Defense

Next Year’s Winter Olympics Are Being Held in Just About the Most Unsafe Place They Could Be

The region around Sochi is a cauldron of ethnic hatred and anti-Russian separatist movements.

Defense

Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts, But New Subs May Escape Ax

Budget scrub will advise Hagel by late this month on how best to apportion $500 billion in congressionally mandated funding reductions over the next decade.

Defense

Overhauling the Military-Justice System

Senate bill would remove decisions about sexual assault prosecutions from the chain of command.

Defense

Analysis: A Global War on Terror by Another Name Doesn't Tell Us How to Succeed

President Obama rejected the Bush-era term Global War on Terrorism in a major speech announcing changes to his counterterrorism policies.

Defense

West Point Sergeant Accused of Spying on Female Cadets

He has been charged with secretly filming the cadets in showers and locker rooms.

Defense

How Petraeus Turned the CIA into the Good Guys in Benghazi

The intelligence agency has been quite effective in limiting the public discussion of its role.

Defense

Man Killed by FBI After Being Questioned About the Boston Bombings

27-year-old Ibragim Todashev was reportedly an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Defense

Defense Cuts Are Squeezing Programs

Commissary closings will affect thousands of civilians and service members.

Tech

New Global Navy Challenges U.S. Dominance on the Seas

The BRIC nations—Brazil, Russia, India and China—are increasing their naval presence.

Oversight

Analysis: You Know What Really Risks National Security? Leak Investigations

What's the concern, plugging leaks or managing spin?

Defense

Third Military Man in Charge of Stopping Harassment Arrested for Doing Just That

Army Lt. Col. Darin Haas turned himself in on charges of violating an order of protection and stalking.

Defense

How the Afghan Conflict Will Be Decided

More U.S. casualties reaffirm Obama’s rush to rely on the Afghan army. Can they handle it?

Defense

Pickering Says He Will Testify on Benghazi Only in Public

Oversight Panel Chairman Issa’s demand for private session teed up clash.

Defense

Bills Address Military Sexual Assault Crisis

Take decisions to prosecute cases entirely out of the chain of command, lawmakers say.