Thomas Spoehr Thomas W. Spoehr, a retired Army lieutenant general, is director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. My Articles Suspending Military Exercises in S. Korea Carries RisksJune 13, 2018 | 11:34am EDT Congress to Fill Gap in US Missile Defense in NDAA, Advance Nuclear Weapons PrioritiesJuly 20, 2017 | 9:22am EDT