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Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, a Republican, served as House speaker from 1995 to 1999 and ran as a presidential candidate in 2012. He is an adviser to the Center for Union Facts.

Columns by Newt Gingrich

"While I was proud of our candidates and the way they handled tonight's debate, the performance by the CNBC moderators was extremely disappointing and did a disservice to their network, our candidates, and voters," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement. (Associated Press)

NEWT GINGRICH: Rethinking general election debates

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus showed real leadership after the CNBC debate last month when he announced the party was putting NBC's future debates under review. Published November 12, 2015

A veteran salutes during a Veterans Day commemoration at the World War II Memorial on the morning of Veterans Day, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 11, 2014. The event was hosted by the Friends of the World War II Memorial, the National Park Service and the Military District of Washington host. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

NEWT GINGRICH: No veterans, no freedom

The next time someone asks you why we celebrate Veterans Day, remind them that a nation that does not honor its veterans may not have its freedom for very long. Published November 10, 2015

Then-Kentucky Republican Lt. Gubernatorial candidate Jenean Hampton, left, looks on as her running mate, Gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin, addresses their supporters from the steps of the Bevin campaign headquarters in Somerset Ky., Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

NEWT GINGRICH: The collapse of the Democratic Party

At least since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, Republicans have been hearing that their party is on the verge of extinction. The only thing the media pundits haven't seemed able to agree on is what will be the cause of death. Published November 5, 2015

In this Sept. 2, 2008, photo, former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., gives thumbs up after speaking at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Thompson died, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn., after a recurrence of lymphoma, his family said in a statement. He was 73. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

NEWT GINGRICH: Remembering Sen. Fred Thompson

Callista and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Sen. Fred Thompson. Our hearts go out to his wife, Jeri, and their family. Fred was much more than a U.S. senator. Published November 4, 2015

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Jake Sullivan, a former staff member for her at the State Department, during a break in testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NEWT GINGRICH: Hillary Clinton’s callous indifference to veterans

Bill Clinton is famous for his power of empathy--his ability to make voters think he can "feel their pain," as he put it when running for president in 1992. Twenty-three years later, Hillary Clinton wants voters to think she feels their pain, too. Published October 27, 2015

House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., left, and the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., have a heated discussion on the dais on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, as Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NEWT GINGRICH: Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearing and public trust

For people who say there is nothing left for the public to learn about Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails or her actions surrounding the Benghazi terror attacks, Democrats on the House select committee spent an awful lot of time Thursday attacking colleagues who asked reasonable questions. And Mrs. Clinton spent an awful lot of time filibustering to run out the clock. Published October 23, 2015

Hillary Testifies about Benghazi Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NEWT GINGRICH: Duplicity in fact and fiction

Back in June 2013, when Pete Earley, Joe Desantis and I began considering writing a novel about terrorism and a presidential campaign, we could not have imagined how much fact and fiction would blend together. Published October 13, 2015