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Jules Witcover: Where are the GOP giants of yore who put their principles ahead of party loyalty?

Secretary of State Colin Powell used to talk about the Pottery Barn Rule: If you break something, such as a foreign government, you’ve bought it. Unfortunately, the U.S. has a long history of intervening and leaving chaos behind. This is what I call the Blowback Rule of unintended consequences.

Maryland's 1st District voters have an opportunity to elect a highly qualified military veteran to represent them in Congress.

The Trump administration is guilty of hypocrisy in the fight against terrorism, says Rachel Marsden.

With the opening of another 9/11 memorial, a nation still grapples with one day's events.

If we are to be serious about reducing crime, then the focus must be on preventing and treating substance abuse. New multi-faceted policies are needed, both in the criminal justice system and in health care.

A Maryland man who authorities say traveled to Somalia and became a fighter for an al-Qaida-linked extremist group has been sentenced in New York to 35 years

The Senate needs to ask President Trump's nominee to lead the CIA some very difficult questions about her role in post-9/11 torture.

President Trump should back away from his plans to leave Syria prematurely, says Cal Thomas.

With the selection of Ms. Haspel and Mr. Pompeo, we shred what is left of the rule of law and turn our back on the very human rights that distinguish us from the terrorists we fight.

Hulu's 10-part docudrama based on Lawrence Wright's book about the lead-up to 9/11 is not to be missed.

By David Zurawik

Feb 28, 2018

Terrorism - in New York or elsewhere - isn't about lax immigration policies; it's more complicated than that.

Officially designating antifa a terrorist organization would open a Pandora's box of problems, says Jonah Goldberg.

There is much to like president's Afghanistan strategy and objectives, says Cal Thomas, but the question remains: What does winning look like?

The Army general in charge of Afghanistan as President Trump revamps the strategy there was in the same Gilman class that produced Kevin Kamenetz and Robert Ehrlich

By Ian Duncan

Aug 25, 2017

There may be a case for sending more troops to Afghanistan but Trump hasn't made it.

The time has never been better for the White House to focus on Iran’s support of terrorism.

Climate change is to Europe what security threats are to America: a pretext for foreign intervention, says Rachel Marsden.

June 6

The terrorism scenario is always the same, says Cal Thomas. Events repeat themselves, like in the film "Groundhog Day."

Jonah Goldberg says President Trump's characterization of terrorists as "losers" is apt for multiple reasons.

One of the scariest parts of the very scary world we live in today is the responsibility that we and our allies bear for the creation of the enemies confronting us. This is most dreadfully true in Iraq, where thousands of Americans have died and more than $1 trillion have been wasted on a war that had no just cause, where the vacuum created by the 2003 invasion was filled by Islamic jihadists and a government and armed force more loyal to Iran than to the United States.

Americans should be skeptical about U.S. claims of a chemical attack by Syrian government

Nothing has left me feeling more aggrieved than the sudden realization that in much of America, I will never be more than a second class citizen. All of a sudden, being of Indian descent and brown-skinned feels like a disadvantage. It never felt quite like this before.

Gov. Hogan hasn't tried to change Md. gun laws, but his appointees to one board are loosening the way they're interpreted.

America is unique among all the major Western democracies in that it is the only country in which a sizable percentage of its Muslims are native-born African-American converts. This group has flourished as part of the American experiment. The First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and religion have provided the foundation for the African-American Muslim community's success and resiliency. Members have fought in every major American war. They are doctors, lawyers, sports figures,

America has a double standard on terrorism, says Leonard Pitts Jr., refusing to recognize it when whites are the perpetrators.

If President Trump is determined to be Israel's best friend, he might aim his sights a little lower and deflate the idea that the Israeli-Palestinian issue is the key to resolving the Middle East's many conflicts.

No, President Trump, what you did on immigration is not even remotely the same as what President Obama did in 2011.

The new president has set the nation on a potentially dangerous new course by reopening the possibility of torturing terrorist suspects

With the tumultuous events of the past year slowly receding in our rear view mirror, we can reasonably say that the world of 2017 is going to be fundamentally different from the year 2016. A great transformation has occurred in the past few months that will leave the United States and the world dramatically changed.

Julian Assange may be an enemy of America, but he's a useful tool for the GOP, says Jonah Goldberg.

Complaints of Russian involvement in U.S. election miss the bigger picture

Congressional negotiators stripped a provision from an annual bill that would have opened up a way for a Baltimore County man who has spent more than a deca

By Ian Duncan

Nov 29, 2016

Where's the outrage over Saudi atrocities in Yemen?

I'm not naive. Crafting stories to serve political purposes is as old as politics itself. But the problem seems to be getting worse. Perhaps it's because our country is so polarized and our media environment so balkanized and instantaneous. Politicians and journalists alike feel compelled to make facts serve some larger tale in every utterance.

British found problems in 2011 invasion so why hasn't U.S. looked into botched Libya policies?

The U.S. should stop supporting Saudi aggression in Yemen

Former Baltimore County resident Majid Khan, making his first appearance before a military commission in four years, is expected to agree Wednesday to a new plea deal on charges he plotted with senior al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan and helped the group carry out a deadly hotel bombing in Indonesia.

By Ian Duncan

Sep 14, 2016

In the next few days we should know one way or another whether Russia can be counted on to help end the fighting

It was night, and Mahmood Khan's family was asleep when the Maryland man opened the Senate torture report. As he read through the pages, he learned what the CIA had done to his little brother Majid during the three years his family had thought he was dead.

By Ian Duncan

Sep 13, 2016

On Friday, Bel Air-based surgeon Dr. Geoff Bloomfield will start his deployment to Afghanistan, the theater where the U.S. military has prosecuted a nearly 15-year war – the longest war in the nation's history – against the Taliban.

By David Anderson

Sep 12, 2016

Donald Trump's accusation that President Obama and Hillary Clinton are "founders of ISIS" is not only a good example of his reckless fear-mongering but also his complete lack of understanding about true threats to national security.

As his 10th anniversary at Guantanamo Bay draws near, an al-Qaida plotter from Baltimore is at the center of a new plan that could help resolve the cases of the dozens of men still held at the military outpost on Cuba.

By Ian Duncan

Jul 16, 2016

The battle for Mosul

Reducing risk of terrorism means looking at Saudi involvement in 9/11 and other events

Biden is wrong to criticize Trump's concerns about Muslims

The victory represented by the Iraqi government's recapture of the historic city won't bring peace absent a process of political reconciliation among the country's sectarian and ethnic factions

The outcome will be a test of Iraq's political leadership as well as of U.S. strategy in the region

O'Malley on Trump just more liberal claptrap