List of Department of Defense articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What does it mean that militarily we are living in a world of negative definitions?
Listening to people at the Future of War conference, I was struck by the proliferation of negative definitions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Was the Ebola operation one of those little recognized deterrence success stories?
When you prevent something from happening, it is hard to get credit, because nothing happened. The U.S. Army’s operations to help contain Ebola strike me as a good example.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon Admits Divulging Mosul Plans a Mistake
Gen. Lloyd Austin, head of Central Command, is launching an inquiry into the Feb. 19 briefing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Petraeus Lied to FBI
The former celebrity general, a favorite of two presidents, is pleading guilty to mishandling secret information.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Baghdad to Pentagon: Surprise! We’ve Invaded Tikrit!
Iraq has spent months asking the United States for help to fight the Islamic State, but Washington is sitting on the sidelines during the battle for Saddam Hussein's hometown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who is right about how our nation wages war, Samuel Huntington or Eliot Cohen?
Michele Flournoy, the person most likely to become defense secretary in a future Democratic administration, dissed the hell out of Samuel Huntington’s theory of civil-military relations the other day at the Future of War Conference.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Needs the Department of Homeland Security Anyway?
Why the case against a shutdown isn't a slam dunk.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Intel Official: U.S. Facing ‘Unprecedented’ Array of Threats
A senior Pentagon official warned that Washington can no longer take its technological advantages over its enemies for granted.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon in Damage Control Mode After Detailing Iraq Offensive
The Defense Department angered Iraqi officials by detailing a coming push to reclaim Mosul from the Islamic State without giving Baghdad a heads-up.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Next Face of the Pentagon Won’t Be Wearing a Uniform
New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter wants a civilian as Pentagon press secretary.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Confirms Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary
Carter will officially begin his new job at the Pentagon Tuesday.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Budget Hope Springs Eternal at the Pentagon
Another year, another hopelessly unrealistic request for way more defense money than could possibly be expected.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 #Disrupt the Pentagon
Can Ash Carter bring Silicon Valley's culture of innovation to a bloated Defense Department?