List of Department of Defense articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ash Carter vs. Barack Obama’s Yogi Berra Foreign Policy
Why an excellent choice for SecDef is likely to see his tenure, like his predecessors’, end in tears.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Going Medieval
Ash Carter once wanted to bomb North Korea, but a look at the former history student’s record suggests he’d be far more cautious about Iran and the Islamic State if he took the helm at the Pentagon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon in Denial About Civilian Casualties of U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
U.S. and allied forces may have killed dozens of civilians in airstrikes while bombing the Islamic State. But the defense department refuses to take responsibility.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Not a (Totally) Poisoned Chalice
Some “presidential” suggestions for Ash Carter on taking the Pentagon’s top job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Missteps, White House Likely to Tap Ash Carter as Next Pentagon Chief
The administration fired Chuck Hagel without having a replacement lined up, but Obama seems to have found the man he wants to run the Pentagon next.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Carrie Mathison Is a Misogynist
Why Homeland, Zero Dark Thirty, and Hollywood’s sexed-up spies are bad for women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stuck in the Shadows at the Pentagon
Chuck Hagel was always being upstaged by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The next secretary of defense will have to change that equation.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Doormat Gets Shown the Door
Chuck Hagel wasn't a genius. But he got a bum rap for being exactly the secretary of defense that Obama wanted -- until he wasn't.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Budget Blunders and Funding Follies
Hagel's push from the Pentagon was about more than just ISIS and White House politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Fall Guy
Getting rid of Hagel is not a cure for what ails Obama's national security team -- it's a symptom of the disease.
