List of Department of Defense articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 THE PENTAGONER: The long, slow death of capabilities-based planning
Best Defense guest columnist Sharon Burke decodes the 2015 Defense budget.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Strike Kills a Top Somali Militant
Tahlil Abdishakur, a key member of al-Shabab, died in an American drone strike just weeks after masterminding a bloody attack in Kenya.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Captures Jordanian Pilot After F-16 Crash
The extremists have a Jordanian pilot in their clutches after his plane crashed, although the group claims it shot down the jet. The pilot's fate now rests in the hands of the group.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress Gives Pakistan 300 Million New Reasons to Fight Terror
Islamabad swears it's committed to the anti-terrorism fight, but U.S. lawmakers want to see more proof before they sign over $300 million in new aid.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s on Yoda’s reading list?
The books behind the long Pentagon career of Andrew Marshall.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan Watchdog Pushes Pentagon on Lavish Spending
A top U.S. watchdog is raising new questions about the Pentagon's $700 million effort to boost Afghanistan's economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Fears New Iraqi Prime Minister Isn’t Serious About Sunni Outreach
Washington believed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi would get serious about recruiting Sunni tribes to fight the Islamic State. Now it's not so sure.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some second thoughts on Lt. Lujan’s post
An angry staff officer responds to an earlier Best Defense guest post.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress’s Defense Spending Is Nothing More Than a Shell Game
And with the new appropriations bill it might just get away it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watchdog Warns Corruption in Afghanistan Is Lasting Challenge to Stability
Even as the American combat mission in Afghanistan comes to a close, mismanagement of reconstruction projects poses a serious threat to taxpayer dollars.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Change He Doesn’t Believe In
The deliberative President Obama has launched a powerful "do something" foreign policy. But does he even buy his own fourth-quarter course correction?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Welcome Back, Dr. Carter
As the new secretary of defense, Ash Carter has a few battles ahead of him. And the toughest challenges won’t be ISIS or Putin.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Carter Nomination Sets Up Senate Critique of Obama Policies
Carter must deal with White House micromanagement and a messy Middle East strategy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Will Ash Carter Accomplish?
A word to the wise: pay attention to the new defense secretary.
