Politician

The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam.

Once the U.S. and NATO walked away from Libya, a chaotic, lawless state in the soft underbelly of Europe arose.

Illicit weapons have always been available to those who can afford them, but they have not generally been the latest state-of-the-art equipment, which requires experience and expertise to use.

Obamacare became the disaster that its detractors always said that it would become.

Choices abound in the free market. Choice creates real and immediate accountability.

We need to recognize the reality of the threat from radical Islam: that it will be an enduring conflict, that there are no easy decisions, and that mistakes have and will be made.

The world has devolved into a much more hardened and lethal place since that devastating September morning when Islamists assassinated nearly 3,000 Americans in the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

Obama sought a strategy of accommodating our enemies, even if they weren't so willing to accommodate us.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan harbor incredible promise for America once they forge an effective partnership.

There are no consequences for Snowden breaking the law in Snowden's World. It's where his massively inflated ego dictates the rules and determines which he will follow.

The unregulated migration of hundreds of thousands of refugees from terrorist safe havens in Syria, Iraq, and Libya has created a very difficult threat environment for Europe.

The Obama-Clinton administration gambled with America's national security by embracing radical jihadists, and the world lost.

Americans must step back and realize that an effective foreign policy is very difficult to devise, and we must present a united front to make it work.

Nobody walks away with everything they want in politics.

Foreign policy is painstakingly difficult, and if there is to be anything gained from the experience in Libya, it is how not to conduct world affairs.

I will never forget standing with fellow members of Congress on the steps of the Capitol to sing 'God Bless America' on the night of 9/11.

Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.

Western Europe has been redefining the nation state since 1945 when it formed the European Union following World War II.

I'm not OK with clergy, students, and those of different opinions chanting and swearing, but it is their constitutional right.

An issue that really concerned me when I was on the House Intelligence Committee was the quality of analysis.