Hunter: American People Don't Understand Severity Of Defense Cuts

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) said more cuts would put the military in a position of having to choose where to engage and where not, putting national security at risk. (0:23)

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House Dem: America Needs More Nukes Like Lady Gaga Needs More Costumes

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) compares America’s need for nukes to Lady Gaga’s need for more clothing, noting that America does not need any more nuclear weapons to remain safe from external threats. (0:11)

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Bush: Isolationist Thinking Is A Threat To Security

Former President George W. Bush said hopelessness in developing countries poses a threat to U.S. national security and taking women’s health care to these nations provides hope. (0:49)

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Climate Change Heating Up Global Conflicts, Says Ex-Navy Admiral

Retired Navy Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn likens the effect of climate change on current conflicts to a magnifying glass, saying that it intensifies everything (0:35).
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T. Boone Pickens Says Energy Independence Is A National Security Matter

T. Boone Pickens asserts the need to become energy independent the American way (0:39).
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Obama Equates Cyber Security With National Security

Shortly after the release of a report detailing U.S. vulnerability to cyber attack, President Obama outlined how the administration will confront the security of the country's digital infrastructure as a national security concern (0:28)
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General Wald:National Security Threat and Climate Change

General Charles Wald, USAF (Ret.) speaks on the national security threat due to the climate changes. Stating that the issue lies with the United States dependance on foreign oil. (0:32)
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Obama Addresses National Security

President Obama delivers remarks on national security. (47:00)
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Clinton: $7.1 Billion Big Sum But Only A Fraction

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

This morning U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and stated that the $7.1 billion requested in supplemental funds for State Department operations and foreign assistance is a significant sum but expressed that it is only a fraction of what the U.S. spends each year on national security. (00:35)
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Lt. General Robert Gard points out what the Bush Administration was lacking

Shelly Maxwell interviews Lt. General Robert Gard, Capitol Hill consultant who specializes in national security, talks about a need for change in the nuclear weapons policy and hopes that President Obama will bring a new approach of international cooperation that was lacking in the Bush administration. (10:43)



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Al-Qaida may try to influence election

Specialist in Terrorism and National Security Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division John Rollins mentions that the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen might have been an attempt to influence the election.
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History shows heightened risk

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) explains how terrorists have a history of striking at times of governmental transitions (0:31).
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War on terror has financial costs

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) says that the "war on terror" not only has human cost, but financial costs as well. (0:38)
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Aslan sees layers in Middle East operation

Reza Aslan says we need to understand the dynamics of the Middle East much better. (0:34)
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Sen. Bayh sees link between security and other issues

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) thinks that national security is linked to many other issues. (0:24)
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Foreign oil disruption seen as “likely” in next ten years says Sen. Voinovich

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio.) believes that America is at a high national security risk. Voinovich cited that due to high energy costs and relationships with foreign governments America is reliant on countries that wish the Unted States harm. In addition, Voinovich commented that according to the Stanford University Modeling Forum the odds of a foreign oil disruption happening over the next ten years are slightly higher than 80 percent. If global production were reduced by more than 2.1 percent that would have a serious effect on oil prices and our economy. This would be more so than Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (0:49)


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DHS review is a tremendous opportunity

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, Alan Cohn says that the DHS is committed to producing the best researched document to the best of it’s ability. Outside assistance of contractors and private enterprises is helpful to provide an objective review of the Department. Cohn says the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review is a tremendous opportunity and a tremendous challenge. (0:55)
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Obama to "seize this moment's promise"

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discusses the many consequences of war in Iraq during foreign policy and national security speech. Obama mentions how he wants "America once again to lead." (1:36)
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Wasted potential: Obama on what we "could have" accomplished

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discusses the ways America could have acted following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 during his speech on foreign policy and national security. (2:01)
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Terrorist watch list is harmful to national security

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, says that the terrorist watch list is ineffective at best, likely useless and perhaps even harmful by creating it’s own security weaknesses and needs to be changed immediately. (1:00)
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