Howard P. McKeon: “The debt crisis we face was decades in the making and a result of choosing the easy path when we should have explored…”

Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific Region is critical for our national security.

The President is not blameless. His negotiators put sequestration on the table during the long fight over the debt ceiling.

I applauded the President's decision to take out Osama bin Laden. However, this tactical success did not end what former CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid called the long war against Al Qaeda.

This is a threat daily and directly impacting the U.S. homeland, and we need to treat it as a national security imperative.