Omnibus Bill’s Defense Plus-Ups Offer Hope That Needed Priority Will be Given to Critical National Security Functions
(Washington, D.C.): The adage that one does not want to know what goes into the process by which sausages are...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 32: ‘Wimpy diplomacy’ —
‘I’ll Gladly Pay You Tuesday’ for a Signing Ceremony Today
(Washington, D.C.): Here we go again. Another week in the run-up to the 1998 elections. Another "breakthrough" or two to...
Caspian Watch # 12: Great Game-Playing By the National Democratic Institute in Upcoming Azerbaijani Elections?
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, the Washington Post(1) and New York Times(2) have devoted large quantities of newsprint to the...
So There Is A Missile Threat, After All: Clinton Pentagon Confirms Rumsfeld Commission’s Central Finding
(Washington, D.C.): Last Friday, top uniformed and civilian Pentagon officials made something of a spectacle of themselves on Capitol Hill....
Bipartisan Initiative to Liberate Iraq Offers Effective alternative to Clinton’s Unraveling Containment ‘Strategy’
Needed: Similar 'Adult Supervision' on Kosovo (Washington, D.C.): On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and a substantial number of...
Senate Given Another Opportunity to Reject Clinton’s Policy of Denuclearization: the Gottemoeller Nomination
(Washington, D.C.): One month ago, the U.S. Senate signaled strong disapproval of the Clinton Administration's "denuclearization" policies when forty-four Senators...
Wanted: An End to the ‘Hollow’ Military —
and A ‘Feasible,’ ‘Practical’ Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): At a tempestuous hearing today, the Senate Armed Services Committee heard the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
1998 Freedom Flame/Casey Medal of Honor Award: Jeane Kirkpatrick
(Washington, D.C.): At a moment of profound national angst over the domestic implications of President Clinton's personal and public misconduct,...
S.O.S.: Save Our Space Station — and More Tax-Dollars — From Being Squandered in Al Gore’s ‘Russian Cooperation’ Scam
(Washington, D.C.): Is there no limit? Today's, Washington Post reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is about to...
Critical Mass #4: Emerging Missile Threat Concentrates the Minds of U.S. Allies; Japanese Admiral Urges End to ABM Treaty
(Washington, D.C.): Samuel Johnson's phrase that hanging "concentrates the mind wonderfully" is an apt metaphor for the effect palpable missile...
It’s About Time: Increase in Defense Budget Should Be Matched by Course Corrections on Tech Transfer, Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): According to today's Wall Street Journal, Secretary of Defense William Cohen and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are...
Restoration Watch # 10: Consolidation of Power by Primakov Marks the End of the Line for Reform in Russia
(Washington, D.C.): The elevation today of KGB alumnus Yevgeny Primakov to the post of Prime Minister of Russia means that...
Shame, Shame Redux: As Clinton Presidency Melts Down, 41 Democrats Continue Filibuster of Bill to Defend America
(Washington, D.C.): For the second time in four months, forty-one Senate Democrats voted to prevent debate on a bill that...
Only the Clinton Team Could Respond to North Korean, Other Emerging Missile Threats by Canceling Near-Term T.H.A.A.D.
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration is reportedly poised to unveil its first substantive response(1) to Sunday's demonstration by North Korea...
R.I.P. C.T.B.: Biden-Specter Amendment’s Phyrric Victory Shows Decisive Senate Opposition to Clinton’s Flawed Test Ban
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the U.S. Senate handed the first crushing defeat to a major presidential arms control initiative since its...
Give the Military a Voice — and heed it — on Landmine Policy
(Washington, D.C.): During its consideration of the FY 1999, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, the Senate will be asked to consider...