The recent oil tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman reinforce the need to reestablish a highly visible U.S. naval deterrent in the Middle East. For eight months last year, no aircraft carrier strike group plied the region, the longest…

Washington wonders how Iran will respond after Trump abruptly cancels strike by Joel Gehrke, The Washington Examiner President Trump’s decision to cancel a retaliatory strike against Iran might only be a pause in the crisis that culminated Thursday in the…

Trump says he called off attack on Iran 10 minutes before launch Dave Boyer, The Washington Times President Trump said he stopped a planned U.S. military strike against Iran 10 minutes before it was to be launched Thursday night because…

Donald Trump talks tough to adversaries – but doesn’t always follow through David Jackson and Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY Writing to a friend in 1900, future President Theodore Roosevelt used the phrase that would define his foreign policy: “Speak softly…