But few inside Washington think Americans are concerned about sequestration. House Armed Services Committee Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-Va.) wants to change that. He’s embarking on the “Defending Our Defenders” national tour to conduct installation oversight and hold local town-hall meetings to better understand the real impact of sequestration.

Press release for Frederick W. Kagan and General Jack Keane's report, Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq.

Resident scholar Frederick W. Kagan, who directs the Critical Threats Project at AEI, and Kimberly Kagan, founder and president of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), spent 150 days in Afghanistan in 2010 and will lay out the key details of their latest report, "Defining Success in Afghanistan."

U.S. senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) and U.S. senator Joseph Lieberman (I-D-Conn.) recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Iraq. Both held extensive discussions with U.S. forces and Iraqi government officials. In light...

The president is gearing up for a major change of strategy in Iraq. Now that the Iraq Study Group has reported its findings, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Peter Pace will provide his recommendations, and President George W. Bush will address the nation next week. Democratic leaders advocate withdrawal,...

Frederick W. Kagan is available to comment on his just-released first phase report "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq."

General Raymond Odierno recently announced that the surge of forces into Iraq has been completed and that the expected increase in operations has begun. Since President George W. Bush announced the new strategy in January, we have already seen some positive developments on the ground in Baghdad, but challenges remain,...

May 2008 recorded the fewest American casualties in Iraq since the beginning of the war and measured violence in May and June reached the lowest levels since 2004. In advance of the U.S. presidential election in November, discussion of Iraq’s future has assumed heightened significance in public discourse. On July...