Our national security would be better served if the United States captured al-Asiri and kept him alive for questioning, so we can find out what he knows.

In recent years, the U.S. military has grown increasingly dependent on private contractors. From servicing equipment to training indigenous forces to providing security, contractors are now deeply woven into the fabric of American warfare. In Iraq, there are now more private contractors than non-U.S. foreign forces.

How did contractors become...

Nathan Sharansky, R. James Woolsey, Newt Gingrich, and Michael A. Ledeen discuss principles that should guide the current war effort.

More work—much more work—needs to be done in order to help the military recover from already ruinous reductions, but as the President himself said, “America remains the one indispensible nation in the world.”  Let us resolve to keep it that way.

Our soldiers in Afghanistan have to deal with enough absurd rules of engagement without having to put up with one that can turn a serious wound into a mortal one. They deserve better — as do our Dustoff crews.

SSgt Gutierrez’s story, like that of other winners of the Medal of Honor and service Crosses, reveals unimaginable gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life. It also gives a peek at the American way of fighting that integrates all elements of military power into a force that can defeat any battlefield challengers. However, it also is a system that may no longer operate as effectively after hundreds of billions of dollars are stripped from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

Eric Holder claimed that his terrorism strategy has achieved success while remaining true to the Constitution. Despite acknowledging there is a 'war' on terror, Holder and Obama's commitment to civilian trials for terrorists puts American national security at risk.

If experience is anything to go by, the Marines who misbehaved in that video will be disciplined and punished—while those who are trying to exploit those images to undermine their mission never will be.