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When President Obama took office I had high hopes for his national security team – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. James Jones. But on the Homeland Security front it’s been Ready, Fire……Oops……. Aim. Remember when the president promised to shut Guantanamo within his first …

Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn’t they hardly notice it. It’s hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don’t have a job in the Midwest. So for the next four years, most Americans won’t pay attention …

This week, I had the privilege of testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the growing consensus from both Republicans and Democrats that our swelling criminal justice system is in need of reform. Over the course of the last decade, various states across the country have …

If anyone tells you they know who will be the Republican nominee for President — they’re lying. No one knows and that’s what makes the process so fascinating. Right now Kasich and Fiorina look to be making a push in the polls. They of course really want to be among …

I actually know something about China. I lived there and helped U.S. companies negotiate trade deals and contracts, but it was not a glamorous job.I spent my last night in China in June 1989 in a baggage X-ray machine at the Beijing Airport as tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square. Only …

I’m fascinated by the presidential poll numbers that we’re seeing right now. The big question of course is whether or not they’re the real deal — or just a snapshot in time. Sometimes you can actually glean more information about what Americans are really thinking by looking at the myriad …

Walking through Jackson Square with my family it’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since I rode through these unlit, abandoned streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Travelling in an open-top Jeep with the 82nd Airborne Division gave me a first-hand look at our nation’s worst natural disaster. …

Russia’s foreign minister admits it: Moscow is shipping military aid to the Assad regime. And, we’re not just talking spare parts. Advisors, troops, prefabricated housing and other infrastructure are showing up in Syria—a country torn asunder by years of civil war. Clearly, Moscow and Tehran are working hand in hand. …

This week it’s been reported that President Donald Trump has expressed interest in helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his mission to defeat socialist Zohran Mamdani in Gotham’s mayor’s race. At first blush this might seem counterintuitive, or even like it could help Zohran in his quest to …

American workers are front and center in the race to stay ahead of China. There just aren’t enough of them. Jobs are going unfilled from advanced semiconductor foundries to the drydocks where the U.S. Navy’s combat ships are built. Ships and chips are both in crisis. And no, AI by …