Outside the Beltway

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

In the Trump era, it’s all politics.

It’s what we do. I mean this is what we do.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

A disturbing report.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

“This is not the way it is supposed to go,” indeed.

A truly weird story.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

Doing the right thing after doing the wrong thing.

400-plus general and flag officer promotions went through almost instantaneously.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

Why is the Senate pretending to do that which it can’t possibly do?

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

Congress is doing something, at least.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

President Biden has again made history.

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

The taxpayers shelled out nearly $1 million for . . . something.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Do we have to pick one?

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

A shameful ‘bureaucratic error.”

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

The personnel bureaucracy reinterpreted regulations.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

Playing two-level games.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

The Marine and Air Force chiefs appear to be the top candidates.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

United States and People’s Republic of China forces are playing a dangerous game.