Howard P. McKeon: “Unfortunately, the largest threat to our naval forces is one of our own making.”

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

As a Californian, I have long understood the importance of the Asia-Pacific region to trade and our economic well-being, and that security underpins progress in the region.

If it only leads to a justification of programs in the budget, then both the Department and Congress have lost a major opportunity.

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.