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  • Defining the Priorities
    Nov 24, 2010  - Last week, I wrote a column on the importance of the open exchange of ideas and the importance of collectively determining a priority list for Congress as we head into a new year and a new Congress. I asked for feedback from you – what do you want to add to Congress’ priority list? What are your top... More
  • The Priority List
    Nov 19, 2010  - Recently, a colleague of mine and I were sharing stories of our weekend routines after we return home from Washington. My friend shared that his wife usually greets him, happily armed with a hug and a honey-do list carefully printed on a piece of notebook paper…fix a leak in the faucet upstairs, mow... More
  • Eleven
    Nov 10, 2010  - Veterans Day traces its origin to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 when fighting between the Allied nations and Germany ceased with an armistice. The following year, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as Armistice Day, saying “To us in America, the reflect... More
  • Secretariat
    Oct 22, 2010  - As someone born and raised in Virginia, I have always had a love for horses.  When I was in college, the athlete I admired most was not an NBA or NFL superstar, but rather it was a Virginia-born Thoroughbred racehorse named Secretariat. Secretariat had a way of keeping his fans in suspense by always... More
  • An Update on Joint Forces Command
    Oct 15, 2010  - Over the past couple of years, I have spoken out against the growing trend of secrecy at the Department of Defense that has resulted in blatant disregard for providing information to Congress - the very body tasked with oversight to raise and support our national defense. Throughout the course of th... More
  • The Defense Department should be ashamed of this round of BRAC cuts
    Oct 1, 2010  - Only a weekend after members of Congress returned to their districts for August recess, the fiscal blitzkrieg on our military began. In the Pentagon, a small circle of individuals took the first step in their long-planned strategy.  With one hour until the media announcement, after it was already be... More
  • Constitution Day
    Sep 17, 2010  - “The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity—unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.”  Henry Clay, America’s “Great Compromiser,” knew that there were some things that could not be compromised—chief among them is our C... More
  • To Care for Those Who Shall Have Borne the Battle
    Sep 10, 2010  - In 1865, President Lincoln stood on the East Portico of the Capitol to take the executive oath for his second term as President of the United States. As he stood to deliver his second inaugural address, he faced a country that had been bruised and battered by civil war. The war was one of the costli... More
  • Facing the Storm
    Aug 31, 2010  - This week as Hurricane Earl threatens the east coast, Virginians will be preparing their homes and families for the impact of heavy winds and rain. After the storm, many could be faced with the reality of a wind-damaged business or a home basement saturated in water. While we don't know what the tru... More
  • Protecting Yourself in a Technology Driven Society
    Aug 20, 2010  - As more people share personal info online, identity thieves are on the hunt. Many of these identity thieves are using new and creative ways to steal personal and private information from senior citizens and older adults. For many senior citizens and for those of us with aging parents, it can seem co... More

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