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MRAP: From Symbol of Iraq War to Symbol of Washington ‘Waste’?
MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles operated by US Marines from 1st Battalion 7th Marines Regiment leave PB Fulod in Sangin, Afghanistan in June 2012. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/GettyImages) The...
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Here’s What Was Left on the NDAA Cutting Room Floor
Jail cells and a meeting area inside the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Lawmakers excluded several controversial provisions about the terrorist suspect detention facility from a Pentagon...
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GOP Hawks Blame Fallujah’s Fall on Obama — But Oppose Inserting US Troops
The coffin of a man killed in fighting is carried for burial in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, on Saturday. The Obama administration says it will not insert US troops to help take back the city....
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Is Harry Reid ‘The Dictator’ of the US Senate?
One senior Republican senator, signaling predictions of an end to Washington’s dysfunction might have been premature, on Tuesday called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., “the dictator.” (Alex...
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Highlights from Gates book “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War”
The cover of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates new book “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.” (Knopf) Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new book, “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” is one...
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Budget Shows Lawmakers More Invested in Afghanistan Than Rhetoric Indicates
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) march along a street during an exercise in Poll-e-Matack, north of Kabul on Tuesday. A US spending bill would send billions more to equip and train the...
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The 2011 HAC-D Hearing That Pushed Gates Over the Edge
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies at a House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing on March 2, 2011. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) A March 2011 fight with Congress over war...
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Obama and the NSA: Count the Code Words
US President Barack Obama winks after speaking about the National Security Agency (NSA) and US surveillance techniques on Friday. While signaling some changes, Obama mostly defended controversial NSA...
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McKeon & Turner’s Awkward Afternoon Kicks Off HASC Gavel Race
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., and panel member Mike Turner, R-Ohio, were involved in an awkward moment last week. (Image by Defense News staff) It was one of the most...
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Group Tries to Tie HASC Members, Republican Hawks to Tea Party
Tea Party protesters, with their signature “Don’t Tread On Me” flags. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A left-leaning political organization has concluded several House defense hawks voted with the far-right...
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In a Rare Move for Today’s Washington, Senator Sticks to the Facts
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., did something very rare on Monday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) A US lawmaker did something fascinating — and rare — on Monday afternoon. His office issued a statement critical...
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Schumer Headlines Lockheed Rally For USAF Helicopter Program
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, D, holds up a Save Combat Rescue hat at a Jan. 24 rally at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, N.Y., modification plant. (Handout) With the fate of the US Air Force’s Combat Rescue...
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ESSAY: When Everything is a Major Threat, is Anything a Major Threat?
Instability in Bangladesh, like this scene last year, made the US intel community’s list of top threats. (AFP photo via Getty Images) ESSAY: James Clapper has a list. It’s a threat list. The DNI admits...
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Straight-Shootin’ Texan Hits Obama Over Late Budget Plan
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, leaves a shooting range. On Monday, he criticized President Obama for again being late with a budget plan. (Photo from Flickr) Sen. John Cornyn is a tall and lean Texan who...
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