Defense

Broken bases

The military services can’t stay in shape to fight when their bases are crumbling around them.

Defense

Building nations

In the Middle East, President Bush is proposing the same kind of nation-building effort he criticized the Clinton administration for undertaking in the Balkans.

Defense

Broadband guardians

The National Guard's high-speed communications system could play an important role in homeland defense.

Defense

Paying the price

Chronic financial mismanagement throughout the Defense Department could hit the Pentagon in the pocketbook next year.

Defense

State security

State defense forces—who report directly to governors—could occupy a unique place in homeland security efforts.

Defense

Connecting the dots

A new book provides an inside look at Osama bin Laden's global network of terror.

Defense

Uncommon sensors

The future of national security may rest with tiny devices that detect danger before humans can.

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Small wars

The American military needs to return to its roots of fighting small wars against elusive foes.

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A new breed

What would you do if you were suddenly ordered to design a low-cost, high-powered family of warships for the United States?

Defense

Spy games

A look at two new books on the U.S. intelligence establishment.

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Accountability counts

Americans—especially those men and women in harm's way—need and deserve a better public accounting of intelligence failures.

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Rules of engagement

As Americans ponder what kind of help to give the new Afghan army, they would do well to remember the lessons of Vietnam.

Defense

Reform crusade

The move to kill the Army's Crusader artillery weapon may be only the first move in the Pentagon's effort to rein in runaway weapons costs.

Defense

Camp al Qaeda

The U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay is coping with its new anti-terror mission.

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Camouflaged pork

Politicians could camouflage pet projects as 'homeland defense' priorities.

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Confronting torture

Persian Gulf POWs sue Saddam over torture.

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Uncivilized

The evil done by those who massacre civilians cannot be rationalized by saying the cause is just.

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Time to go

Former Enron executive Thomas E. White has three strikes against him and should call himself out as secretary of the Army.

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Keep the peace

Just because President Clinton did it doesn't mean that peacekeeping is bad.

Defense

Test early, test often

Bad military hardware is getting through the Pentagon's early-warning system.