Defense

Tony Blair’s 2002 Memo to George W. Bush on Iraq: 'I Will Be With You, Whatever'

"The planning on this and the strategy are the toughest yet."

Defense

A Homicide at ​U.S.​ Navy SEAL Training

Instructors are to blame for the drowning death in a pool exercise in May, investigators say.

Defense

Obama Scraps Planned U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan

President Obama announced 8,400 Americans will remain into the next administration and again called on the Taliban for an elusive peace.

Defense

What If the Terrorists Are Already Here?

How to talk about terrorism today—and how to stop talking about it

Defense

The Navy Is Rigging Locusts to Sniff Out Bombs

Although dogs’ noses remain the gold standard for chemical detection, bugs' simpler neurological system make them easier to engineer and control.

Defense

The Federal Government Confronts Its Bias

A new program at the Department of Justice will train thousands of officers and attorneys on the way prejudice affects law enforcement.

News

John McCain Goes Straight Talk Express on Defense Personnel Reform

Republican senator riffs on "abysmal" USAJOBS site and the Pentagon’s "perverse bureaucratic culture."

Defense

The Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrikes

Between 64 and 116 civilians and more than 2,000 militants have been killed outside war zones, the White House said.

Defense

Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China

For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.

Defense

Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of U.S. Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later

In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice, and a government compensation program is broke.

Defense

The U.S. Military's Welcome for Transgender Troops

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Thursday that U.S. armed forces will no longer prevent transgender people from serving openly.

Defense

All-Clear at Joint Base Andrews

The base in Maryland lifted its lockdown after it instructed all personnel to shelter in place because of a report Thursday of an active shooter.

Defense

Is America's Foreign-Policy Pendulum Swinging Back to Intervention?

After Obama’s two terms in office, will his successor push America back toward a more robust engagement with the world?

Defense

John Kerry: "We Are Not Frozen in a Nightmare"

Defending the Obama Administration’s geopolitical record, the secretary of state laid out a vision of an America that is globalist, engaged, and deeply interventionist.

Defense

House Republican Report Reveals New Details About the 2012 Benghazi Terror Attacks

The report did not find any evidence of wrongdoing against Hillary Clinton and alleges a lack of preparedness among administration officials.

Defense

Homeland Security is Considering Asking Foreign Visitors to Hand Over Their Social Media Information

The government is weighing a proposal to ask foreign visitors to disclose their social media accounts when entering or leaving the country.

Defense

An Imminent End to the Military’s Ban on Transgender Americans

A formal announcement from the Pentagon is expected some time in July.

Defense

Expand the Draft to Women – Or Repeal It? A Long Constitutional Debate Continues

Congress is debating the power of government to use a military draft. An Ole Miss historian explains how this power is rooted in our nation's founding document.