Winston Churchill once advised, “Study history, study history. In history, lies all the secrets of statecraft.”Churchill's recommendation may be good advice for us in light of former Secretary of...
Fox News: Obama’s Defense Budget Puts America’s Ability to Lead at Grave Risk
The recently released budget from the Obama administration offers little comfort in a world still imperiled by acts of war.Amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and missile...
Keeping Our Promise To America’s Veterans
Congress seized an important opportunity this week to restore a promise to America’s veterans without adding to the national debt. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bill approved by the House...
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...
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...
A Conversation about Jim Bean
By Sen. Roger Wicker and Gov. Ronnie MusgroveJim Bean was once a mentor to both of us as freshmen State Senators. Jim was a personal friend as well as a colleague. As soon as we learned of his...
An Obamacare Reckoning: Unpopular and Deeply Flawed
Exactly one year ago, the Supreme Court issued a fateful decision to uphold the controversial centerpiece of the President’s health-care law. At the center of the debate was whether Congress...
SEC Must Ride Herd on Credit Rating Agencies
Earlier this year, the Justice Department filed a $5 billion lawsuit against Standard & Poor's -- one of the nation's Big Three credit rating agencies, which also include Moody's and...