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Canadian/American Couple Held Hostage by Taliban Ally Appear in Video

John Rossomando | Investigative Project on Terrorism A Canadian man and his American wife who were kidnapped by Taliban allies in 2012 plead for their lives in a video that appeared Tuesday on the social media site Telegram. In the undated video, Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman plead for help from their governments to stop […]

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Video: Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats

Sam LaGrone | USNI This is a breaking news story and will be updated as new information becomes available. The following is an Aug. 23, 2016 video of guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) harassed by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol boats. The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) was followed and harassed […]

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Right Side News: Today’s Headlines, August 19, 2016

Putin’s suspicious rise to power Center for Security Policy Secure Freedom Radio is made possible by listeners like you With David Satter, Fred Fleitz, Daniel Horowitz, Dr. Michael Auslin DAVID SATTER, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, author of “The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror and Dictatorship Under Yeltsin […]

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Ransom Payment Highlights Hillary’s Ownership of Disastrous Iran Deal

Fred Fleitz | Breitbart Amid recent scrambling by President Obama and his senior officials to deny that a secret planeload of foreign currency worth $400 million sent to Iran in January to win the release of four innocent Americans was a ransom payment, there also has been maneuvering by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to insulate her […]

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CMC Neller: Marines Now Training to Battle Drones, Fight Without Comms

A Marine with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, assists his squad by providing reconnaissance with an “Instant Eye” unmanned aerial system at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 5, 2016. US Marine Corps photo. Megan Eckstein | USNI WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps must train for the environment […]

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Report: Russian Sub Activity on the Rise in North Atlantic

John Grady | USNI News While Russian submarine activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas and the North Atlantic are at their highest levels since the end of the Cold War, its navy has only started to be resourced and its undersea fleet, while “a pocket of competence,” remains small. This was the assessment of […]

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Multiple Immigration System Failures Undermine National Security

Michael Cutler | CAPS CIA Director Brennan warns that ISIS is likely to exploit refugee flows, smuggling routes and legitimate methods of travel to attack the West On June 16, John Brennan, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, testified before a hearing conducted by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the various threats and challenges that […]

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Officials Reveal America’s National Security Controlled by the Jihadists

Center for Security Policy Two former U.S. government officials made explosive revelations on national radio this past Friday including the charge the U.S. government is a “tool” for the jihadi movement here, and that the driving force behind America’s domestic counter-terrorism strategies and our foreign policy is the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The exchange took place […]

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Video: Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Enters Mediterranean

Megan Eckstein | USNI The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean Sea yesterday, officially putting two aircraft carriers in the Med for simultaneous operations for the first time since sequestration limited funding for deployments. The Ike CSG continues to perform Great Green Fleet operations, as […]

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Breaking: Report of the Task Force on National Security

ACHIEVING U.S. SECURITY THROUGH LEADERSHIP & LIBERTY June 9, 2016 better.gop Senator Paul Ryan PDF Document Source Here, and text content published below in full on Right Side News This document lays out the key themes and specific policy actions that should guide U.S. foreign policy and national security going forward. House Speaker Rep. Paul […]

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China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities: Background and Issues for Congress

The following is the May 31, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress. Ronald O’Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs | Download Full Report ( includes List of Naval Ships/photos) Summary China is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited but […]

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Antwerp Terror Arrests Underscore Growing Threat to Europe and America

Abigail R. Esman | Investigative Project on Terrorism Last Wednesday, just two years and a day after the deadly terrorist attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels, and barely more than two months after the twin attacks on the Brussels airport and metro, Belgian police arrested a group of Muslim youth planning yet another attack, […]