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Jennifer Harper

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Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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A Russian tank T-72B3 fires as troops take part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region in southern Russia, on Jan. 12, 2022. The failure of high-stakes diplomatic meetings to resolve escalating tensions over Ukraine has put Russia, the United States and its European allies in uncharted post-Cold War territory. (AP Photo)

Putin’s strategy and revisiting the Cold War

"However, what he can do is try and redo the map of Europe and Eurasia so as to damage as many old Soviet republics around Russia's borders so Moscow's position is secure. That is why he destroyed Chechnya, invaded Georgia and now invaded Ukraine not once but twice," Harry J. Kazianis, senior director of Center for the National Interest and executive editor of the National Interest magazine, told Inside the Beltway in a statement.

March 2, 2022
In this photo taken on May 6, 2020, Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, looks on during a TV address in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Olena Zelenska: Ukraine’s heroic first lady

She is just over 40, the mother of two, active on social media -- and has come into instant global focus in the last 48 hours as the Russian attack on Ukraine continues. The news media is eager for news about Olena Zelenska, the embattled nation's first lady.

March 1, 2022
In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

A ‘memorable speech’ at the State of the Union not likely

A reverent hush will likely fall over much of the news media on Tuesday night when President Biden delivers his first State of the Union address. The lengthy oration will be punctuated by applause of course, and followed by intense analysis. But will it be memorable?

February 28, 2022
Mike Blasi, a U.S. Army veteran, former law enforcement officer and small business owner, is intent on representing District 4 in New Jersey. (Image courtesy of Mike Blasi)

An ‘America First’ candidate for a New Jersey seat

Over 60 candidates are running for Congress in New Jersey, for example -- and that number includes Mike Blasi, an Army veteran, former law enforcement officer and small business owner who is intent on representing the Garden State's 4th Congressional District.

February 27, 2022
People gather outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Poll shows Americans favoring a ‘minor role’ in Ukraine

This is, perhaps, an uncomfortable poll during troubled times. It comes from The Associated Press. "There's little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe Biden imposes new sanctions and threatens a stronger response that could provoke retaliation from Moscow," the AP said in a new report.

February 24, 2022
Supporters cheer and wave as former President Donald Trump is introduced at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

CPAC gathering in Orlando captivates the press

The Conservative Political Action Conference is now underway in Orlando, Florida. This is the 48th CPAC -- the first event was staged by the American Conservative Union in 1974 and counted Ronald Reagan as its keynote speaker that year.

February 23, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks during the "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" event at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 2, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

Biden offers ‘pointless’ climate agenda

President Biden and a White House fact sheet offered insight on clean energy and critical minerals on Tuesday, and included references to job creation, supply chains and other dynamics. Some observers are not impressed.

February 22, 2022
Presidential historian and Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley has a significant new book arriving Tuesday titled “April 1945: The Hinge of History.” It is his companion book to “December, 1941; The Month That Changed America And Saved The World,” published in 2013. (Image courtesy of Thomas Nelson).

A vital journey to April 1945 with historian Craig Shirley

Presidential historian and Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley has a significant new book arriving Tuesday titled "April 1945: The Hinge of History." It is his companion book to "December 1941; The Month That Changed America And Saved The World," published in 2013. Both books focus in meticulous detail on the state of America during World War II, and lend insight to the nation's role in the world.

February 21, 2022
The White House, on a sunny day in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Few Americans want to be president, poll finds

The race for the White House is a big, bodacious election -- and those who win the role of U.S. president are guaranteed a significant spot in history. Yet the idea of actually being president has sparse appeal for Americans -- even if they only held the role for a 24-hour period. Yes, there's a poll.

February 20, 2022
In this Dec. 15, 2010, file photo, an American flag on a nearby resident's home waves in the breeze near a U.S. Border Patrol truck northwest of Nogales, Ariz. (Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

Broadcast news gives zero coverage to border crisis

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol continues its heroic quest to improve conditions on the southern U.S. border. This week alone, the federal agency reported that its agents intercepted methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine; thwarted smuggling attempts; arrested gang members; and rescued migrants lost in the California and Arizona wilderness and even trapped inside moving train cars -- the list goes on.

February 17, 2022
Gas prices in Hatboro, Pa., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Biden Misery Index has arrived

Feeling concerned, worried, annoyed, a little fearful and perhaps unsettled? Much of the population appears to be in the same boat. The "Biden Misery Index" is now on the political radar, and the news may not be very promising for the White House.

February 16, 2022
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Opa-Locka Executive Airport, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Opa-Locka, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

Poll asks Americans: Should Trump run again?

So will former President Donald Trump run for president again in 2024? The question haunts his rivals, delights his fans, and lends a steady stream of story possibilities to the news media. Now comes a CBS News poll released Tuesday which has queried the public about whether Mr. Trump should hit the campaign trail when the time comes.

February 15, 2022
In this Nov. 19, 2017, file photo NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reports before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)

Michele Tafoya leaves sports, jumps into politics

Longtime NBC sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya has ended her full-time career in the broadcast business with Sunday's Super Bowl -- this after delivering sideline commentary for 327 NFL games.

February 14, 2022
Caption: A woman holds a weapon during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Is Ukraine a case of saber-rattling or a hybrid war?

Is a potential Ukraine conflict a showcase for saber-rattling, economic soul-searching, or something else far more serious? It could be all of those things. "Russians have already started hybrid war," reports The Wall Street Journal.

February 13, 2022
Multiple news organizations are now asking the Pentagon to begin embedding journalists with U.S. troops bound for duty near the Ukraine border. (AP Photo)

Media ready to march into Ukraine crisis

News outlets and media organizations alike are now demanding that journalists be embedded with U.S. troops bound for Europe. Significantly, the National Press Club has joined the fray.

February 10, 2022
Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Republican Wednesday justified his decision to switch his House speaker vote from Kevin McCarthy by saying the GOP leader's chances have diminished. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

Byron Donalds: Democrats forgot civilization

Rep. Byron Donalds is a Black conservative who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and describes himself as "the proud son of a hard-working and loving single mother."

February 9, 2022
In this March 26, 2021, photo, a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup at a Salvation Army location in Philadelphia.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Abbott, Biden face off in vaccine wars over National Guard

The vaccine battleground has extended into the Lone Star State. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to issue a preliminary injunction motion protecting non-federalized members of the Texas National Guard from the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

February 8, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans advised to play ‘rope-a-dope’ when sparring with Democrats

Boxing with Democrats? Could be. The old "rope-a-dope" boxing strategy could prove useful in politics. Some contend that this method of tiring out an opponent through passive inaction -- then landing a strategic punch -- could work for the GOP in the near future, particularly if President Biden nominates a far left replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

February 7, 2022