Tag Archives: Defense Budget & Programs

Why Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Won’t Work

With Fred Grandy, Rep. Mike Turner, James Woolsey, Bill Gertz.

FRED GRANDY of the Center for Security Policy reflects on yesterday’s Senate filibuster of Chuck Hagel, and gives his reasoning for why Hagel is likely to be confirmed in the end–even despite the video from Rutgers that has just come to light.

Congressman MIKE TURNER of Ohio discusses the ever-looming threat of sequestration, as well as the State of the Union Address, which Turner says would have included talk of a scaling-back of our nuclear force, if not for the North Korean nuclear test that had just occurred.

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Former CIA Director JAMES WOOLSEY points out that one of the major problems with the Obama administration’s approach to foreign policy and national security is refusing to accept the idea that religion can promote violence.

Washington Times reporter BILL GERTZ discusses President Obama’s new cybersecurity executive order, and expresses his relief that the administration has finally realized that the United States is basically fighting a low level, covert war, even though the order itself is unlikely to prove much of a help.

North Korea has Missiles, but US has Anti-Missile Technology

With Fred Fleitz, Reza Khalili, Riki Ellison, and Dan Goure.

FRED FLEITZ of Lignet.com, discusses the newly-surfaced Chuck Hagel speech in which he is said to have claimed that the “State Department is controlled by the Israelis.”

REZA KHALILI, a former CIA agent in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, talks about the relationship between Iran and North Korea, and how they are working together on nuclear technology.

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RIKI ELLISON, founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, explains the implications of the successful “launch on remote” targeting of a missile using Space Tracking Surveillance System-Demonstrators (STSS-D) satellites.

DAN GOURE, vice president of the Lexington Institute, discusses the way in which various government agencies are accepting the inevitable and finally beginning to prepare for sequestration.

The State of the Union: A National Security Analysis

With Diana West, Steven Bucci, Patrick Christy, and Jim Hanson.

DIANA WEST, author of the upcoming American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character, analyzes what President Obama’s State of the Union yesterday means for America’s future, and exposes a sparsely discussed, but crucial detail concerning  President Obama on the night of the Benghazi attack.

From the Heritage Foundation, STEVEN BUCCI reveals how President Obama’s “light footprint” for military affairs would be hollowed out by sequestration, and explains President Obama’s executive order on on cyber security.

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PATRICK CHRISTY, a senior analyst from the Foreign Policy Initiative, stresses the importance of Turkey to America’s interest in the Middle East, encouraging the current administration to try to ensure that Turkey turns to the West over other allies in the region.

JIM HANSON, from blackfive.net, reflects on the tragic irony of former SEAL Chris Kyle’s death, pays respects to Staff Sergeant Romesha for his courage that led to him receiving the Medal of Honor, and weighs in on Obama’s policy of blowing terrorists to “their atomic bits” instead of capturing them for questioning.

Sequestration: Reducing the Navy to Pre-WWI Size

With Adm. James “Ace” Lyons, Barry Rubin, Roger Noriega, and Andy McCarthy.

ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, President and CEO of Lion Associates LLC, warns of the impending threats that are China and North Korea, and describes the greatly reduced state of our military if sequestration were to take effect.

BARRY RUBIN, the director of the GLORIA center, reports on the State of the World over the past four years, and reveals how the current administration has helped create and sustain Islamist, anti-American regimes in several countries all over the Middle East.

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From the founder of Inter-American Security Watch, ROGER NORIEGA exposes how Iran has infiltrated the Western hemisphere with close relations in Argentina and Venezuela, and marvels at how the Obama administration could deny America oil independence if they don’t approve the Keystone pipeline through Canada, one of our most trusted allies.

ANDY McCARTHY, from the National Review Online and author of Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy, describes the dereliction of duty that contributed to the Benghazi crisis, and wonders why we even bother with Senate appointment hearings when even the most incompetent of nominees, Chuck Hagel, can still get approved despite betraying his lack of qualifications.

Ideological Elements of Enemy Threat Doctrine Are Skipped in Hagel and Brennan Hearings

With Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, Sebastian Gorka, Adam Kredo, and Gordon Chang.

LT. GEN. JERRY BOYKIN, former US Deputy Undersecretary of  Defense for Intelligence, explains why he doesn’t support Chuck Hagel and John Brennan’s nominations. Hagel does not take a firm enough line on Iran, and Brennan fails to understand that fundamentalist ideology is what motivates terrorists. Boykin also forecasts the “hollowing out” of the military from sequestration, and talks about the death of the American ethos that no soldier, dead or alive, is left behind.

From the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, SEBASTIAN GORKA critiques the lack of understanding that we have about the ideology that drives our enemies in the war on terror, and references the Cold War ideological battle as a frame work for how to win a war of ideas.

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ADAM KREDO, a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, explains how sequestration will “hollow out the military,” and illuminates the reasons why the vote on Hagel’s nomination was delayed.

From forbes.com, GORDON CHANG takes a tour through Asia explaining how the weakening Chinese economy and disarray in the political system is creating a formula for war, how many countries in Asia are devaluing their currencies, and how Chinese cyber-warfare is costing America millions every year.

Chuck Hagel’s Nomination: A Sure Path to Disastrous Defense Cuts

With Diana West, Monica Crowley, Robert Spencer, and Andy McCarthy.

DIANA WEST, author of The Death of the Grown Up, reports on the assassination attempt on Lars Hedegaard’s life, renowned Danish investigative journalist, at his home in Copenhagen today. The shooter was reportedly Arab, and the near-tragedy ties into the debate about free speech and the fight against Islamist censorship in the media.

MONICA CROWLEY, New York Post columnist and author of What the Bleep Just Happened?, analyzes how Chuck Hagel’s Senate hearing clearly showed that he is incompetent for the job of Secretary of Defense, and how his ideology when combined with Obama’s policy, will lead to devastating defense cuts and America’s retreat from the global scene.

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ROBERT SPENCER, director of Jihad Watch, discusses how Hillary Clinton finally ‘let the cat out of the bag’ about the jihadist threat that the Obama administration has previously denied was real, and analyzes how Al Gorezeera will effectively become a propagandist arm of the Islamist agenda in America.

Former federal prosecutor ANDY McCARTHY explains the reasoning behind his belief that if the Central Intelligence Agency is going to become a purely politicized institution, it is better to not have it at all—especially if John Brennan is leading it.

Chinese Warmongering: How Tibet and Disputed Islands Signal Future Aggression

With Victor Davis Hanson, John Bolton, Michael Rubin, and Gordon Chang.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, of the Hoover Institute, postulates why Obama is changing over 65 years of American foreign policy to remove the US from its preeminent place in international relations, and explains the reasoning behind Obama’s progressive move to cut defense spending to fund entitlement programs.

AMB. JOHN BOLTON, former US ambassador to the UN, analyzes the fallout from Chuck Hagel’s Senate hearing, and explains that nuclear deterrence won’t work against an enemy who believes that such destruction would lead to paradisaical glory.

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MICHAEL RUBIN, from the American Enterprise Institute, explains how Egypt is on the brink of becoming a failed state, how Turkey is not an American ally, and how Al Qaeda has planted its roots in the Syrian rebellion leading to disastrous consequences for Israel no matter the outcome of the current conflict.

GORDON CHANG, from forbes.com, interprets the war-talk coming from Chinese officials, which combined with recent increased isolation in Tibet, and aggression over disputed islands serves as a warning to America of China’s desire for war in the near future.