Will Hurd

The war against radical Salafi-Jihadism has been going on for several decades already and it will span many more and the U.S. must be preparing mentally for it.

ISIS takes a long-term approach to its apocalyptic war with West - we have to do the same.

Ultimately, taxpayers deserve a government that leverages technology to serve them, rather than one that deploys unsecure, decades old technology, and keeps sensitive information in non-encrypted databases.

In our globalized world, what happens in one nation has a very real impact on everybody else.

Every nation must concern themselves with ensuring its population has sufficient and stable access to food - ours is no exception. Nor can we afford to ignore other nations' concerns about access to food.

Food security is a global problem, with real and immediate effects on national security.

It is imperative the United States continues to demonstrate its commitment to a unified Iraqi.

Fomenting an ongoing political crisis is actually one of ISIS's objectives; it distracts policymakers' attention from terrorists inside Iraq; and it draws critical Iraqi security forces and law enforcement away from the front lines of the battle against ISIS.

Russia has demonstrated it is not committed to genuine partnership with the United States.

Bad actors like Russia, Iran, and China have demonstrated time and time again they have both the capabilities and the intent to use the cyber domain as an operating space to wreak havoc.

If a serious and sophisticated attacker has enough time he or she will get into a digital network. Governments and private corporations need to be able to detect an attacker on their network quickly, quarantine him completely and then kick him off.

I spent almost a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA. I was the guy in the back alleys at four o'clock in the morning collecting intelligence on threats to the Homeland.

One of the scariest things about ISIS is their ability to leverage social media to inspire individuals who have never been to Syria and Iraq.

The members of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA are called the collectors of last resort. They are tasked to seek the truth when all other avenues of intelligence collection have failed.

You know, west Texas is already beautiful to view from the ground. I can't even imagine what it must look like as you're floating down to Earth in a capsule making its return trip from outer space.

Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew up.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

The party is defined by the people that are in it, not necessarily the politicians.

I think, I want to see a Republican Party that has more folks that, that look and sound and operate like I do.

Russia is an adversary not just of the United States but of freedom-loving people everywhere.