On Tuesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) will challenge the Obama administration’s national-security policy in speech at the American Legion’s national convention in Milwaukee.

A Boehner aide tells National Review Online that the GOP leader will “discuss Iraq, the progress that has been made by our troops, and the success of the surge strategy that was opposed by then-Senators Obama and Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Majority Leader Reid. He will also discuss the serious challenges that remain, how Iraq is critical to our immediate and long-term national security interests, and the need to protect the economic, political, and security progress that has been made.”

Boehner will also speak about the war in Afghanistan. “He will talk about how this region is critically important to our strategic national interests, and his support for our mission to deny al Qaeda and the Taliban safe haven in the region from which to plot and launch further attacks on the United States,” the aide says. “While he supports our mission and our troops, he will express concerns about how Washington is implementing the new strategy there.”

Also on the agenda: Obama’s “lack of a comprehensive strategy to confront and defeat the terrorist threat,” “our steadfast commitment to Israel,” and “the need to remain vigilant against efforts by the Iranians to acquire a nuclear weapon and expand its influence in the region.”