Howard P. McKeon: “Our mission is enshrined in the Constitution. We are charged with providing for the common defense.”

From Aleppo in western Syria to Fallujah in central Iraq, Al Qaeda now controls territory that stretches more than 400 miles across the heart of the Middle East.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Russian military developments pose significant challenges to our national security.

Just yesterday the House, on a bipartisan basis and in large numbers, passed my amendment to the continuing resolution at the President's request which authorizes the Secretary of Defense to train and equip appropriately vetted elements of…