Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

Despite President Obama's protestations to the contrary, rationing access to medical care is carefully prescribed in the health care reform bill that is now before the Senate.

Attempting to get confirmed for a position in an area that already has a legacy of policy decisions can be a tough business—especially when the policy is as flawed as the Obama team's when it comes to Taiwan.

Today, Iraq is rife with ethnic conflict, looting, and roving bands of armed street thugs, yet even this temporary disorder is preferable to the brutal and bloody rule of Saddam Hussein.

Moreover, most allies haven't a clue how the pivot will manifest itself and what role they should be playing. If a "pivot" means anything, it is at the least keeping security commitments. Now Obama has made one -- helping Taiwan close the "fighter gap."

Senator John Cornyn will discuss the implications of a decrease in defense spending and the importance of a fully equipped military.

There may or may not be something to the "crony capitalism" charges against Rick Perry. But conservatives should pause before taking the word of a secretive, left-wing, Soros-funded organization that has spent the last 15 years attacking conservative politicians who work to rein in trial lawyers and institute pro-business reforms.