Covering this war is a perilous assignment for all journalists, but the gravest risk falls on those whose country is the battleground and whose lives are inextricable from the society.

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. Retiring an aircraft carrier more than a decade early isn't in the best interest of the nation at this time.

Those other diseases didn't simply go away. They tended to be buried in at-risk populations who were the poorest and most marginalized.

It's very worrisome. This is another step on the path to a return to war. The risk of a return to war is now greater.

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

This is mosquito country. There is the risk of explosive breeding of mosquitoes, as well as rats and rodents.