Abandoning the defense of European liberalism now would be a tragedy, for Europe.

The Iraqi people have to believe and know that elections are a regular part of national life and that political parties have to meet legal standards to run and that terrorist organizations are not political parties.

The statistics make it clear, Israel is doing its best to help the people of Gaza despite their Hamas-led leadership's ongoing terror war against Israel.

Irael's Qualitative Military Edge must exist at the level closest to the country's citizens as well as being balanced with countries far away.

Increased U.S. arms sales to Arab states come at the same time Obama Administration policy shifted from support for Israel's right of self-defense to support for a new "peace process."

If the Obama Administration continues the arms sales practices of its predecessor, how does Israel compete?

Israel's experience pulling victims of terror out of buildings and buses bombed by Hamas and Fatah has made it the world's premier provider of medical triage for large-scale trauma. The Haitian earthquake victims are the latest to benefit from this necessarily well-developed art.

In the pursuit of partners in the war against terrorists and their state supporters, the U.S. Government should consider just how much we are on our own in Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia.

Before leaving town, the House and Senate agreed to a 60-day extension of provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire at the end of the year. When they return they will take up the separate House and Senate versions of the bill that would reauthorize the full Patriot Act through 2013.

Stripping airline passengers is the last stage of failing to address the problem.