Americans Losing Faith in Administration’s Competence to GovernOn January 28, President Obama is expected to deliver his sixth State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. The...
Wicker Champions National Security Priorities in Defense Bill
Key Provisions Highlight Importance of Troop Preparedness, Fully Equipped FleetFor the past 52 years, Congress has passed a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) outlining the country’s military...
Wicker: Defense Bill Critical to Protecting U.S. National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, has voted in favor of the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The...
Wicker Statement on Pardon of Russian Political Prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil...
Azerbaijan’s Partnership with U.S. Fosters Democracy, Security in Difficult Region
At the end of this month, Azerbaijan will conclude its first-ever term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. This elected role as the representative for Eastern European...
USA Today: The Kremlin’s New Spy Game
Plan for Russian GPS Stations on U.S. Soil Deserves Greater ScrutinyIt appears that pleas for President Obama to toughen his stance on Russia have fallen on deaf ears. Despite a litany of brazen...
Wicker: No Foreign Gov’t GPS Systems on U.S. Soil
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, today proposed legislation to prohibit foreign governments from constructing satellite GPS...
Wicker, Cochran: Army Delaying USM ROTC Closure for at Least Two Years
Miss. Lawmakers Question the Methodology Used to Target Successful Southern Miss ProgramWASHINGTON – A U.S. Army decision to delay the termination of the U.S. Army ROTC program at the University of...
Future of U.S. Leadership, Vitality of Aerospace Industry Hinge on Budget Solutions
For months, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been forced to cope with the harmful, meat-ax budget cuts known as sequestration, which took effect in early March. The adverse impact has hardly gone...
Russia’s Adoption Freeze
Is a Humanitarian Solution Within Reach?When the Russian government decided late last year to forbid international adoptions with the United States, the heartbreak was swift and palpable. The...