Op-Ed: Jerusalem Post: Ex-US Intel Chief to ‘Post’: Biden is Surrendering to Iran-Opinion

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President Joe Biden’s national security team appears to be insistent upon reversing policies just because they were attached to the Trump administration, regardless of the disastrous consequences. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East, where we have traded four years of peace through strength for four months…

Increasing Accountability in the Civil Service

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The reformers who created America’s civil service wanted a merit-based federal workforce. They believed this required a simple removal process as well as apolitical hiring. The federal government has strayed far from this vision. Federal agencies report that the federal dismissal process is difficult and time consuming to use. Few…

How and Why the Trump Admin Deregulated

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Every American has the potential to live an extraordinary life. Individuals, however, are tempted to pursue their interests at the expense of others. No one is immune from this temptation, including government officials. For this reason, our Nation’s Founders knew that any nation that wishes to remain free requires a…

AMERICA FIRST EDUCATION: Creating Opportunity for All Americans

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For American families and students today, education should provide a pathway to the realization of their aspirations and a realization of their dignity. Right now, public education achieves neither. The key to a better education system, one that serves both America and Americans, is researching and developing policies that put…

Getting Iran Right: A Way Forward on Deterring Iran’s Malign Activities

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The recent escalation in violence by Iran-backed Hamas against Israel offers a stark backdrop to the ongoing talks between the Biden Administration and Iranian officials in Vienna. In light of this violence and new calls by some U.S. lawmakers to halt talks, the Biden Administration faces the urgent opportunity to…

Center for Homeland Security and Immigration Overview

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The America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Center for Homeland Security and Immigration is devoted to protecting the American people, American interests, and the American way of life. Our team’s experience and efforts, both in and out of government service, have taught us that those who seek to injure Americans at…

AFPI, TPPF: Healthcare Needs Price Transparency

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America First Policy Institute and The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a joint report on the need for greater price transparency in the healthcare industry. The report, written by AFPI’s Heidi Overton, M.D. and TPPF’s David Balat, details the exploding cost of healthcare and recent efforts to require hospitals to…

The Biden Administration’s Middle East Mess

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In BriefWhat happened in Gaza over the last two weeks was entirely avoidable, and was the result of President Biden’s weakness, not strength.Hamas’s attacks against Israel are the direct result of the Biden Administration strengthening Iran, and not taking a holistic approach towards rebuilding good governance in Gaza.The Biden Administration…

AFPI AND TPPF SUBMIT COMMENT ON PROPOSED RULE THAT PROMOTES ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA

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Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), the State of Texas, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) submitted public comments to the U.S. Department of Education’s “Proposed Priorities: American History and Civics Education.” These proposed funding priorities will encourage America’s schools to inculcate their students with partisan and ideological…

VIDEO: Governor Rick Perry on Martha MacCallum

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