Kathleen Troia McFarland
Kathleen Troia McFarland
Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarlandis an American communications consultant. She served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1985. She also served as a speech writer to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. She unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in New York in 2006 and is currently a Fox News contributor on foreign policy and national security issues...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth24 July 1951
CountryUnited States of America
It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan gobbling up more and more of their treasure and freedoms.
There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.
In foreign policy, the only thing worse than not doing something is doing something that fails or makes the situation worse.
Every president, as he nears the end of his final term in office, thinks about his place in history.
While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.
Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn't, they hardly notice it. It's hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don't have a job in the Midwest.
You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.
The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for political purposes. He uses the military or intelligence communities to protect the United States and our citizens, not to help him win elections.
We realize too late that President Bush shouldn't have taken us into Iraq, and President Obama shouldn't have taken us out.
In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.
Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald Reagan?
Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.
Our military leaders don't seize power in coups; our soldiers and sailors don't go on strike for higher pay or benefits; our armed forces don't weigh in on the political process. In return, Americans have a sacred duty to treat them honorably.
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.