for postponing a trip to Iran in the wake of outrageous comments made late last week by the Iranian president.

The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

President Bush's wake-up call came awfully late. We are watching this devastation unfold on our televisions for days, and you have to ask: Where is the federal government? The National Guard's first priority must always be to protect people at home.

This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation.

On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.