UN Oil-for-Food Program
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Committtee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. Speaking as a journalist, I would like to tell you that when I fir...
John Negroponte
LIFG and Al Qaeda: A Response to Zelin
On Friday, I had a post at G&L questioning the field’s conve...
Op-eds
The Iran Connection
Co-Authored with Stephen F. Hayes On December 1, Undersecretary of State William Burns appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to brief members of Congress...
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News from the Awakening (Part 6)
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What’s Our Iran Policy?
For lo these six-plus years, the Bush administration’s Iran policy has been incoherent. Axis of evil … but no regime change; incorrigible destabilizer supporting both Sunni and Shiit...
Op-eds
9/11 Commission Day
A lack of seriousness, the chasm between frivolous campaign rhetoric and real-world governing, and the politicizing of our national security — the one subject always claimed to be above suc...
Op-eds
Symposium: Proving Saddam’s WMDs
Despite the antiwar Left's favorite mantra about how Bush lied regarding WMDs in Iraq, the evidence now proves there were WMDs after all. According to recent announcement made by Se...
Op-eds
How Corrupt is the United Nations?
Recent years have brought a cascade of scandals at the United Nations, of which the wholesale corruption of the Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq has been only the most visible. We still do not...
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Get Smart
There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber. This insight seems to have eluded the Central Intelligence Agency. A few days ago a classified CIA report was leaked to the...
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Jack Kemp Statement on Early Transfer of Power to Iraq
Today, Jack Kemp issued the following statement on the early transfer of power to Iraq: "The transfer of power in Iraq came only two days early but it was a brilliant tactical stroke by...
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Claudia Rosett Testimony to House Subcommittee on National Security
FDD senior fellow Claudia Rosett testified before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations in regards to the scandal surrounding the U.N. Oil-for...
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Foggier Bottom
Look at the history of the last dozen years and you can only come to one conclusion: Generals learn; ambassadors don't. In 1991, U.S. forces methodically and efficiently pushed Sadd...