
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said he hopes voters will pick “someone who has more of a track record than just a handful of years as a backbencher in the state legislature followed by a handful of years in the Senate”
by Ian Hanchett9 Feb 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

Yes, it’s unfortunate that the US has a president, Barack Obama, who consistently sees things from the Muslim point of view. Even the Obamaphilic reporter Juliet Eilperin, writing for the Obamaphilic Washington Post, had to admit, “President Obama has never been one to go easy on America.”
by Virgil8 Feb 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that the Obama administration’s national security strategy “doesn’t seem to exist” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC. “We’re going to hear today from Susan Rice about sort
by Ian Hanchett6 Feb 2015, 11:22 AM PST0

Nobody puts the SoS in Secretary of State quite like John Kerry, who has overseen the rout of American influence and prestige in every corner of the globe, managing the neat trick of making Hillary Clinton look relatively consequential, or at least harmless. Kerry has finally been given the recognition he deserves by foreign policy scholars, who named him the least effective SecState of the past 50 years.
by John Hayward5 Feb 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton argued that both President Obama and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) take a “very dangerous” approach to ISIS on Thursday’s “John Gibson Show” on Fox News Radio. “The purpose of foreign policy, in the long term
by Ian Hanchett5 Feb 2015, 12:52 PM PST0

Confirmation hearings in progress for crucial cabinet posts such as Defense Secretary and Attorney General miss an important reality in the Obama administration–the official chain of command apparently operates, when it does operate, only for show.
by Charles Ortel5 Feb 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

National Journal argues Rand Paul’s foreign policy stance will sink him in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
by Breitbart News4 Feb 2015, 3:46 PM PST0

Many Republicans want new blood, and while they think Romney is a swell guy, they feel his time has passed, and that Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, or some other like-minded candidate would have a better shot of defeating the Democrat nominee in 2016.
by Javier Manjarres29 Jan 2015, 7:44 PM PST0

Russian officials raided ATR, an independent Tatar Crimean television station on January 26. The deputy director said the men took equipment and tapes, which basically shut down all operations. Russians have consistently targeted the Tatar minority since Moscow annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014.
by Mary Chastain27 Jan 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

Mort Zuckerman, US News and World Report Chairman and Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the New York Daily News, declared that America’s credibility in the Middle East had been “virtually eliminated” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Tom Rogan argued
by Ian Hanchett24 Jan 2015, 12:46 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) talked about foreign policy, offering criticism of President Obama’s foreign policy while arguing that he was qualified to handle foreign affairs on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Walker began by declared “we
by Ian Hanchett22 Jan 2015, 9:03 PM PST0

Florida Senator Marco Rubio told reporters this week in Washington that he is closer to making a decision on whether he will run for president in 2016.
by Javier Manjarres22 Jan 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

Tha annual State of the Union address is the quintessential Beltway performance, a weird little surrealist play in which every scripted line, ad-lib, invited guest, and round of applause is calculated to send messages, settle scores, goose poll numbers, and above all help the Ruling Class feel important.
by John Hayward21 Jan 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama gave his completely non-awaited State of the Union address.
by Ben Shapiro20 Jan 2015, 8:24 PM PST0

NPR National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson said that “the world hasn’t cooperated” with President Obama’s foreign policy on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “Sounds like the US-backed government [in Yemen] is going to fall to these Shiite
by Ian Hanchett20 Jan 2015, 4:10 PM PST0

The Iraq War may have been a serious mistake. Regardless, we cannot dwell on that mistake so obsessively that we fail to act–as we did in the 1930s–to stop a new threat.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Jan 2015, 12:34 PM PST0

On the one-year anniversary of the start of talks with Iran, and as President Barack Obama prepares to give his State of the Union address, Russia has signed a military deal with Iran. The agreement covers “includes expanded counter-terrorism cooperation, exchanges of military personnel for training purposes and an understanding for each country’s navy to more frequently use the other’s ports,” the AP reports.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Jan 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said that “there is no strategy” to defeat ISIS on Monday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “I’m not sure how much time President Obama will devote to
by Ian Hanchett19 Jan 2015, 9:40 PM PST0

According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, more and more Americans find President Obama’s approach to foreign policy and national security interests to be sub-par.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Jan 2015, 3:38 PM PST0

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has called on Europe to defend its Judeo-Christian culture. During a debate within the European Parliament on the Paris terror attacks of last week, Mr Farage also laid the blame for the rise of
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Jan 2015, 5:11 AM PST0

Former U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) writes an op-ed posted at Zero Hedge, espousing his belief that U.S. economic and foreign policy have, overall, made the world a worse place to live.
by Breitbart News11 Jan 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

On Wednesday’s “The Steve Malzberg Show” on NewsMax TV, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) tied the Paris shooting, along with other Western domestic terrorist attacks to the bad foreign policies of those countries. “Partially what the Secretary of State said
by Jeff Poor7 Jan 2015, 2:42 PM PST0

President Barack Obama has made it clear that a nuclear deal with Iran is one of his top priorities this year. Disarmament has, in fact, been the only constant in his foreign policy, not just since taking office in 2009 but since his college days at Columbia. Yet as negotiations have broken one deadline after another, America’s allies–especially Israel and Saudi Arabia–have become alarmed, fearing a weak deal that will leave Iran on the cusp of nuclear armament. Five key foreign policy blunders reinforced those fears.
by Joel B. Pollak6 Jan 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said that “the sign on the White House door” is that anyone seeking to take advantage of the US should “get it done in the next two years” on Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the
by Ian Hanchett31 Dec 2014, 8:51 AM PST0

In an interview with National Public Radio published Monday, President Barack Obama offered Iran the prospect of becoming a “regional power” in exchange for a nuclear deal.
by Joel B. Pollak29 Dec 2014, 7:00 AM PST0