Department of Defense

The Congress is the main cause of our broken government, not the Presidency. Yet public anger with Washington’s failure to act on key federal government […] More

If there is one thing that Donald Trump knows little or nothing about, it is nuclear weapons, although as he told The Washington Post editorial […] More

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

Over the last week, startup CEOs and defense industry experts have been ramping up efforts to push for a more agile, fast-paced way of dealing […] 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 think of the costs that more than 14 years of war have had on this country. I’m not just thinking in terms […] 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

Three decades ago, The Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (colloquially known as the Packard Commission after its Chairman David Packard) published A Quest for […] 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

Got a secret, can you keep it? Welcome to the The Dead Drop.  Each week we pass along news and gossip from the world of […] More