2007-2008 National Security Scorecard
Washington, DC, October 15, 2008— The Center for Security Policy today released its seventh National Security Scorecard evaluating the performance of...
Congress Watch
The Leaker Shield Act
There is something unique about what has come to be called the War on Terror. In this conflict, as the...
Breaching conventions in statesmanship
Winston Churchill once said, " When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...
Connect the dots
What do the following recent news items have in common? Senator John Warner returns from a week-long excursion to Iraq...
The “Genie-stuffers”
Back when nuclear weaponry and deterrence strategy still received serious national deliberation, most sensible people recognized a basic reality: Once the...
President Bush tells base to “get LOST”
The Law of the Sea Treaty will impede the U.S.'s ability to defend its interests in time of war.President Bush...
Crass test Dems
The following article, by Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), appeared today in the National Review Online. Senator Kyl was the Center's...
Pelosi’s proclivities
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is clearly one of those women who want it all. In her case though, this...
Discouraging Profiles
Fifty-one years ago, then-Senator John F. Kennedy published "Profiles in Courage" – a chronicle of political figures whose convictions prompted...
Who put them in charge?
Since their accession to power in January, parts of the 110th Congress have been inching ever closer to direct confrontation...
Blunt truth about the surge
In spite of the surge's palpable success, anti-war legislators are determined to bring the troops home, the mission incomplete. In a...
Congress – undermining U.S. military training?
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA).By Dr. J. Michael Waller A congressman who supported Marxist guerrillas who killed American troops in the...
Debating the anti-surge resolution
A U.S. Soldier with the Multi-Iraqi Transitional Team, 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division positively identifies and engages an enemy...
Truly “inappropriate” behavior
President Abraham Lincoln took a dim view of those who, during wartime, acted in ways that damaged the morale...
What is at stake
Two trenchant articles in last Friday's Wall Street Journal shed light on the stakes should the Congress act this week...
Driving While Defeatist
Sorry Senator, I'm afraid I can't let you continue to legislate in this condition. Members of the 110th Congress are...