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While the public and the press seem totally focused on the presidential election six months from now, members of Congress are preparing to vote in […] More

There will be a glimpse into the future of warfare – both offense and defense – on display tomorrow, May 11, in the Pentagon’s Center […] More

In the self-created mythical world that Donald Trump has conjured up through his GOP presidential nomination campaign, the Islamic State terrorists will be gone “very, […] More

Which Donald Trump will show up tomorrow at Washington’s National Press Club to deliver a luncheon speech which, according to his campaign press release, will […] More

Too bad the Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates weren’t present to hear former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ speech at the Center for Strategic and International […] More

“In today’s complex world, we need someone in uniform who can look across the services in combatant commands and make objective recommendations to the [Defense] […] More

It’s time to take a closer look at the national security views of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). At a campaign rally in […] More

It’s time for Americans to understand the new world we have entered into. Terrorism linked to today’s electronics represents a modern version of the ancient […] More

The danger of Donald Trump’s limited understanding of national security issues has been on display the last few days. His shallowness, which has always been […] More

It’s time to think of the costs that more than 14 years of war have had on this country. I’m not just thinking in terms […] More

In his campaign, Donald Trump has created a fact free zone in which he has for the most part been selling fantasies instead of proposing […] More

Two vastly different conversations about U.S. defense policies took place last week. One conversation centered around Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s statements during multiple appearances on […] More

On February 25, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. described the United States military as “the most capable fighting force in the […] More

At a time when the world’s attention is focused on terrorist bombings and beheadings, as well as the fighting in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, little […] More

In this GOP presidential nomination campaign, when the issue is national security, Donald Trump reminds me of the Wizard of Oz. I thought of that […] More

How many Americans understand – when they think of the Defense Department budget – that many of those billions are going to defend foreign countries […] More

Reporters too often claim to be objective, but in fact none of us are. We are shaped and influenced by our upbringing, our race, gender, […] More