Selected Articles by NDCF

NDCF Senior Board Member F. Andy Messing and NDCF Research Assistant Jonathan Scafide published an Op-Ed piece in the Washington Times reporting that changes to the economic, social and political stability of the Saudi royal family are endangering the reliability of Saudi Arabia as a source of oil. A situation with potentially grave risks for the US.
A Vital, Threatened Source October 02, 2009. The Washington Times.

NDCF Research Assistant John Llaneza published a Letter to the Editor of the Washington Times regarding the current White House strategy in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban that will use a metric system that measures military superiority alone. He argues that a successful low intensity conflict necessitates an analytical assessment that considers a country's socioeconomic, political and security issues concurrently.
How to give -- not get -- the boot. August 17, 2009. The Washington Times.

NDCF Research Assistant Reina Saiki published a Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post calling for an analytical look at the current crisis in Honduras through a prism of political, social, economic and military issues, and a synchronized application of all four elements of U.S. power.
Yearning for a Stable Democracy in Honduras. July 10, 2009. The Washington Post.

NDCF Research Assistant Jonathan Scafide published a Letter to the Editor of the Washington Times explaining that Washington is directing its resources toward a costly conventional strategy in Central Asia at the expense of weakening our political presence in other areas of the world.
Low and Mighty. July 7, 2009. The Washington Post.

NDCF Senior Fellow and former director at the US State Department and lawyer at the US Agency for International Development, Stephen B. Kaplitt published an Op-Ed analyzing the current situation in Pakistan and discussing the potential pitfalls of throwing money at the problem without regard to its effects on development.
Good Money After Bad? May 16, 2009. The Washington Times.

NDCF Board Member F. Andy Messing and Research Assistant Mariel Rodriguez published an Op-Ed discussing how the selection of the new defense and foreign affairs teams and the Democratic Party's control of Congress will impact future US war strategies.
Reworking the Warfare Equation December 21, 2008. The Washington Times.

NDCF Board Member F. Andy Messing and Research Assistant Annie Rohrhoff published an Op-Ed detailing how many places in Mexico are imploding with strife because of the influence of criminal organizations, while U.S. foreign policy neglects the expanding turmoil in our own backyard.
Mexico imploding August 17, 2008. The Washington Times.

NDCF Board Member F. Andy Messing published an Op-Ed detailing how White House officials have ignored early warnings on predicted foreign and domestic crises.
Prophetic briefing. January 2, 2008. The Washington Times.

NDCF Research Assistant Annie Rohrhoff expresses concern for the hostages still held by the FARC.
The Other Hostages. July 12, 2008. The New York Times.

NDCF Research Assistant Annie Rohrhoff discusses the predicament in dealing with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Silence in Action. July 09, 2008.
The Washington Times.

Press Releases From NDCF

15 July 2008 - NDCF Chairman Jim Martin delivers speech "Pain at the Pumps, Pain at the Polls".
at the U.S. Capitol Rally and Press Conference.

15 July 2008 - NDCF Research Assistant Annie Rohrhoff delivers "NDCF Blast Fax" to Congressional Legislative Assistants for Energy.

27 September 2007 - NDCF opposes the Law of the Sea Treaty because it would give the United Nations power to control and limit the use of the seas and be counter to the best interests of US national security and our economy.
Click here to read the press release from NDCF Chairman Jim Martin regarding this proposed international treaty. The press release was sent to major media as well as several lobby groups to urge opposition.

Selected Trips

Fact-finding mission to Guantanamo Detainee Camp
June 28, 2006

Humanitarian missions to Haiti
April 6-8, 2006
April 2-5, 2005
December 10-13, 2004

Fact-finding mission to Iraq
December 7-12, 2005

Fact-finding/medical mission to Iraq
August 12-17, 2004

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Major Messing (center) delivering critical medical supplies to an orphanage in Haiti. This trip was only a small part of NDCF's continuing medical relief program, which has spanned more than two decades, providing more than 140 tons of medical supplies to innocent civilians in some of the hottest combat zones on the planet.