Monthly Archives: September 2011
Last week, the movie Contagion premiered across the country. It’s billed as a horror movie that could actually happen: a highly contagious and deadly disease sweeps around the world faster than wild fire as scientists scramble to fight it. A pandemic like this represents the kind of global threat that cannot be solved by military [...]
The anniversary of 9/11 cast a bright light on U.S. security and counterterrorism policy- where it was ten years ago, where we are now, and where it should go. Across the political spectrum of debate, a consistent theme cropped up: as we draw down in Iraq and Afghanistan, the most effective tools to fight the [...]
Yesterday, the Senate defeated – by a strong, bipartisan margin of 78-20 – an amendment sponsored by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to cut nearly $7 billion from the State Department and USAID to offset disaster relief funding. Several Senators spoke out against this amendment, which would have had devastating consequences for America’s engagement in the [...]
Day Two of the Bush Summit was as good, if not better than Day One – and that’s saying a lot. President Bush was the star – of course. Though he spoke only briefly, and largely to introduce Former Secretary Rice, his words were moving. “In order to heal human suffering, America must lead. That [...]
The House released a continuing resolution late Wednesday evening to keep the government running after the September 30 deadline and allow House and Senate negotiators to reach an agreement for final FY12 appropriations. The CR would provide funding at $1.043 trillion, 1.4% below current spending levels, as agreed to in the August debt ceiling deal. [...]
“Super Committee: Keep Us Safe With Strong Global Leadership” by General Michael Hagee, USMC (Ret.), and Admiral James Loy, USCG (Ret.) The Hill, September 15, 2011 There is no greater privilege than serving your country, and we both proudly wore our uniforms for four decades. In our combined 80 years of service, we worked to keep [...]
Last night, Senator Marco Rubio (FL) delivered his first major foreign policy address at the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University.
Today, members of the USGLC’s National Security Advisory Council will be on Capitol Hill meeting with House Appropriations leaders. The message of the retired 3 and 4-star Admirals and Generals is clear: The International Affairs Budget is critical to our national security. Last night, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered his first major foreign policy address [...]
Today’s sessions at the Summit to Save Lives were a real testimony to the best in American global leadership. The overriding themes were bipartisanship and public private partnerships. Without Republicans and Democrats coming together in the cause of lifting lives in places like Africa, the extraordinary success story that is PEPFAR couldn’t have happened. In [...]
“Lessons of September 12″ by General Hugh Shelton, USA (Ret.) CNN.com, September 12, 2011 As our nation comes together to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we find ourselves with a poignant opportunity to reflect on the lives lost and the dramatic changes we have seen around the world over the last [...]
