Outside the Beltway

NATO may be preparing to send Russia a message.

Bill Clinton seems far more understanding of Edward Snowden than the current President

There may be no resolution to what has become the most expensive search in history.

Yesterday afternoon’s shooting spree at Fort Hood appears to be a related to post-traumatic stress.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

The DOD says Walmart was violating its trademarks.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

Americans are skeptical about getting involved in the Ukraine crisis. This isn’t a surprise.

Afghanistan’s outgoing President says that his nation doesn’t need American troops to stay after the end of the year.

When will BG Jeffrey Sinclair get an effing haircut?

A Jewish-American OSS hero has been denied the nation’s highest military honor.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.

Rolling up your sleeves is hard if you’re a Marine.

Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a new security agreement may result in all U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of the year.

Poking the eye of the institution that passes your budget is a bold choice.

One in ten Army helicopter pilot is a woman, yet men account for 97% of injuries in helicopter accidents.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

My latest for The National Interest, “The U.S. Military’s Ethics Crisis,” has posted.

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

Ten months ago, a group of people attacked a power substation in California. Who they were and why they did it remains a mystery.

Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry, recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in Afghanistan, is medically retiring from the Army.

Just when it became safe to keep your shoes and tablets on, a new threat to the friendly skies has emerged: toothpaste.

The US military needs to cull and standardize its bloated award system.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

Why do we persist in going to war?

Former SecDef Robert Gates is among those who believes that the Iraq War unduly diverted attention from fighting the War On Terror.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

The Iraqis need to learn to govern themselves, and conservatives blaming President Obama for renewed violence need a history lesson.

The IDF has finally put a woman in command of a battalion. They’re decades behind American forces.

If you’re still not convinced that we lost the war in Iraq, this should settle the argument.

The Marine Corps’ plan to make women take the same fitness test as men has hit a wee snag.

The “paper of record” joins the call for some kind of deal with Edward Snowden.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

.Many have tried to justify N.S.A. data mining on the theory that it could have prevented 9/11. Is that true?

The “good war” no more.