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Tax and Steal Sat Mar 23

Bill O'Reilly

So my vacation plans to Cyprus have been canceled. Something about the government there seizing everybody's wallet because the country is bankrupt. Another nanny state bites the dust. When will they ever learn? ... more
Commander in Chief Wages War on the Moral Law Wed Feb 20

Terry Jeffrey

The ultimate purpose of the U.S. military is simple: Defend the God-given liberty of Americans. Yet today we have a president who is using his power as commander in chief to wage war against the moral truth that makes liberty possible. ... more
Pentagon Keyboard Jockeys Can Now Out-Decorate Combat Heroes Tue Feb 19

Rachel Marsden

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced last week that the Pentagon has created a new military award for keyboard cyber-warriors and drone joystick jockeys. ... more
Congressional Hearings Show Obama Treading Dangerous Global Path Mon Feb 11

Michael Barone

There were two extraordinary disclosures in Thursday's testimony of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey before the Senate Armed Services Committee. ... more
Video: Lindsey Graham Decimates WH Talking Points on Benghazi Fri Feb 8

Guy Benson
Yes, There Was a Plan For Gunrunning to Syria Thu Feb 7

Katie Pavlich
Outgoing CIA Chief: Obama Nowhere to Be Found Night of Benghazi Attack Thu Feb 7

Katie Pavlich
Democrats Step Up for Big Business Defense Contractors Wed Feb 6

Kevin Glass
When Women Fight, Civilization Loses Fri Feb 1

Diana West

And so it came, the coup de grace. The final "barrier" to "opportunities" for women in combat is no more. ... more
Soldier Girl Blues Wed Jan 30

Jonah Goldberg

What if, during the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney had accused President Obama of wanting to let servicewomen serve in combat? After all, Obama had hinted as much in 2008. What would Obama's response have been? ... more
Majority of Voters Favor Full Combat Roles For Women Mon Jan 28

Katie Pavlich
Panetta: Women Integral to Military's Success Fri Jan 25

America

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking about lifting the combat ban on women, said "not everyone is gonna be able to be a combat soldier, but everyone is entitled to a chance." ... more
Last Hoorah: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat Wed Jan 23

Katie Pavlich
No Time to Get LOST Fri Dec 21

Ed Feulner

“It is an outrage.” The source of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s anger? The fact that the United States has yet to approve a treaty known as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which often goes by the acronym LOST. ... more
Chuck Hagel as a 'Teachable Moment' Tue Dec 18

Frank Gaffney

Sen. Hagel has been an outspoken champion of controversial and even radical policies firmly embraced by Mr. Obama during his first administration. Worse yet, they are likely to be priorities for his second term now that the President has, as he put it in his overheard side-bar with Russia's Dmitri Medvedev last March, "more flexibility." ... more
Defending the World, Bankrupting Ourselves Thu Dec 6

Steve Chapman

The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable, unavoidable part: If we don't leave then, we probably never will. ... more
Second Terms Wed Nov 28

Rich Galen

Now that the biggest parlor game in the world "Who will be the next President" is over, the next parlor game that has us obsessing here in Our Nation's Capital is: Who is in and who is out in President Obama's second-term Cabinet and senior White House staff? ... more
What About the Camp Bastion Attack? Fri Oct 26

Michelle Malkin

Three days after the bloody 9/11 siege on our consulate in Benghazi, the Taliban waged an intricately coordinated, brutal attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The murderous jihadists released video exactly one month ago this week showing off their training exercises in preparation for the assault. ... more
Uh Oh: As Iran Nears Nuke Capabilities, Panetta Says U.S. is Ready to Stop Them Sun May 27

Kate Hicks
Welcome Home, Finally Fri May 18

Oliver North

Forty-three years ago this week, the fabled 101st Airborne Division launched Operation Apache Snow -- a major ground offensive against North Vietnamese army invaders in the treacherous A Shau Valley. ... more
Defeat Law of the Sea Treaty -- Again Tue May 15

Phyllis Schlafly

The stunning repudiation of Sen. Richard Lugar's, R-Ind., bid for a seventh term has sent shock waves through Washington's internationalist lobby. A former Rhodes Scholar, Lugar has spent his career promoting a globalist agenda, since he succeeded the late Jesse Helms as the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ... more
Global Warming a National Security Threat? Fri May 4

Mallory Carr
Major Threat to National Defense: Climate Change Fri May 4

Katie Pavlich
Something Rotten in the State Tue Apr 24

Pat Buchanan

With the number of Secret Service members and agents caught up in the partying-with-prostitutes scandal in Cartagena now at a dozen, and six already gone, how much wider and deeper does this go? ... more
Panetta: 'We're within an inch of war almost every day' Thu Apr 19

Townhall.com Staff