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Amb. James Gilmore Commentaries Biden’s Afghanistan debacle increases risk of ‘hot war’ with Russia, China The goal is to prevent war by making the choice for war too costly for our adversaries President Joe Biden has tried to put the American involvement in Afghanistan behind us. He is determined to withdraw us from “endless wars.” But…

Amb. James Gilmore Commentaries The Meaning of 9/11 In the life of the United States, there are dates marking events that change the course and direction of our country. One thinks of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the firing on Fort Sumter, the surrender at Appomattox, and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.…

Amb. James Gilmore Commentaries FTC and DoD should safeguard healthy competition in defense industry The U.S. economy has seen a lot of transformation over the last decade. One concerning trend that continues to rear its head is consolidation, leading to less competition, which costs American consumers and taxpayers. That is why I was surprised to…

Amb. James Gilmore Commentaries Statement on the Deterioration of Relations Between China & The United States Today Fareed Zakaria on his CNN Sunday show, Global Public Square, expressed regret over the recent deterioration of relations between China and the U.S. He said how bad it was that relations were “spiraling down due to a turn…

Amb. James Gilmore Commentarues Critical U.S. Pipelines Remain Stopped, As Russian Pipelines Are Greenlighted In light of President Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting recently, it was clear the two leaders continue to remain on opposing sides of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. During their joint press conference, President Biden said, “My view on…

Ambassador Gilmore on YouTube In this Bruges Group (British Think Tank) interview with Ambassador Jim Gilmore (former governor of Virginia) we discuss the challenges facing the Biden Administration, Europe, the future of the GOP, and the rising global threat from Russia and China: Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/mXS6h4Y9CEA via @YouTube The full write up is…

The kidnapping of Raman Pratasevich. Since 1992, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented 1,402 killings of journalists throughout the world. CPJ is desperately keeping the world’s attention on Raman Pratasevich and others in detention. They document arrests, imprisonment, beatings, and other violations of journalists who were persecuted in Belarus simply for doing their…