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As a military pilot and veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, I am proud that this week Ted Cruz showed us again why he is the candidate best qualified to be commander-in-chief. Yesterday he laid out a serious, detailed plan for a Reagan-style rebuild of our military that will enable us to utterly defeat the radical Islamic terrorists who have vowed to destroy us. Senator Cruz understands that the essence of "peace through strength" is having the strength to maintain peace, and he's ready to do this hard work. I am proud to have endorsed him and will be...

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) assails rival Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) on intelligence reform, arguing in a new television ad that the Democrat's pledge to fix the system is at odds with his record and concluding, "There's what Kerry says, and then there's what Kerry does." The commercial, which begins airing Monday, claims that Kerry promises to "immediately reform the intelligence system" but was absent for many of the intelligence committee's public hearings and proposed cuts in the intelligence budget after the first World Trade Center attack in 1993. Kerry, like other Senate Republicans...

To begin with a small question that I trust is not a trivial or a petty one: how often have you met a self-described Kerry supporter? During the truncated and front-loaded Democratic primaries, it was relatively easy to encounter Dean enthusiasts, Gephardt union activists, Clark fans, Edwards converts, Kucinich militants and even dedicated Sharptonians. (My circle wasn't wide enough to encompass any Braun campaigners.) But a person who got up every morning and counted the day wasted if he or she hadn't made a Kerry convert? I've asked this question on radio and on television, and on campus and in...