comes in from California voters who

This is good for our country and good for our foreign policy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is overseas as America elects a new Republican Congress–but she doesn’t trash the Tea Party or the newly elected members of the House

A new German political party, Die Freiheit (The Freedom), had its inaugural meeting on October 28 in Berlin. I was in town, so its leadership invited me to be the only non-member of the nascent party to witness and report

Followers of the outspoken groups Revolution Muslim and the Islamic Thinkers Society are moving from ideology to violent action, a review of recent terror indictments by the Investigative Project on Terrorism shows. U.S. counter terror agencies have traditionally paid little

A big priority for the new Republican majority in the House will hopefully be to dramatically cut government spending. Welfare, waste, and corporate welfare are easy targets. But what about defense spending? Does it need to be cut too? Libertarians

After flying Andrew Breitbart all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona yesterday to participate in an online Townhall election event, after taking him out of his home state, away from his business, and nearly making it impossible for him to

In Massachusetts, perhaps only Massachusetts, local voters report from the 8th Suffolk Representative District that the following “Public Policy Question” #4 was on the ballot–even though it was never approved to appear on the ballot. “Shall the state representative from

Rummaging thru all the reports online, I come up with the following story, in the Denver Post of all places: “Tom Tancredo, John Suthers will win; GOP will retake Colorado House, Senate.” Unreal. This is a result from a Magellan

Will the practical demands of war nudge the Obama administration toward a warfighting posture? In light of last weekend’s Yemeni based attempted Al Qaeda bombing plot, the tension between legal and military approaches to fighting terrorism has been thrust back

One of the most important congressional races to watch tonight is in South Florida where Colonel Allen West is trying to knock off Congressman Ron Klein. Polls show West with a slight lead. The Palm Beach Post reported this on