by Kelli Ballard | May 3, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Illegal Immigration
The Biden administration is preparing to send 1,500 troops to the border in anticipation of the thousands of illegal immigrants expected to cross once Title 42 ends on May 11. So far, these restrictions put into place during Donald Trump’s administration and the COVID...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 30, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Does the US president need the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation to retain troops in the Middle East, particularly Iraq, to keep Iran in check? Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell thought so. In the wake of deadly missile attacks...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
There has never been a shortage of faintheartedness in the Pentagon. But the Biden administration’s Defense Department has honed timidity into an art form. Case in point, a recently leaked memorandum from the Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) leader, four-star General Mike...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 2, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The ill-advised COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US military members was repealed by the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Defense Department policy came under significant attack by critics because religious and medical waivers were either not applied...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 8, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Still another repudiation of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate foils the White House. A key provision in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be the rolling back of the Biden administration’s onerous coronavirus vaccination...