Outside the Beltway

Would House Republicans really defer from voting on a Syria resolution to prevent embarrassing the President on the world stage?

The President has admitted that there is no imminent threat to the United States in Syria.

Things aren’t looking good for President Obama in the House of Representatives.

Bombing Country B to “send a message” to Country A is not a valid argument for bombing Country B.

President Obama seems to have forgotten the words of a certain Illinois State Senator back in 2002.

Is U.S. planning against Syria moving beyond just chemical weapons?

President Obama seems to want to forget his red line.

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

The Maryland Air National Guard bombed Darlene’s Tavern. Oops.

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

Persuasion is sometimes an important part of being president.

The United States will go to war without UN or NATO approval.

The White House confirmed today that the goal of any military intervention in Syria would be very limited. Which makes one wonder what the point of doing anything actually is.

The VA created an incentive system that rewarded fast, half-assed claim processing that denied complicated requests.

Virginia Tech English prof Steven Salaita implores us to “Stop saying ‘support the troops.'”

Joshua Foust and I discuss Chelsea Manning and other issues for BloggingHeadsTV.

A headline I never thought I’d see: “Yemen Asks U.S. For Drones To Fight Al Qaeda”

Convicted felon Bradley Manning has announced that she’d like to spend her confinement as Chelsea Manning.

The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.

West Point graduates account for nearly one in fifty deaths in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bradley Manning will be spending a long time at Leavenworth.

The NCAA has come to its senses regarding a Marine sergeant who wants to play college football.

The military is cracking down on sexual assault. The pendulum may be swinging too far.

Until this year, being gay could get you kicked out of the military. Now, it comes with perks.

David C. Jones, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan, has died.

Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson will be the first woman to lead a service academy.

The Pentagon is considering making military retirees ineligible for civil service pensions.

The Defense Department would like to get a handle on how it spends its money by 2017 but the Navy won’t go along.

The military has declared that Playboy and Penthouse don’t violate its standards but banned them from its exchanges, anyway.

Megan Welter served as a Signal Corps officer in the Iraq War. Now, she’s an Arizona Cardinals cheerleader.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

The Defense Department may have found the money to furlough its civilian workers fewer than 11 days.

Bradley Manning will learn his fate at 1 pm tomorrow. He’s guilty.