James Jay Carafano is a defense and national security expert at The Heritage Foundation, where he currently is special counselor to the president, the E.W. Richardson fellow for international engagement, and chairman of the Combating Antisemitism Task Force. Read his research.
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The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” is busy pushing for amnesty while promising that the border will be secured and U.S. immigration laws will be enforced…eventually…. Read More
Recent reports indicate that a government contract employee leaked the details of a classified National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program to the media. We asked… Read More
This Memorial Day, the Heritage family will join all Americans in remembering the service and sacrifices of those who gave all so the rest of… Read More
I sat down with James Phillips, Heritage’s Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs, to get his take on the violence in Iraq. Why the… Read More
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall… Read More
The White House might have wanted to mute its response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi for fear of inflaming Anti-American sentiment. Perhaps the President… Read More
Must Washington fix our broken southern border? You bet. Will the comprehensive immigration reform bill help? You bet it won’t. The number one flaw of… Read More
The good news is Congress cares about trying to fix our flawed immigration system and broken borders. The bad news is they want to do… Read More
As tempting as it might be for anyone in Washington to find some way to spin the tragic events of the Boston bombings to advance… Read More
America is at its best when it faces adversity with courage, confidence, and determination. That recipe of “what makes us who we are” holds for… Read More
