Kathleen Troia “KT” McFarland is a national security commentator and columnist who appears weekly on a number of TV, online and national radio programs. Ms. McFarland held national security posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan Administrations, and received the Defense Department’s highest civilian award. She ran as a Republican candidate for the US Senate from New York in 2006.

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• US Mideast policy to blame for crisis in Syria?
• Pipeline rejection a 'huge mistake' for US?
• New Google policy raises online privacy concerns
• Members of Congress travel on private groups' dime
• Iran repeating 'cycle' of nuclear talks

• US Pulling out of Afghanistan
• Special Ops in Somalia
• Arab spring one year later
• Al Qaeda & Hezbollah in Latin America
• The Rise of Naval Powers

• President Obama, please use Option C to defeat Iran
• Obama Unveils Defense Cuts While Iran Threatens War
• In 2012 the GOP is Like the Lady Who Goes Shoe Shopping
• Three Things to Watch On the Korean Peninsula In the Days Ahead
• The Miracle of the Army-Navy Game