Retired Army colonel
Retired Army colonel, who served in a variety of command and staff
positions in both the US and Europe, and commanded an artillery
battalion during the Gulf War in 1991; Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and a visiting professor at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Will No One Sound the Bugle Call? A soldier's day once was regulated by bugle calls. "Answer the bugle call" came to describe citizens responding to a national threat. President John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." But after four years of war in Iraq, the bugle call has not sounded. That's according to John McCausland, a retired Army colonel who served in the first Gulf War. He's now senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and visiting Professor of Law at Penn State.
What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
The week that wouldn't quit Will next week get even weirder? (Special one-hour episode)
Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.