Defense
The Banality of Al-Qaida's Scathing Letter to One of Its Operatives
Al Qaida, it turns out, isn't immune from bureaucratic dysfunction.
Defense
Analysis: How We Could Do More for Our Vets
We need to go into debt to pay our debt to U.S. veterans.
Defense
Obama Directs Military to Prepare Plans for No-Fly Zone in Syria, Officials Say
Opposition forces may get help if peace talks fail.
Defense
Analysis: If Israeli or the U.S. Take Action Against Iran
A case study in how military action against Tehran could unfold.
Oversight
Will Darrell Issa Finally Find His Benghazi Smoking Gun?
Issa subpoenaed all the Benghazi talking points-related emails from 10 State Department aides.
Pay & Benefits
Who Is Subject to Defense Furloughs?
A look at the web of exceptions to mandatory unpaid leave.
Defense
Defense Begins Delivering Furlough Notices
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are expecting 11 furlough days beginning on July 8.
Oversight
Congress Revs Up Resistance to a New BRAC Round
Subcommittee approves legislative language to block the base closure process.
Defense
Air Force Begins Reinstating Suspended Personnel at Nuclear Launch Site
Nineteen employees required additional training; four have completed it.
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
Panel Provides Money for 1,600 More Customs and Border Staff
House appropriators ignore Obama request for a pay raise in 2014, however.
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
It's the 150th Anniversary of Black Troops Serving in the Military
The military would not be desegregated until 1948.
Defense
Pentagon to Exempt Sexual Assault Prevention Workers from Furloughs
Announcement comes amid a string of sexual assault controversies.
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.
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