Op-Eds

For America’s Military, Personnel Is Victory By Rep. Pat Fallon February 4, 2025 National Review Motivated and experienced personnel will be our asymmetric advantage in a potential future conflict with a near-peer adversary. French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeated multiple European coalitions despite his opponents’ numerical and resource superiority. Napoleon’s “corps… Read more »

How mass migration is being weaponized — a lesson from Poland By Rep. Pat Fallon December 24, 2024 The Hill The Biden-Harris administration’s record on border security speaks for itself: Nearly 11 million illegal encounters on our border in less than four years, which amounts to five times as many as under President Donald Trump’s first term in office. What’s particularly concerning… Read more »

For America’s Military, Personnel Is Victory By Rep. Pat Fallon December 5, 2024 Washington Examiner Over the past decade, space has become the most complex warfighting domain. As Russia and China seek to weaponize it, a strong U.S. presence in space is crucial in maintaining our edge over global competitors. This is especially true in light of the disturbing reports released this… Read more »

America’s Enemies Working Together Is the Biden-Harris Foreign-Policy Legacy By Rep. Pat Fallon November 3, 2024 National Review Our adversaries such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are working closer together than ever before and appear far more willing to undertake acts of aggression. In February 2021, after less than a month at the helm in Washington, D.C., the… Read more »

America’s missile and air defense status quo is not sustainable By Rep. Pat Fallon August 23, 2024 The Hill In its April 13 attack against Israel, Iran launched a combined 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles. Israeli and allied defense systems intercepted and destroyed nearly all of these, resulting in zero casualties and minimal… Read more »

Secret Service Chief Cheatle has resigned. This is how we fix the USSS before it's too late By Rep. Pat Fallon July 23, 2024 Fox News Accountability starts from the top. We must take a hard look at the failures that led to Trump’s near-assassination at the hands of a 20-year-old, untrained loner "The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13th is the… Read more »

When It Comes to Israel, Biden’s Policy Is Politics By Rep. Pat Fallon June 27, 2024 Real Clear Politics For the man who billed himself as the one who would “restore America’s image” on the world stage, Joe Biden’s move to withhold aid from Israel undermines America’s credibility to our allies and partners. Worse still, his actions and rhetoric are emblematic of his… Read more »

A New Branch of the Armed Forces is Critical to Addressing Cyber Threats to America | Opinion By Rep. Pat Fallon June 6, 2024 Newsweek While there's no shortage of threats to our national security, it's the ability of our adversaries to affect Americans through cyberspace that has emerged as one of the most pressing concerns of the 21st century. The United States Armed Forces need… Read more »