Marc A. Thiessen
Marc A. Thiessen
Opinion Writer

Marc Thiessen writes a weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy and contributes to the PostPartisan blog. He is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Thiessen served as a chief speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and before that as a senior aide to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms. He is the author of “Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack” (2010).

Latest by Marc A. Thiessen

On Ryan, Cheney called it

On Ryan, Cheney called it

In Paul Ryan, a safe and a bold choice.

Release your returns, Harry Reid

Release your returns, Harry Reid

The burden of proof is on the senator.

A culture of terror

A culture of terror

Romney spoke the truth in Israel.

Advantage, Romney

Advantage, Romney

Deftly exploiting Obama’s foreign policy missteps.