British historian and author of “The Storm of War,” Andrew Roberts, offers a defense of U.S. military strength in a lecture for Prager University. Roberts says that history and common sense show that “when America’s armed forces are powerful, focused,
Monday in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel blamed “partisan political narrow interests” for blocking modernization of the U.S. military. Earlier in the year, Hagel delivered the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 budget to Congress which
In a rematch of the 2010 lacrosse finals, #1 seed Duke looks to capture its second straight NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse title, and their third since 2010, as they square up against the streaking #6 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Transgender activists and LGBT advocacy groups have turned against drag icon RuPaul for his use of words like “shemale” and “tranny” on his program RuPaul’s Drag Race. In an interview with Marc Maron, RuPaul dismissed the criticism as a product of
Earlier this month, the newly installed Secretary of the Homeland Security Department, Jeh Johnson, met with the father of a man murdered by an illegal alien who was allowed to drive without a license, thanks to the sort of immigration
DALLAS (AP) — Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said Friday that he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization but said he opposes any further attempts to address
Mr. Abdul Fattah Sisi has run a quiet election campaign. The former Egyptian general and Minister of Defense rose to prominence after siding with the protest by 33 million Egyptians that toppled the Muslim Brotherhood rule of Muhammad Morsi. Sisi
URUMQI, China (AP) — A blast that killed 31 people in China’s restive Muslim northwest left ethnic Chinese residents on edge Friday about sporadic violence from which they no longer felt safe. “The danger is right here with us and
The past year has seen an ongoing debate among U.S. policy makers over what exactly happened in Egypt last summer. The Obama administration and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton very visibly supported the Muslim Brotherhood government of Mohammed Morsi.
In 2009, Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki vowed during his Senate confirmation hearings that the patient backlogs at Veterans Affairs would be among his top priorities once he was confirmed for the position. Shinseki suggested that faulty leadership was the
The level of sophistication taken to build the bomb that wounded hundreds at the Boston Marathon last year, including the use of fireworks and Christmas lights, has led prosecutors to believe the Tsarnaev brothers may have had accomplices or previous
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of lethal injections against a backdrop of scarce drugs and botched executions, Tennessee has come up with an alternative: the electric chair. Republican Gov. Bill
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is taking fire from both sides in the heated immigration debate, facing a primary challenger ripping him for supporting amnesty while liberal activists try to portray him as the face of Republican intransigence on the
Portions of a top-secret Defense Intelligence Agency report on the damage done by Edward Snowden’s leaks has been obtained and published by The Guardian. The information was obtained “in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed earlier
When Big Government screws up, liberals reflexively claim insufficient funding is the problem. If only the mega-State that already gobbles up a few trillion dollars a year, and tops it off by spending hundreds of billions of dollars it doesn’t
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Monday that the government’s evidence in the case against state Sen. Leland Yee must be kept secret until further notice, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Breyer is concerned that if the information is
The Obama administration seems to have forgotten the International Day of the Family last week that was celebrated at the UN and around the world May 15. Yet the administration was very enthusiastic about the May 17th celebration of the
Our Veterans. We ask them to put on the uniform. We ask them to take up arms. And we ask them to protect us–and sacrifice their time, their safety and in so many cases, their lives–to keep us safe. Is
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel told Breitbart News Tuesday that he’ll fight against amnesty for illegal aliens by way of the military if he’s elected to the U.S. Senate over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the state’s GOP primary
California candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ron Nehring, spoke Tuesday night to the Latino American Political Association of San Diego, a bipartisan group, and recounted why his German immigrant father would have supported voter ID. Nehring went on to recount serving
State Sen. Peggy Lehner (R), chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee, said that it is “just too late” in the state legislature’s session to consider a bill that would ban discrimination against homeschool graduates in Ohio. According to Mike
The House Rules Committee wielded its enormous and quiet power late Tuesday evening to kill an effort from Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) to grant amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers who enlist in the military via the National Defense Authorization Act
Qasim Rashid begins his attack on our American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) ads against Islamic anti-Semitism by stating: “New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran [sic] promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation.” He even claims that “Islamophobes are
WASHINGTON–At a press conference featuring undocumented high school students in military garb and in formation, top advocates for a proposal to grant amnesty to illegal alien “DREAMers” who enlist in the military warned that President Obama could move unilaterally to
On May 19 Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan (pictured) told Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh that Chinese “oil drilling in Chinese territory” is China’s right, and Vietnam needs to “face up to reality.” According to Xinhua,
