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The Middle East and Threats to the Homeland

Heritage Foundation | Middle East A locus of U.S. interests, the Middle East remains strategically important to America but is increasingly unstable. How threatened is this area? Threats to the Homeland Radical Islamist terrorism in its many forms remains the most immediate global threat to the safety and security of U.S. citizens at home and […]

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In From The Cold And Out Again… How The CIA Was Duped And Their Double Agent Failure

NoisyRoom Bill Gertz at the Washington Free Beacon has written a fascinating piece on the CIA being fooled by scores of double agents who pledged their loyalty to the agency, but instead reported back to the communists during the Cold War right on up into the present day. As I have said for years… the […]

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Index of US Military Strength: Threats to US Vital Interests

  Where are US vital interests being threatened around the world? The United States is a global power with global interests. Scaling its military power to threats requires judgments with regard to the importance and priority of those interests, whether the use of force is the most appropriate and effective means of addressing the threats […]

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Mexico Waves U.S.-Bound Cubans Through

Kausha Luna | Center for Immigration Studies Amid the Cuban migrant standoff in Costa Rica, Mexico’s migration policy towards Cubans headed for the United States should be of even greater concern to the United States. Approximately 5,000 U.S.-bound Cubans are stranded in Costa Rica, after Nicaragua closed its border to them. Ever since, Costa Rica […]

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Immigration Reform News: Surge Costing Millions to Texans as National Interest is Ignored by Washington Establishment

National Interest Ignored in Government Funding Bill Cruz, Rubio Battle Over Immigration in Fifth Republican Debate Feds Can’t Locate Thousands in the U.S. with Terror Connections Surge of Unaccompanied Minors into Texas Continues to Cost Taxpayers Millions National Interest Ignored in Government Funding Bill On Friday, both chambers of Congress approved a $1.1 trillion bill […]

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Team led by Middle Eastern Woman Caught Surveilling U.S. Facility on Mexican Border

Judicial Watch A Middle Eastern woman was caught surveilling a U.S. port of entry on the Mexican border holding a sketchbook with Arabic writing and drawings of the facility and its security system, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch. The woman has been identified as 23-year-old Leila Abdelrazaq, according to a Customs and Border […]

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Weekly Immigration Reform Report: Morale Plummets at DHS, Obama Admin at Fault

The next 12 months will be volatile as Obama’s last months in office will force him to take extreme measures to keep all  avenues into the United States wide open for both legal and illegal immigration.  Weekly reports from the Federation for American Immigration Reform proves this, as you can see below. Obama Administration Cobbles […]

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Our Refugee, Asylum, and Visa Waiver Programs: A Broken System

Special White Paper from IPT News Foreigners, including refugees, have no basic or universal right to enter the United States; that entry is granted as a privilege. In today’s complex and dangerous environment, and in light of the growing worldwide terror threat, entry into this country is a matter of national security. In a new […]

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Weekly Immigration Reform Report: Dangerous Signs from our Elected

One would believe that in light of the San Bernardino jihadi attack and resulting carnage of defenseless and innocent lives that our elected would be taking substantive actions to secure the American homeland with their massive homeland security apparatus.  Not so.  GOP leadership is already displaying their spineless ways as always and enforcement results indicate […]

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Middle Eastern Men Arrested Near Mexican Border with Steel Cylinders for IEDs

Judicial Watch Five young Middle Eastern men were apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol this week in an Arizona town situated about 30 miles from the Mexican border, law enforcement and other sources told Judicial Watch. Border Patrol agents spotted the men crossing a ranch property in the vicinity of Amado, which is located about […]

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US Military Power: Nuclear Weapons Capability

2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength A‌ssessing the state of U.S. nuclear weapons capabilities presents several challenges. First, the U.S. has elected to maintain the weapons—based on designs from the 1960s—that were in the stockpile when the Cold War ended rather than take advantage of technological developments to field new weapons that are safer, are […]

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US Military Power: Marines

2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength Scoring the US Marines | Capacity, Capability, Readiness The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is the nation’s expeditionary armed force, positioned and ready to respond to crises around the world. Marine units assigned aboard ships (“soldiers of the sea”) or at bases abroad stand ready to project U.S. power into […]