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2012: A Tumultuous Year To Come

By Oliver North (Dec 30, 2011)

GEORGETOWN, S.C. -- A year ago, this column questioned whether the 112th Congress -- with its new speaker of the House, John Boehner -- could "overcome the inane... more

Christmas 2011

By Oliver North (Dec 23, 2011)

Four years ago, this annual Christmas column was written from Baquba, Iraq, while our Fox News "War Stories" team was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd... more

Iraq -- Victory or Defeat?

By Oliver North (Dec 16, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- They are coming home. For the first time since March 19, 2003, there are no U.S. combat or combat support troops in Iraq. There is still a contingent of U.S.... more

Remember Pearl Harbor?

By Oliver North (Dec 09, 2011)

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- Seventy years ago this week, Japanese Cmdr. Mitsuo Fuchida led an airborne strike force of 49 "Kate" bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, 51 "Val"... more

Incendiary Iran

By Oliver North (Dec 02, 2011)

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- Our Fox News crew is here wrapping up our 100th "War Stories" documentary -- with some of the "stars" of previous episodes. Though most of... more

Thanksgiving 2011

By Oliver North (Nov 25, 2011)

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- Anyone who wonders what to be thankful for this holiday season need only visit a nearby military base. On the eve of Thanksgiving, our Fox... more

The Next War

By Oliver North (Nov 18, 2011)

Not one of the old "frogmen" or young Navy SEALs who gathered this week at the nearby National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum for the annual Muster wants to see another... more

The Heroes of 2011

By Oliver North (Nov 11, 2011)

This little town not far from Fresno may be the perfect place to observe Veterans Day as our nation closes a decade of war. A quiet San Joaquin Valley community in the... more

Sideshow and Sabotage

By Oliver North (Nov 04, 2011)

Washington, DC – Our head of state is now in Cannes, France, at the G-20 summit, gallivanting with elites from the planet’s most powerful economies. For the first time since... more

Republicans and Risks

By Oliver North (Oct 28, 2011)

U.S. Virgin Islands -- We arrived at a tiny outpost on St. Thomas on Oct. 26. As we stepped ashore, the gentleman beside me said, "28 years ago at this very minute, I... more

Aiding and Abetting a Real War

By Oliver North (Oct 21, 2011)

The good news about Moammar Gadhafi's demise arrived via my cellphone early Thursday morning. A friend from the Reagan administration, remembering the Libyan dictator's... more

Protests, Justice and Fruit Flies

By Oliver North (Oct 14, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Official Washington -- meaning the Obama administration, fellow travelers in Congress and their allies in the so-called mainstream media -- here's a... more

A Decade at War

By Oliver North (Oct 07, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Ten years ago this week, America went to war in Afghanistan. At 1 p.m. Eastern time on Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush told the world, "On my... more

Friends and Enemies

By Oliver North (Sep 30, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- When the U.S. State Department announced this week that it finally is going to designate the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization, it was a... more

Irrelevant and Dangerous

By Oliver North (Sep 23, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Last week, this column prognosticated that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance at the United Nations General Assembly would be celebrated by... more

Dancing the Ayatollah's Tune

By Oliver North (Sep 16, 2011)

  When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York next week to address the United Nations General Assembly, he will present himself as a great... more

A Decade of War

By Oliver North (Sep 09, 2011)

Everyone older than 20 remembers whom he was with, what he was doing and how he learned we were at war that beautiful Tuesday morning a decade ago. Most of us recall a... more

Deadlier Than Irene

By Oliver North (Sep 02, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Some have described Hurricane Irene as "the most over-hyped event in history." Americans in the Northeast who were flooded out of their homes and businesses and... more

Irrational Behavior

By Oliver North (Aug 26, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- For most of the year, irrational behavior is a natural state in our nation's capital. This is a place where potentates and politicians, lobbyists and... more

Obama's Mideast Mess

By Oliver North (Aug 19, 2011)

Having completed his three-state "Midwest listening tour," President Barack Obama is now on vacation on Martha's Vineyard. According to his handlers, in... more

Unfulfilled Expectations

By Oliver North (Aug 12, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Sixty-six years ago, Aug. 14, 1945, the bloodiest war in human history finally ended with a radio broadcast by President Harry S. Truman. Even before the... more

Dereliction of Duty

By Oliver North (Aug 05, 2011)

The potentates on the Potomac claim that President Barack Obama's signature on the "debt deal" solves the immediate problems created by Washington's spendthrift fiscal... more

The Forgotten War

By Oliver North (Jul 29, 2011)

Collectively, Washington has the attention span of a fruit fly. That's why all we have heard about lately are the consequences of failing to raise the federal debt limit --... more

The Empire Strikes Back

By Oliver North (Jul 22, 2011)

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. -- "Will your Boykin hunt?" asked the young man, admiring the little red spaniel at my side. "Casey" wagged her tail and sat, patiently waiting for me... more

'It's What We Do'

By Oliver North (Jul 15, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Few of us ever will meet a Medal of Honor recipient. Fewer still ever will have the opportunity to be of assistance to one. In part, that's because... more

Pullout?

By Oliver North (Jul 08, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- First the good news. The war in Afghanistan is being won. As our Fox News team saw on our most recent trip through the length and breadth of the country, the... more

Tickets Home

By Oliver North (Jul 01, 2011)

CAMP HANSEN, Afghanistan -- This austere U.S. Marine base in the Marjah district of Helmand province is headquarters for 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment -- famous for... more

The Drawdown Begins

By Oliver North (Jun 24, 2011)

CAMP EGGERS, Afghanistan -- Here on this NATO base -- named in honor of Daniel W. Eggers, a U.S. Army special forces captain killed near Kandahar on May 29, 2004 -- President... more

Defining Victory

By Oliver North (Jun 17, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 Defense Department appropriations bill, which would set... more

Missing in Action

By Oliver North (Jun 10, 2011)

PATRIOTS POINT, S.C. -- Sixty-seven years ago this week, more than 155,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops assaulted German defenses in Normandy, France, during Operation... more

Courageous Decisions

By Oliver North (Jun 03, 2011)

ABOARD USS YORKTOWN -- There has been much said and written of late regarding "high-risk decision-making" and "courageous leadership" in Washington. The so-called mainstream... more

Memorial Day 2011

By Oliver North (May 27, 2011)

QUANTICO NATIONAL CEMETERY -- When I was a kid, we called May 30 "Decoration Day." It was an occasion for Boy Scouts to be up before dawn and report, in uniform, to the... more

Dancing With Arafat's Ghost

By Oliver North (May 20, 2011)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, Barack Obama went to the State Department to "mark a new chapter in American diplomacy." The president's handlers boldly billed his lengthy... more

Now What?

By Oliver North (May 13, 2011)

QUANTICO, Va. -- Here at this sprawling Marine Corps base south of our nation's capital, nothing has changed since Osama bin Laden met his demise in Pakistan. Thousands of... more

Killing Osama

By Oliver North (May 06, 2011)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It took nine years, seven months and 21 days to pinpoint the man who plotted, paid for and perpetrated the terror attacks of 9-11-01. When a U.S. Navy... more

POTUS' Priorities

By Oliver North (Apr 29, 2011)

PITTSBURGH -- According to the experts, this ought to be "Obama Country." In the 2008 presidential election, the Obama "Hope and Change" machine scored big in western... more

Easter in the East

By Oliver North (Apr 22, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Easter morning sunrise services are part of a long tradition in Christianity. For millenniums, believers around the globe have gathered in the open at dawn on... more

Busted

By Oliver North (Apr 15, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- We finally know how President Barack Obama wants us to handle our nation's crippling national debt. If we can believe his words, the president intends to ignore... more

All Quiet on the Southern Front?

By Oliver North (Apr 08, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- According to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, everything is hunky-dory on America's southern border. In her public appearances and speeches,... more

Finding Out

By Oliver North (Apr 01, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- "It's all unfolding just like you said it would." This flattering accolade was proffered by a retired military officer this week as we discussed how units loyal... more

Laureates and Leaders

By Oliver North (Mar 25, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Nobel laureate Barack Obama, fresh from his Latin American spring break, is in serious trouble. Globalists and Utopians who once lauded his constant contrition... more

POTUS' Attention-Deficit Disorder

By Oliver North (Mar 18, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Try this for a timeline of recent events that affect Americans, and see whether you can determine whether the leader of the Free World suffers from presidential... more

Crude Cruelty

By Oliver North (Mar 11, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Fuel and food prices are up. So is unemployment. Officials in the Obama administration and their allies on Capitol Hill are stunned. They shouldn't be. It's... more

An Expeditionary Force in Readiness

By Oliver North (Mar 04, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- In 1794, during George Washington's second term as president, Congress finally got around to appropriating funds to build six wooden-hulled frigates that were... more

Obama-Inspired Chaos

By Oliver North (Feb 25, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- According to Hillary Clinton, "the safety and well-being of Americans has to be our highest priority." Oh, really? That comment, proffered by our secretary of... more

Moral Ambiguity

By Oliver North (Feb 18, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- For days after protests started in Cairo, the Obama administration struggled to find its voice about the "revolution" in Egypt. When the O-Team eventually... more

Numbness on the Nile

By Oliver North (Feb 11, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday morning, the heads of America's intelligence services went to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on... more

Avoiding a Jimmy Carter Moment

By Oliver North (Feb 04, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- When Barack Obama went to Cairo in June 2009, he was lauded for seeking "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world." His speech was... more

Hard Reality

By Oliver North (Jan 28, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- This year's State of the Union address has been parsed, analyzed, applauded (80 times), celebrated and derided. The rhetoric has been described as "visionary"... more

The SOTU, Hope and Change

By Oliver North (Jan 21, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- When the world tunes in for the State of the Union address next week, viewers will be treated to a dramatic improvement in the background scenery. Thanks to... more

From Atrocity to Travesty

By Oliver North (Jan 14, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- Shortly after 10 a.m. MST on Saturday, Jan. 8, an apparently unstable young man goes on a murderous rampage at a grocery in Tucson, Ariz. A federal judge and... more

Welcome Aboard

By Oliver North (Jan 07, 2011)

Congratulations, Speaker Boehner, to you and the members of your new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The gracious humility of your acceptance remarks was a... more