Best Defense
Thomas E. Ricks’ daily take on national security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ft. Bragg roundup: Air Force colonel relieved, Army prosecutor gets 20 for rape, and Army not releasing much info on that
I think the people deserve more transparency than this.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iraqi security: It’s not quite as simple as Colonel Núñez seems to think it is
A response to last week's column.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anne Hathaway and Ethan Hawke both playing drone pilots—what does it mean?
You know drones have arrived when Hollywood actors start finding vehicles in which they can play drone pilots.
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Tom Ricks will speak at Arizona State's journalism school next week.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Quote of the day: Orwell on soldiers
Tom Ricks's quote of the day.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obscure wars: American airstrikes in Syria
America quickly lost its attention span with the ongoing war in Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gtmo cdr relieved in NCIS probe
Sounds like something from the TV.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Censorship at the highest ranks of the U.S. military and the growing divide between the military and civilians
Lieutenant Colonel James Weirick discusses his experience with censorship in the military.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Evil Hours,’ a wonderful new book on PTSD (II): It even made me laugh
FP's Tom Ricks continues to enjoy The Evil Hours, a new book on PTSD.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 New HASC chairman’s game plan
Best Defense's congressional correspondent outlines the House Armed Services Committee's plans for 2015 and beyond.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Emile Simpson rips apart a crab and discusses the future of Afghanistan
The Financial Times interviewed Emile Simpson about Afghanistan over a crab lunch.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Evil Hours,’ a wonderful new book on PTSD (Vol. 1): Some of his best lines
David J. Morris’ new book, The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is the best thing I’ve ever read about PTSD.
