National Security

Neda Bolourchi writes: “I have no grave site to visit, no place to bring my mother her favorite yellow flowers, no spot where I can hold my weary heart close to her. All I have is Ground Zero.” On the

President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan created a stir recently when he talked of building up the “more moderate elements” of the terrorist group Hezbollah. But in response to such an idea, one Christian member of Lebanon’s Parliament

Albeit a bit late for General Lavelle. A note from DoD rattling about in the email box… Lavelle Posthumously Nominated to General The Department of Defense announced today that retired Air Force Major General John D. Lavelle has been nominated

This is the third of four installments of the interview with John Bernard. Readers who are interested may watch the entire interview on Vimeo, or in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The full transcript is available

Threats to our national security are always with us. Because they endlessly mutate, preparation for our defense must be visionary, flexible and ongoing. Can it be said, in current times, that the U.S. is successfully adapting its national defense priorities

“The people of the orient don’t think the same way about human life as we do.” That’s what was fed me in the Fifties when Red China was barely in the rear view mirror of my father’s car. I hadn’t

The following comes from a highly respected journalist in Poland. For reasons of personal security this individual must remain anonymous: After four months, the Polish parliamentary opposition wins the battle over the forming of an investigation committee for explaining the

August 6th marked the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan in which anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000 plus were killed either from the blast itself or the radiation in its

A stable, peaceful world requires a stable world financial system, but the exponentially growing sovereign debt in Washington, Europe, and around the world indicates that the world financial system is anything but stable. Wall Street is as unstable as Washington.

Today on Secure Freedom Radio Frank Gaffney has a conversation with Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-2nd), former Chairman and current ranking member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence about Iran. They discussed the effect of the new financial sanctions enacted

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In 1984, a recovering Democrat named Jeane Kirkpatrick coined an immortal descriptor for those who had taken over the party she once shared with national security-minded leaders like Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Henry “Scoop” Jackson and Ronald Reagan.

Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the proposed Islamic center at Ground Zero is a key player in the Perdana Global Peace Organization, a Malaysian-based group that has “9/11 Truthers” and Holocaust apologists as its top members, according to its

The New York Times expresses unhappiness that a number of Senators are questioning the wisdom of the New START treaty that may be voted upon in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this Wednesday. Of concern to the scribblers at the

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…is a doozy. This is a very interesting and unique week for the Medal of Honor. On 2 August… nothing happened. There are no Medals awarded for actions on the 2nd of August. On 3 August, Major General Henry Lawton

Today on Secure Freedom Radio, Frank Gaffney discusses the threats posed from the new START Treaty. “This treaty that we’ve talked about many times at Secure Freedom Radio, is deeply flawed. It should not be ratified. It should not impose

This is the second of four installments of the interview with John Bernard. Readers who are interested may watch the entire interview on Vimeo, or in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The full transcript is available

Say what you will about our foreign policy pseudo-sophisticates, but when they commit to counterproductive policies grounded in incoherent assumptions, they stay committed. Whether they’re pushing public diplomacy apology tours to the Muslim world to “spread the truth about American

Today is the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. That bomb, and a second dropped on Nagasaki three days later, ended World War II. Inevitably, liberals will use the occasion to reflect on how cruel, unjust

Tom Friedman of the New York Times on the Ground Zero Mosque: “There are several reasons why I don’t object to a mosque being built near the World Trade Center site, but the key reason is my affection for Broadway

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is investing time, money and political capital in an attempt to deflate dissenting political voices in Florida. In the space of just four days CAIR put out two national press releases condemning the “U.S.

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John Bernard is a twenty-six year veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and in his retirement blogs at Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home. His mission is to highlight the absurd rules of engagement imposed upon members of

Senator Harry Reid today Wednesday, August 4th, announced he will not hold two test votes on his proposed energy and oil spill bills. The proposed 409 page bill is S.3663, otherwise known as the CLEAR (Consolidated Land, Energy & Aquatic