Camp David talks:  What’s next for Afghanistan?

Camp David talks: What’s next for Afghanistan?

With all the turmoil going on in DC, the Russian investigation, the White House staffing musical chairs and the ever-looming threat from Pyongyang, the continuing war in Afghanistan has found little focus. On Friday, President Trump met with his National Security team and Vice President Pence at Camp David to discuss the future of the […]

Trump to Address Troops, Announce Administration’s Plan for Afghanistan

Trump to Address Troops, Announce Administration’s Plan for Afghanistan

President Donald Trump’s administration has completed plans on the nation’s plan for the ongoing war in Afghanistan and will announce his strategy on national television tonight at 9 p.m. His idea is to address the troops live at Ft. Myer, VA in Arlington just across the river from Washington, DC. Trump held a conference on […]

James Mattis: President Trump reaches decision on new Afghanistan strategy

James Mattis: President Trump reaches decision on new Afghanistan strategy

American Defense Secretary James Mattis announced on Sunday that President Trump has come to a decision regarding the United States’ strategy in Afghanistan.  According to Mattis, the president went through a “sufficiently rigorous” review process before deciding the future of America’s military investment in the embattled nation. Mattis did not, however, reveal the details of […]

Trump makes no decision on Afghanistan strategy

Trump makes no decision on Afghanistan strategy

U.S. President Donald Trump reviewed an array of options for a strategy on Afghanistan with his top national security aides, but made no decision on whether he would commit more troops to America’s longest war. Friday’s meeting was the latest in a series of high-level discussions on Afghanistan and a broader security strategy for the […]

Trump elevates US Cyber Command to a combat command on par with Central Command and others

Trump elevates US Cyber Command to a combat command on par with Central Command and others

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would elevate US Cyber Command to its own unified combatant command. “I have directed that United States Cyber Command be elevated to the status of a Unified Combatant Command focused on cyberspace operations,” Trump said in a White House press statement.   Read the whole story from Business Insider. […]

Steve Bannon out: Trump’s chief strategist leaves administration

Steve Bannon out: Trump’s chief strategist leaves administration

Steve Bannon, President Trump’s controversial chief strategist, left the administration on Friday, in what the White House has called a “mutual agreement” between Bannon and recently appointed White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. According to multiple news outlets, this decision has been developing over the span of some time, with some claiming Bannon submitted […]

Is the deep state really that bad?

Is the deep state really that bad?

I’ve been fascinated to watch the recent public conversation about the “deep state” unfold.  I had been used to hearing this phrase from the far left, you know the type that wear sweaters and jackets with those leather patches on the elbows and give long-winded speeches at socialist enclaves on college campuses, those guys.  They […]

Military Chiefs Break with Trump, Denounce Charlottesville Racism

Military Chiefs Break with Trump, Denounce Charlottesville Racism

In a startling move, the leaders of the military broke with President Donald Trump and have denounced the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA over the weekend. Five of the military’s service chiefs representing the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and National Guard have taken to social media to condemn the white nationalists, the […]

Maduro Calls For Military Exercises After Trump’s Threat of Intervention

Maduro Calls For Military Exercises After Trump’s Threat of Intervention

Despite insisting that he wants to meet with President Donald Trump and hold talks with him, Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro called for the military to hold exercises to counter the threat of armed intervention by the United States. Trump’s proclamation that the country is going to “collapse into dictatorship”, has Maduro trying to rally support […]

The rise of the violent left

The rise of the violent left

Since 1907, Portland, Oregon, has hosted an annual Rose Festival. Since 2007, the festival had included a parade down 82nd Avenue. Since 2013, the Republican Party of Multnomah County, which includes Portland, had taken part. This April, all of that changed. In the days leading up to the planned parade, a group called the Direct Action […]

Rex Tillerson and James Mattis lay out new strategy on North Korea, terms for diplomatic victory

Rex Tillerson and James Mattis lay out new strategy on North Korea, terms for diplomatic victory

America’s top diplomat and the leader of its military penned a joint Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal last week, titled “We’re Holding Pyongyang to Account,” in which they laid the groundwork for America’s new strategy regarding North Korea under President Trump’s administration. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis joined […]