Washington D.C. can be a leader in public pension accounting reform and provide an example for municipal plans across the country-some of which are in dire condition-of how such reforms can serve to guarantee a stable pension system for municipal workers.

U.S. military training missions are an economical way to promote security and good governance and to support our friends and allies and prepare them to tackle these problems on their own, as well as help other countries in the region. 

Drawing on his extensive experiences as commander of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq, Brigadier General H. R. McMaster discussed the challenges of command in counterinsurgency operations.

First, fix the bureaucracy, then the real debate over secretive U.S. military operations can begin.

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.

A new report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) argues that one of the greatest mistakes the United States can make is to imagine that Iranian activities in a given arena--the nuclear program, for example--are isolated from Iranian undertakings in another. The report examines those other areas

America is nearing a decisive moment.  Unless Congress acts to change current law, automatic sequestration cuts will slash future spending on national defense across-the-board by over $500 billion beginning early next year.