National Security

Citgo Petroleum is paying tribute to the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez by reportedly flying its flags at half-staff at some of its Texas refineries.  Citgo is owned entirely by the Venezuelan government. In a statement, Citgo said, “President Hugo

The U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against North Korea on March 6 in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear missile test. The new sanctions were drafted by China and the United States, with the goal of making it more

Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was seized by CIA agents and taken to the United States after Turkey deported him to Jordan this month, a Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday. Abu Ghaith, the former spokesman of the Al-Qaeda

On March 5, Judicial Watch announced that it had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking details on a nearly $400,000 contract the State Department awarded to a private company for security at the American consulate in Benghazi.

The morning after Hugo Chavez’s death was announced, an article titled “Hugo Chávez: An Appreciation” was one of the most recommended diaries on Democratic grassroots blog site DailyKos. The exceedingly popular DailyKos is a good metric to check the pulse

With various sources confirming a number of Benghazi survivors are “still recovering at Walter Reed military hospital,”  Republican lawmakers are demanding their names and access to them.  To date, Sec. of State of John Kerry has visited with one survivor,

(Reuters) – Israel on Wednesday began battling a swarm of locusts from Egypt on Wednesday to prevent crop damage in the south of the country. Locust clouds darkened skies some three weeks before the Jewish Passover holiday that recalls 10

(AP) Furious over sanctions, NKorea vows to nuke USBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaNorth Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a

After a lifetime parroting Cuban caudillo Fidel Castro’s personal life and party line, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s ill Presidente, Hugo Chavez is dead. But under the lingering ministrations of the left’s octogenarian chief surgeon, Castro, what is the health

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered unexpectedly at the Vatican Tuesday to prepare to choose a new pope, announcing that they would be holding a prayer service the following day at 5 PM Rome time. All the Catholic faithful were invited to

(Reuters) – France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit on Thursday to French forces battling Islamist rebels in rugged northern Mali, saying their military mission would not end until security was restored in the West African country.

Syrian rebels said they seized some 20 UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel as rebels took total control of the key northern city of Raqa. UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters the UN Disengagement

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s Wen Jiabao warns of corruption and widespread environmental destruction China announces big increase in domestic security budget Syrian refugees top 1 million, flooding into neighboring countries Arab League opens the door to arming

President Barack Obama is set to send a U.S. delegation to the funeral of rabidly anti-American Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez’s funeral later this week.   According to Reuters, Senior U.S. officials said the Obama administration also “had no immediate plans

Readers who know of my personal history will understand my accounting for what I experienced during my month-long 2006 stay in Venezuela. Realizing that many may not have heard any of my story previously, an explanation of the circumstances surrounding

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year struggle with cancer. We look back upon his life by reflecting upon the company he kept and their kind words about his legacy. Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his dear friend

Nigeria is “the fifth largest provider of oil to the U.S.,” “the most populous country in Africa,” and it is allegedly home to an Iranian-backed terror cell which has been planning to assassinate Nigerian leaders and attack Western targets in the

Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II praised Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez on Wednesday while his son, newly-elected Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA), sent out his “thoughts and prayers” to Chavez’s family a day after the Venezuelan president died.  Kennedy II heads

The U.N. Human Rights Council observed a moment of silence for deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 6. Led by the Cuban Ambassador Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo, who also declared three days of mourning for the dead despot, the tribute stated:

This Friday, Michelle Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry will give ten women the International Women of Courage Award at the State Department. As Samuel Tadros reports, one of those women, Samira Ibrahim, is an anti-Semite and supporter of

The late Hugo Chavez was an early and ardent supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an affinity that will surprise few who have even a passing familiarity with either Chavez or leftist movements in the United States. Chavez publicly

After effusively praising Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez on Twitter as a leader “committed to empowering the powerless” on Tuesday minutes after learning of his passing, Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) praised Chavez again as a “truly revolutionary leader” and someone who lifted up

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez dies of cancer at 58 Venezuela accuses America of conspiracy to kill Hugo Chávez Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez dies of cancer at 58 Venezuela’s people were stunned Tuesday by the

A Republican irate over the Obama administration’s refusal to rule out drone strikes on US soil took to the Senate floor Wednesday in a classic filibuster to block the president’s CIA nominee. The issue gained further currency on Capitol Hill

Although no date has yet been set for the papal conclave, during which the new pope will be elected, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi says that, through the speeches given by the cardinals during the Congregation sessions, “the profile for