By Pete Hoekstra | Gatestone Institute | October 26, 2021 Every expert who came in indicated that the most important thing in a child’s learning was the presence of a caring adult in that child’s life. We learned that schools most connected to their community were most likely to be successful. And that schools that Read More…
China and the Crisis Presidency of Joe Biden
By Pete Hoekstra | Gatestone Institute | November 2, 2021 How does a president who is struggling on so many fronts lead a nation against China, its biggest geostrategic competitor? China’s military buildup, the ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs, America and the West’s over-reliance on China in the supply chain, Chinese aggression against Taiwan and Read More…
We May Have Left Afghanistan, Mr. President, But We Are Still at War
By Pete Hoekstra | Gatestone Institute | September 23, 2021 I never liked that term, “war on terror.” Terrorism is a tactic; it is not the enemy we fought every day. The term has done more to confuse us than enlighten us. [O]ne can see why the phrase “war on terror” became the widely accepted Read More…
Milley must resign or Biden must fire him
By Pete Hoekstra | Center for Security Policy | September 16, 2021 Recently I wrote on these pages that Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley should all resign or be fired for their lack of performance. Blinken’s testimony to the House Read More…
The Steve Gruber Show: Pete Hoekstra on Afghanistan, spending package, Biden, leaked emails
The Steve Gruber Show | September 8, 2021
Accountability for Afghanistan
By Pete Hoekstra and John Shadegg | Gatestone Institute | Sep 10, 2021 The disappointing fact is that there is a long and rich list of potential targets. It begins with President Joe “The Buck Stops Here” Biden as the obvious choice. The President bears ultimate responsibility for making the decisions that led to America’s Read More…
Special webinar on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Webinar: Special 9/11 Commemoration No Description By Fred Fleitz and Pete Hoekstra | Center for Security Policy | September 8, 2021 The Center for Security Policy hosted an important webinar today on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the importance of educating future generations about what happened on September 11, 2001, and continuing threats to American security Read More…
Is the U.S. Intelligence Community Putting the World at Risk?
By Pete Hoekstra | Gatestone Institute | September 3, 2021 The Intelligence Community’s COVID Summary is dangerous; infinitely more dangerous than it appears. How can the IC seriously believe that China’s active stonewalling of the international community’s attempts to get to the bottom of what happened and thus learn better how to combat the virus Read More…
Pete Hoekstra: Kabul Attacks an Embarrassment to the U.S.
NEWSMAX – Former U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra reacts to the Kabul airport bombings.
WH Lies on Afghanistan Piling Up
NEWSMAX: Former U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra joins us to discuss the mounting lies from the Biden administration about the Afghanistan crisis.