My support for President Trump’s decisions to bring American forces out of Syria now and soon Afghanistan is informed not only by my experiences since 9/11, but also four decades of military and civilian experience planning and executing national security policy.
On September 11, I was working inside the Pentagon and I will never forget the pain and devastation I saw firsthand that day. I saw colleagues and innocents perish. I saw hundreds of people severely injured. I watched the pain in the eyes of my American brothers and sisters who like me, could not believe what they were witnessing.
As recently as 2010, US-Russian relations were improving. Achieving Ronald Reagan’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons seemed possible. Unfortunately, Russia’s deeds over the past year have dashed these hopes.
There is not a person in this country who hasn’t time and again replayed the horrible visions of September 11, 2001 in their mind. As I’ve re-counted what I witnessed, it was the willingness of American citizens to commit selfless
As the debate examining prohibiting late term abortions has unfolded, I can’t help but think of my youngest grandson who was born a few years ago, weighing only 2 lbs 5 oz at 28 weeks. After his birth, I spent
