One would think we could all agree that foreign spies and domestic crooks are not good for government employment and that a universally accepted and fair methodology for keeping them out is essential to good administration. Unfortunately, the Biden administration…
On Jan. 11, the United States and Japan unveiled plans to strengthen their alliance to counter threats from China. In a joint statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi, and…
Something that has been quite obvious for a long time came to an undeniable head on Tuesday when a jury of Michael Sussmann’s friends — er, peers — found him not guilty of lying to the FBI over the origins…
Washington’s foreign policy establishment, essentially a bipartisan war party more interested in running the world than protecting the American people, is debating going to war — several times over. For instance, there’s Russia. Administration officials warn that Moscow might attack…
At first glance, it might appear that the U.S. is starting to score some wins in its China policy. Last week, five members of Congress visited Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen in a show of support, the Biden administration convinced the…
“Defense is not a Biden administration priority,” analysts found on Tuesday when examining President Biden’s newly proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2022 during a virtual event with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Experts weighing in on the panel —…
Given that the $15-per-hour minimum wage is applicable for all government contractors, when will that be applied to the military? Fifteen dollars an hour works out to about $31,200 annually. Currently, it takes a member of the military reaching pay…
With last week’s confirmation of President Trump’s new Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, now in the rearview mirror, pro-Trump Republicans can finally dare to hope. That is, they can dare to hope that the Department of Defense (DoD) will at…
More reports of troubled Defense spending have arisen. Project on Government Oversight (POGO) recently wrote about the inability of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to complete an independent audit for the second straight year. The government watchdog pointed out that…