Foreign Affairs
March 12th, 2014
"We eat all we can and we sell the rest.'' That is the slogan for the Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, Texas, that makes the best ice cream in the world. With the U.S. overabundance of natural gas, especially in Texas, that...
March 5th, 2014
Recent attention on Iran has focused on its nuclear weapons program--but this is not the whole picture.Iran is also the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism.Using both its own military operatives and its proxy...
January 31st, 2014
Today, as Chairman of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I joined my colleagues Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Joe Heck in sending a letter to the Administration...
January 27th, 2014
I am calling on President Obama to hold himself and his administration accountable for the preventable attacks on the U.S. foreign post in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 where four Americans – Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty,...
January 23rd, 2014
As the Sun rises each morning in Africa, Angelina gathers water for her family. But the community water well in Muyayano, Malawi, is broken most every day. So she and other women like her are forced to go 10 miles to fetch...
January 3rd, 2014
Camp Liberty in Iraq once again came under attack yesterday when dozens of missiles rained down over the camp, killing at least two and severely injuring at least fifty others. It is no coincidence that this attack came...
December 27th, 2013
As we're nearing the new year, what do you think has been the biggest government scandal of 2013? Is it the NSA spying on Americans? What about the DOJ targeting reporters? Or how about the Benghazi cover-up? But don't...
December 3rd, 2013
The secret nuke deal with Iran over Thanksgiving is "alarming, sayeth the Saudi prince.Prime Minister (Neville) Chamberlain would have been proud after the West gave the snake oil salesman of the desert, Mr. Rouhani, exactly...
November 10th, 2013
Now we are talking. If this bill from Texas US Senator Ted Cruz passes, we might actually catch the terrorists who attacked the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The United States of America frequently announces million...
October 13th, 2013
We lost five warriors on the battlefield of Afghanistan recently. They were 25-year-old 1st Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno; 24-year-old Pfc. Cody J. Patterson; 24-year-old Special Agent Joseph M. Peters; 25-year-old Sgt. Patrick C....
March 10th, 2014
Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia. Now, the Russian bear is after Ukraine.Ukraine is almost totally dependent on Russia for energy. Russian imperialism has proven that it is willing to use gas as a political and economic weapon...
March 4th, 2014
The situation unfolding in Ukraine right now is a harsh lesson that no matter how great the victory, we must never rest on our laurels. After the United States won the Cold War and the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991,...
January 28th, 2014
In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama will no doubt make an eloquent case for his second-term agenda. There’s just one problem: The President’s credibility has been shattered.Indeed, on issue after issue,...
January 23rd, 2014
Today I presented five questions Americans deserve to have answered by President Obama in next week’s State of the Union address.Americans all over the nation are asking questions about the economy, Obamacare, the IRS,...
January 20th, 2014
As we begin 2014, it's worth reflecting on where we stand in our fight against al-Qaida and global terrorism.Over the past year, in my role as chairman of the Terrorism Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I'...
December 29th, 2013
The new tower built around the 9/11 memorial is a reminder of American ingenuity and American resolve as a new and bigger tower is built on the real estate where the original towers were brought down. Consider the tower New...
December 6th, 2013
Nelson Mandela will prove to be one of the great statesmen of the 20th century, a true revolutionary who spent much of his adult life in prison before leading a nation back to redemption. Much of the revolutionaries of the...
December 2nd, 2013
The tinfoil hat of the year award may just have to go out to David Chase Taylor at Truther.org after he made the case that "Fast and Furious" actor Paul Walker was "assassinated in a drone strike" while riding in a car in...
November 2nd, 2013
Is the administration aware of the actions that are taking place in the administration?A little history:Fast and Furious:Everyone knows the President did not know about this tactic until he heard about it through the news...
September 30th, 2013
For the feminists in America who so love everything NOT American, here is one of your own, willing to suck it up and admit that she was wrong after being imprisoned in an Afghan harem. Perhaps feminists can all learn a thing...