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The Honorable Mary Beth Long spoke at the McCain Institute’s event entitled “Is ISIS Winning?”  Ms. Long and debate partner Sebastian Gorka argued that ISIS is in fact winning, arguing that one should not model ISIS’s defeat based on its loss of territory.  Long commented that ISIS is “executing ‘third-country’ suicide bombings and executions at a rate higher than ever …

Michael Waltz co-authored this piece for War on the Rocks on U.S. cooperation with Russia in Syria. The article argues that cooperation with Russia to the benefit of the Assad regime would put the U.S. on the opposite side of the ring from the moderate Syrian rebels it has pledged to support. Read complete article here: https://warontherocks.com/2016/07/five-reasons-why-cooperating-with-moscow-on-syria-is-a-bad-idea/  

Michael Waltz appears on the second season of Serial podcast detailing the Bowe Bergdahl case. In Episode 10, Mr. Waltz shares his reaction to the handling of the Berghdahl rescue by the White House and Pentagon. In Episode 11, Mr. Waltz recounts the search and rescue mission he took part in following the disappearance of Bergdahl.  Mr. Waltz testified at …

April 27, 2016: The Honorable Mary Beth Long provides her insight into Donald Trump’s first foreign policy address.   http://www.npr.org/2016/04/27/475923562/donald-trump-delivers-foreign-policy-speech-in-washington-d-c  

On Thursday, April 7, 2016, the Honorable Mary Beth Long spoke to the University of Texas Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law about the Middle East and terrorist financing.   https://www.strausscenter.org/events/event/450  

The Honorable Mary Beth Long was interviewed by Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake for an article exploring about subsidizing Israel’s defense industry. Ms. Long offered comments regarding Israel’s offshore procurement exception and aid relationship with the U.S.   https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-22/obama-wants-to-stop-subsidizing-israel-s-defense-industry  

The Hon. Mary Beth Long appeared on Al Jezeera America to discuss regional implications of rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.  She commented on the attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran following the executions in Saudi Arabia of 47 people,  including the prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr but also dozens of non-Shia prisoners.   View interview here: http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2016/1/intense-tension-in-the-diplomatic-relationship-of-iran-and-saudi-arabia.html

The Hon. Mary Beth Long was a guest on NPR’s Morning Edition with Renee Montagne to talk about about how Republican candidates addressed national security safety issues in the debate on 15 December.   The interview touched on candidates’ differing statements on addressing the threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), among other topics.   Listen to the …

The Hon. Mary Beth Long testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere in a hearing entitled “Year in Review: U.S. Policy Toward a Changing Western Hemisphere.”  Ms. Long’s testimony provided a strategic perspective on how key events in 2015 impacted U.S. national security and security cooperation with regional allies.  Ms. Long is a former Assistant Secretary …