Outside the Beltway

The Pentagon considers those killed by Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood three years ago victims of workplace violence, not terrorism.

The Center for Responsive Politics touts “Overwhelming Support for Obama” among military donors. The numbers show something more interesting: those associated with the military don’t give money to political campaigns.

Don’t blame the Defense Department for following a bad law.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

The Afghanistan War is officially eleven years old today.

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.

Not surprisingly, a new study finds that repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has not caused any harm to the military.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Stop Feeling Sorry for American Veterans, has posted.

Left with a choice between their hawkish foreign policy and their supposed commitment to fiscal conservatives, Republicans will, without fail, spend the nation into debt.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

A new book by one of the Navy SEALs involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden differs significantly from the official version put forward by the government.

Four idiot privates from Fort Stewart planned to take over the base, kill the president, and take over the government.

Justin Strine spent part of the summer in jail for violent mayhem but doesn’t understand why he’s unfit to be an Army officer.

A former Obama official says government should learn from business, but is private industry really more efficient?

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has a message for those who wear and have worn our country’s uniform: “We are not elected to serve; rather, we elect to serve.”

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

Charges that the Obama administration leaked classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid for political gain are bunk.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

Tammy Smith has been promoted to brigadier general, thus becoming the first American general officer who also happens to be openly gay.

The Obama campaign is challenging an Ohio law that gives members of the military three extra days to vote. They have a very persuasive argument.

The White House and the Pentagon are buildings, not unitary actors.

Virginia has been offering ID cards to military veterans to make it easier to prove that they’re military veterans for months now.

The Fort Hood shooter is being ordered to shave his beard or have it forcibly removed. It’s rather silly.

In a stunning reversal of policy, DOD is allowing soldiers to march in a gay pride parade in uniform.

The people trying to undo the Defense Budget sequestration cuts are making some pretty weak arguments.

Once again, a pundit has come up with the boneheaded idea of reinstating the draft.

Congress seems to have gotten the message the Supreme Court sent last month about the Stolen Valor Act.