In his recent $3.8 trillion budget announcement for 2013, President Obama presented a new national defense strategy and foreign aid priorities. With regime change and unrest in the Middle East, will Americans continue to be safe? Do we know what we are funding? Priorities Gone Awry Regarding foreign aid, the President’s 2013 budget (voted down [...]

On March 5, 2012, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Obama. This was their ninth meeting in three years, and the stakes have never been higher. The potential of an Iran armed with nuclear weapons is a direct threat to both Israel and the U.S. Before their meeting, Obama and Netanyahu shed little [...]

The last year has been filled with crisis and revolt in Egypt and across the Middle East. In February 2011, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign[1] after 18 days of mass protests in Cairo, as all across Egypt it turned violent when police clashed with protesters.  The military took over control of the [...]

Do you remember when you heard the awful news about 9-11?  I do. I was listening to the radio on the way to work. I remember my emotions after seeing the news footage of planes burning on the sides of the Twin Towers in New York City.  My brother-in-law – who works in New York [...]