American presence in Iraq will continue to be vital to achieving a just, accountable, representative government, especially as Iranian leaders actively attempt to undermine the democratic political process that has emerged there since 2008.

While we should have long since been pursuing regime change against the Assad family tyranny, the unhappy reality today is that ousting Assad is not something we should entrust to Barack Obama.

The F-35 stakes could hardly be higher for the United States. Despite the Pentagon’s budget woes, it cannot walk away from the Lightning.

Withdrawal from Iraq's cities is good politics in Washington, but when premature and done under fire it may very well condemn Iraqis to repeat their past.

Washington's hopes that Hashemi Rafsanjani will give up Iran's nuclear weapons program are profoundly misplaced.

The battle for Iraq is about to begin, and in all likelihood it will involve us in the broader war about which the president has been speaking ever since September 11, 2001.

The U.S. must engage in verbal negotiations in order to counter the growth of Iran's nuclear program.

Why a regional conference will not solve our Iraq problem.