Outside the Beltway

Can the government force a criminal defendant to reveal a computer password? A Federal case in Denver is dealing with that question right now.

President Obama’s Pentagon is planning for an unlikely war with China rather than the small wars America will inevitably fight.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Rick Santorum has some bizarre views when it comes to the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Despite the opposition of the SECDEF and Joint Chiefs, the latter expanded yesterday.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

For years, analysts have worried that Iraq’s tenuous hold on stability would collapse upon the withdrawal of US forces. We’re now watching it happen.

A smoking gun?

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

82nd Airborne solider David Hickman was the 4474th American serviceman killed in Iraq. He should be the last.

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

America’s greatest statesmen fear America’s political paralysis endangers our ability to lead the world.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

While unfortunate, the loss of an RQ-170 drone over Iran may not be the intelligence disaster some make it out to be.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

The memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor is, inevitably, fading into history.

Don’t believe the fear mongering about the coming decreases in the growth of defense spending.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.

Rick Perry wants a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent ground forces from harming civilians.

With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

We’re running out of excuses.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the green beret as the official headgear of US Army Special Forces.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

Last night, Herman Cain established that he simply isn’t prepared to be Commander in Chief.

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

The remains of US servicemen killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were thrown out with the trash.