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Congressmen Ron Paul and Barney Frank Call For Cuts in Military Spending
Ron PaulmilitaryNational SecurityBarney FrankPentagonIn an announcement on the Huffington Post Congressmen Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) called on congress to make drastic cuts in Military...
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Remembering 9/11 - State Senator (Lt. Colonel) Brian Birdwell, A Story of...
Remembering 9/119/11PentagonBrian BirdwellLTC Brian BirdwellTexas State SenateI am SecondSurvivalSeptember 11, 2001 was one of those days that is seared in everyone's memory. Like you, I remember...
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Ten Years Later
Remembering 9/119/11terrorismPentagonPATRIOT ActTen years ago a foreign enemy attacked us on our own soil. On that fateful day in September, thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives.As we...
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Cornyn Responds to New Pentagon Contract with Russian Firm Arming Assad
Restore FamiliesAssad regimeSyriaRosoboronexportPentagonDepartment of DefenseToday, I issued the following statement in response to the Department of Defense’s announcement of a new $171 million...
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Cornyn Demands Answers on Russian Attack Sub in Gulf of Mexico
Restore FamiliesUnited StatesJonathan GreenertPentagonDepartment of DefenseRussian SubmarineToday I sent a letter to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert requesting more information...
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Cornyn Op-Ed: The Case Against Hagel
United StatesChuck HagelIranterrorism113th CongressPalestinePentagonDepartment of DefenseIsraelWhether or not Chuck Hagel is confirmed as our next defense secretary, his nomination has already done...
View ArticleWe Should be United in the Need to do Right by our Military Families
Restore Families113th CongressmilitaryPentagongovernment shutdownToday I went to the Senate Floor to call for unanimous support for H.J. Res. 91 to immediately restore military death benefits to the...
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Pentagon Still Not Paying Death Benefits, Despite Passage of H.J. Res 91
Restore FamiliesUnited StatesPentagonmilitaryAfghanistan113th Congressgovernment shutdownDepartment of DefenseWe lost five warriors on the battlefield of Afghanistan recently. They were 25-year-old 1st...
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The DoD Should Look at Every Penny Before Cutting a Soldier
Restore FamiliesUnited StatesWorldUkraineIranVenezuelaChuck HagelmilitaryPentagonOn Thursday, I spoke at the National Security Action Conference against the Department of Defense’s recent budget...
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