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Harlan Ullman, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
War games have expanded far beyond traditional armed conflict in examining future scenarios and alternatives.
Reforming and transforming the Department of Defense are aspirations, not actions.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said the state of California was prepared to spend taxpayer dollars on migrants in need of “legal assistance, legal...
Until DOGE grapples with the fundamental organization of government as well as the regulations, it will not succeed.
If Elon and Vivek are to make any headway, here are the three largest points of leverage.
Hegseth has already informed the world as to where he stands in opposing so-called “woke” policies allegedly destroying morale and the fighting...
Donald Trump would benefit from this history lesson.
Why have Kamala Harris and Donald Trump completely ignored any serious discussion of the dire state of America’s defenses in the campaign?
With more than a whiff of linkage between Nixon’s choice of Agnew and Trump’s of Vance, the notion of an insurance policy and antidote against...
The White House will hold a press briefing Monday ahead of a busy week with President Biden. Biden will be in Washington on Monday before departing...
Whenever the 47th president is decided, at some stage, people may wonder whether the best choice was not Harris or Trump.
With the damage wrought by these two hurricanes very much in mind, appreciating the power of fission (nuclear) and fusion (thermonuclear weapons) is...
The White House is scheduled to hold its daily press briefing at 1:45 p.m. Monday. The briefing is likely to be dominated by questions about Hurricane...
There is no single conclusion to be drawn other than Nov. 6 maybe a day of reckoning.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters at the White House on Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene disaster relief...
Until the right questions are asked, the answers will be neither relevant nor helpful.
If an objective, fact-based analysis is made, no matter how dangerous conditions may superficially look, no evidence is forthcoming that suggests a...
Hyphenated adjectives, “word salad” and “policy” have become terms of division and dissension and not unity.
As long as both political parties use their own misinformation and disinformation campaigns, largely fact and truth-free, law enforcement is...
How will each candidate implement the promises, aspirations and assurances given to the public, most of which lack specificity and substance or are...
It seems that whoever Harris and Trump were in the past has been “disappeared” and replaced with different personalities.
On Nov. 6, the nation may awake to one of the most contested elections in America’s history.
The murder of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran is one such event that could precipitate a disastrous outcome for the wrong reasons.
With so many crises and hot spots, an actual or fabricated attack against the United States could easily provoke an overreaction similar to Israel’s...
At no other time in American history has a current and former president and an Israeli prime minister pontificated on the same day and in the same...
In a rational and apolitical world, many of Vance’s positions deserve serious debate.
Biden must become the wolf to Trump’s boy, incessantly screaming, “Joe is coming, Joe coming.”
As NATO celebrates its 75th birthday, President Joe Biden faces questions about his fitness to remain in power and the alliance must determine how to...
Nov. 5 and Guy Fawkes Night are highly relevant to the U.S. election and the choice between incumbent Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump.
Putin’s visit to Pyongyang and then to Vietnam was a colossal strategic blunder and a sign of great weakness.
With the war in Gaza raging, thousands of immigrants pouring across America’s southern borders every day and ISIS-K reconstituting, certainly...
As both parties declare democracy is at risk, the system's legitimacy will erode just as NINJA loans and defaults helped create the financial crisis.
Unless or until the Wicker Plan addresses these critiques, it cannot assure that the U.S. will ever be prepared for war or peace.
Despite the presumption of right always being on America’s side in going to war, the record does not support that conclusion, especially since...
What is the senator inferring by raising the Hiroshima and Nagasaki examples?
For Western security to be on solid ground for the long haul, the U.S. and its allies must find a 21st century strategic center of gravity now.
Is Israel prepared for an all-out war with Iran?
And it wields more raw power than the legislative, judicial and executive branches combined.
Rarely before have politics been driven by small extreme minorities in both parties.
When the presidency is finally decided, after all the intrusive analysis, victory and defeat may be distinguished this way.
Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden all inherited the failed Afghan and second Iraq wars.
Both candidates refuse to assess objectively the challenges, threats and dangers confronting the nation or propose effective responses and policies.
Will anyone remember the merchant ship Rubymar that sank last week in the Red Sea, a victim of a Houthi missile attack?
Will anyone remember the merchant ship Rubymar that sank last week in the Red Sea, a victim of a Houthi missile attack?
Unless the political center takes hold in both parties and restrains the excesses of the left and the right, the nation’s course is tragically...
Before taking out its checkbooks, NATO leaders might produce a no-nonsense strategy with key objectives.
How the U.S. arrived at this breakdown of government is a puzzlement.
What could be learned from watching Putin’s two-hour polemic?
The use of deterrence must be carefully controlled because in too many ways it is no longer relevant and is too dependent on military force.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a daily press briefing Monday afternoon, joined by national security spokesperson John...