Outside the Beltway

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

Chris Christie waded into the debate going on in the GOP over foreign policy. His comments were less than helpful to say the least.

Not surprisingly, the United States is not going to place aid to Egypt’s military in legal jeopardy by calling this month’s events a coup.

The two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are clashing on defense appropriations.

Lindsey Graham is playing cynical political games with a dangerous part of the world.

Think of it as the spy version of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Senators John McCain and Carl Levin have demanded answers from General Martin Dempsey on Syria. Can they handle the truth?

Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.

Fort Belvoir blocked its workers from accessing the Washington Post website over concerns about classified information published there.

As many as 500 convicted al Qaeda terrorists were released Sunday night as part of a surge of violence that has killed thousands since April.

Some classes at the service academies have been canceled due to the sequester.

A Federal Judge wasn’t very pleased when Administration lawyers told her that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over the President’s drone policy.

A late-night announcement that Gitmo detainees will get hearings raises more questions than it answers.

Marine Harriers dropped four unarmed bombs into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week after missing another target.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

An overweight Republican from the northeast is thinking about running for president. No, not that one.

Until the presiding Judge in the case rules otherwise, the identities of the members of the jury in the Zimmerman is secret. Should that be the case?

New technology brings the day of round the clock tracking of citizens who’ve done nothing wrong ever closer.

My first piece for RealClearDefense, “Enough with the QDR Hype,” has published.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

Abu Sufyan al-Azdi, al Qaeda’s number two man in Yemen, is still dead. Or dead again. Or finally dead.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

The Pentagon has canceled a popular air show even though it operates at a profit and takes place next fiscal year.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons aren’t going anywhere.

The US Navy is moving transport ships near Egypt. Just in case.

Ostensible allies in the fight against the Assad regime, al Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army are killing each other.

President Obama is losing public support in the one area where he’s generally had broad support from the public in the past.

A state of perpetual war is incompatible with good mental health and stable family relationships.

The US military’s lavish new headquarters in Afghanistan has been completed just in time for our exit.

Frustrations with the mercurial leader of Afghanistan may increase the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.