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Friday, July 04, 2008 02:00:00 PM
 NEW YORK -- The potentates who run the taxpayer-subsidized Corporation for Public Broadcasting have an exquisite sense of timing. To honor America's 232nd birthday, PBS is bracketing our nation's anniversary with a three-part documentary on the horrors of warfare in the 20th century. Friday, June 20, 2008 12:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Last Sunday, Sen. John McCain met in Washington with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. After their closed-door session, the two men took questions from waiting reporters. The following day, Sen. Barack Obama told reporters that he, too, had found time for a conversation with Zebari. The way in which the two events apparently took place and how they were reported reflect the profound differences between McCain and Obama. Friday, June 13, 2008 01:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Just about everyone in America knows that Sunday, June 15, is Father's Day. The day for dads has been celebrated on the third Sunday of June since 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson decreed it to be so. Those who make and sell power tools and greeting cards have been grateful ever since. Somehow, it just isn't the same for June 14, which is Flag Day and, by no coincidence, the U.S. Army's anniversary. Friday, June 06, 2008 12:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Sixty-four years ago this week, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt came on the radio and implored Americans to "devote themselves in a continuance of prayer -- invoking thy help to our efforts." The "effort" of which he spoke was Operation Overlord, the D-Day landing of 150,000 American and Allied troops at Normandy. The risks were so great that Winston Churchill told the people of Britain: "The invasion has been launched. The result is with God." FDR described it as "a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity." Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- When the so-called mainstream media don't want you to know something, they simply spike the story -- meaning they just don't cover it. That's what's happened to the good news from Iraq. American heroes are in flak jackets and helmets, and their Iraqi counterparts are asserting rule of law for millions of grateful Iraqi civilians once tyrannized by al-Qaida terrorists and Shiite militias. In short, we are winning. That's the (SET ITAL) good (END ITAL) news that isn't news. Friday, May 23, 2008 10:30:00 AM
NEW YORK -- Aboard ship, every announcement from the bridge is preceded by that phrase. Here in the Big Apple, it's Fleet Week. Set to coincide with Memorial Day weekend, it's an opportunity for the citizens of America's most populous metropolitan area to see and touch the hardware the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps use to defend this land. More importantly, it is a chance for our countrymen to meet and actually talk with a serving member of the U.S. armed forces. Notably, nearly all of the Marines and sailors aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and a good number of the guardsmen posted here are veterans of overseas campaigns in the war against radical Islam. Friday, May 09, 2008 09:12:07 AM
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Here at the U.S. Army's biggest base on the East Coast, soldiers and their dependents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their "economic stimulus payments." It's a good thing because, like most of us, these American heroes are going to need the extra money just to purchase their next tank of gas. Friday, May 02, 2008 10:00:00 AM
FRESNO, Calif. -- In the U.S. military, there is a wonderful little expression: "A good plan never survives the first contact with the enemy." The corollary to this rule is: "Expect the unexpected." Then, of course, there is the expanded version of the Boy Scouts motto: "Be prepared -- for anything." This week has served to remind me how apt these quaint little expressions really are. Friday, April 25, 2008 02:00:00 PM
WASHINGTON -- "The number you have called cannot be connected." Ever heard a recording like that on your telephone? On 9/11, messages like that were commonplace in New York and Washington -- and incredibly frustrating for first responders trying to coordinate rescue operations and families attempting to contact loved ones. Friday, April 18, 2008 10:00:00 AM
"Your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes." -- Jimmy Carter, inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1977 Friday, April 11, 2008 10:00:53 AM
WASHINGTON -- Five years ago this week, American soldiers and Marines liberated Baghdad from Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard and the foreign fedayeen who had flooded into the despot's capital. For those of us who were there, it was an unforgettable event. Friday, January 19, 2007 08:10:20 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's going to be one of the biggest "single buy" Air Force acquisitions since World War II: 179 aircraft at a cost of $200 billion over a 20-year period. The plane -- a "flying gas station" -- will replace the half-century-old U.S. fleet of KC-135 and KC-10 refueling tankers. Designated the KC-X by the Air Force, it's been on the drawing board for years. Not one of the new tankers has been built, but it's already in serious trouble. The problem: Some Americans seem intent on ensuring that a foreign aircraft manufacturer is awarded the contract to build these planes because it will bring a handful of jobs to their state. If they succeed, it will be a major disaster for American taxpayers and American jobs. Friday, January 12, 2007 07:10:15 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- So he didn't take my advice. Despite recommendations to the contrary in this column last week, President Bush announced Wednesday night that he's "committed more than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq." That's the headline. But there's a lot more to the story. It's rife with risk -- and great opportunity. Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:58:09 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For months, advisers to President George W. Bush have been trying to convince the commander in chief that more U.S. troops in Iraq will improve prospects for victory. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), both recently returned from Iraq (and a courageous surprise stopover in Ramadi, capital of bloody Al Anbar Province) also support adding more American troops. Unfortunately, they are wrong. Friday, December 29, 2006 06:37:50 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For many Americans, it's a week of reflection, these last days of 2006. Some spend that time celebrating the Christmas season with prayer and thanksgiving. Others take advantage of "after Christmas" sales at department stores, buying the junk that was omitted from their stockings. Those fortunate enough to have the means take stock of their stocks and bonds, and others write down resolutions that will command their attention for the first few weeks of January. Friday, December 22, 2006 08:13:09 AM
TQ AIRBASE, Iraq -- Our FOX News Team is aboard a U.S. Marine C-130 aircraft, departing Iraq, headed for Kuwait -- the eighth time we have left war-torn Mesopotamia this way. It's exactly 45 months since I first entered Iraq on the night that Operation Iraqi Freedom began. Then, I was aboard a Marine CH-46, and the bird to our left, transporting a squad of Royal Marine Commandos, went down, killing all aboard. Friday, December 15, 2006 07:06:52 AM
RAMADI, Iraq -- "We're here to win." That's how a U.S. Marine corporal put it when I asked him what he was doing in Iraq. He spoke looking squarely into our TV camera -- a more intimidating experience for him than the RPG fire he had just faced on the streets of this beleaguered city. When I pressed this 20-year-old from the heartland of America to tell me what "winning" meant to him, he was straightforward: "That's when these people don't need me to guard this street so their kids can go to school -- when they can do it themselves." Friday, December 08, 2006 07:23:34 AM
RAMADI, Iraq -- "If everything went as planned, they wouldn't call it 'war.'" That was the tongue-in-cheek assessment of a U.S. Marine Major as to why our helicopter flight from Baghdad to Ramadi had been delayed for half a day. By the time we arrived on the LZ at this outpost of freedom it was the middle of an unusually cold, damp night. A proffered hot cup of coffee was gratefully accepted as the Major helped us load our backpacks, camera gear and satellite broadcast equipment aboard a dust-encrusted Humvee. Just hours later, this widely respected and much admired Marine officer and two brave U.S. Army soldiers were dead, killed by an IED -- an improvised explosive device -- the insidious weapon of choice for terrorists in Iraq. Thursday, December 07, 2006 07:57:10 AM
RAMADI, Iraq -- "If everything went as planned, they wouldn't call it 'war.'" That was the tongue-in-cheek assessment of a U.S. Marine Major as to why our helicopter flight from Baghdad to Ramadi had been delayed for half a day. By the time we arrived on the LZ at this outpost of freedom it was the middle of an unusually cold, damp night. A proffered hot cup of coffee was gratefully accepted as the Major helped us load our backpacks, camera gear and satellite broadcast equipment aboard a dust-encrusted Humvee. Just hours later, this widely respected and much admired Marine officer and two brave U.S. Army soldiers were dead, killed by an IED -- an improvised explosive device -- the insidious weapon of choice for terrorists in Iraq. Friday, December 01, 2006 07:16:43 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It wasn't supposed to be this way -- packing up for an eighth trip to document the war in Iraq. The war I'm going back to was supposed to be over by now. I've said as much in this column and on the air in hundreds of broadcasts for FOX News Channel while embedded with U.S. and Iraqi troops. But it's not over. Friday, November 24, 2006 08:25:24 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During the 2004 presidential campaign, the Democrats' standard bearer, John "Study or Get Stuck in Iraq" Kerry, was fond of claiming that if President Bush got re-elected, he would reinstate the draft. Though no Republican has advocated such a measure, the draft idea has created a lot of hot air on television and talk-radio outlets, which is what its proponents want in order to further depress support for the war in Iraq. Friday, November 17, 2006 08:27:01 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It all sounded too good to be true -- and now we know that it was. For a few days after the midterm elections, leaders of the new congressional majority talked as if they really wanted to work with the Bush administration for the common good. But like so much in Washington, it's now clear that was just hype. Friday, November 10, 2006 10:44:12 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Where are you going?" According to the Apostle (John 16:5), Christ urged his followers to ask that question shortly before the tumult of his arrest, trial, execution and resurrection. In the aftermath of this turbulent week, it's a relevant line of inquiry for President Bush and the new leaders in Congress. Friday, November 03, 2006 08:29:44 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In my line of work -- documenting the fortitude and perseverance of American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines for FOX News -- we often interrupt a story to inject a relevant earlier chronological event through the use of a device called a "flashback." Such historical references often provide a context for later events. The 2006 political campaign season has been a long flashback to the 1970s. Friday, October 27, 2006 10:44:54 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Much is being said and written these days about how the war in Iraq resembles the war in Vietnam. The theme began during the 2004 presidential campaign with Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry describing Iraq as a "quagmire" and demanding a "date certain" for a U.S. pullout. Purveyors of the "news" in our so-called mainstream media picked up the beat -- though many of them are too young to know anything more about Vietnam than what they learned from a movie. The "Vietnam deja vu" howl is now in full cry. But it's a myth. Friday, October 20, 2006 10:04:47 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans living along the U.S.-Mexican border have been warning that our porous frontier is a back door for terrorist entry into this country. Local, state and federal law enforcement officers, overwhelmed by the flow of human traffic across the border, have acknowledged the threat -- and been widely ignored by the mainstream media and "official" Washington. Last year, in little-noticed congressional testimony, FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed that "individuals from countries with known al Qaeda connections have attempted to enter the United States illegally using alien smuggling rings and assuming Hispanic appearances." Friday, October 13, 2006 12:35:51 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Albert Einstein is credited with defining insanity as "doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different outcome." This Mr. Einstein is, of course, the Nobel physicist whose 1939 letter on atomic fission to President Franklin Roosevelt resulted in the Manhattan Project -- and the development of the first A-bomb. In the wake of North Korean "product demonstration" and claim to have detonated a nuclear weapon, U.S. decision-makers should heed the late scientist's pithy observation -- for our policy toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) certainly seems to fit the definition. It's time to face the facts: None of the "diplomatic initiatives" the United States has tried since 1945 have worked to prevent North Korea from becoming a serious threat to U.S. national security. Friday, October 06, 2006 09:31:05 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During the 1980 presidential campaign, Republicans pointed out that Jimmy Carter had "lost Nicaragua" to communism. The 1979 Sandinista "Revolution Without Frontiers" led by Daniel Ortega was just one of many foreign policy disasters during the Carter administration -- and Ronald Reagan assured Americans that such things wouldn't happen on his "watch." Unfortunately, Reagan is gone, and today Nicaragua looks like a case of "back to the future." Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:15:36 PM
TCV NOTE TO READERS: Col. North's latest column is arguably the most revealing and shocking ever written about former President William Jefferson Clinton. "I worked hard to try to kill him. I authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him. We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody has gotten since." -- William Jefferson Clinton, Sept. 24, 2006 Thursday, September 14, 2006 09:37:46 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Dec. 4, 1983, 28 aircraft from the USS Independence Carrier Battle Group attacked Hezbollah and Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Two U.S. Navy A-7s were lost on the mission and a third aircraft was damaged. One of the downed pilots died of wounds in captivity and the other, Lt. Robert Goodman, was taken prisoner and paraded before the cameras. Though Lt. Goodman was eventually released, the U.S. Navy had learned a hard lesson. |
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