Outside the Beltway

A new set of emails is reviving the old partisan arguments about the attack in Benghazi.

Open mouth, insert foot.

So, this happened.

It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

The removal of chemical weapons from Syria is nearly complete. Does Obama deserve credit for that?

Thanks to Edward Snowden, the Washington Post and the Guardian are Pulitzer Prize winners.

NATO may be preparing to send Russia a message.

Bill Clinton seems far more understanding of Edward Snowden than the current President

There may be no resolution to what has become the most expensive search in history.

Yesterday afternoon’s shooting spree at Fort Hood appears to be a related to post-traumatic stress.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

The DOD says Walmart was violating its trademarks.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

Americans are skeptical about getting involved in the Ukraine crisis. This isn’t a surprise.

Afghanistan’s outgoing President says that his nation doesn’t need American troops to stay after the end of the year.

When will BG Jeffrey Sinclair get an effing haircut?

A Jewish-American OSS hero has been denied the nation’s highest military honor.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.

Rolling up your sleeves is hard if you’re a Marine.

Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a new security agreement may result in all U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of the year.

Poking the eye of the institution that passes your budget is a bold choice.

One in ten Army helicopter pilot is a woman, yet men account for 97% of injuries in helicopter accidents.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

My latest for The National Interest, “The U.S. Military’s Ethics Crisis,” has posted.

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

Ten months ago, a group of people attacked a power substation in California. Who they were and why they did it remains a mystery.

Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry, recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in Afghanistan, is medically retiring from the Army.

Just when it became safe to keep your shoes and tablets on, a new threat to the friendly skies has emerged: toothpaste.

The US military needs to cull and standardize its bloated award system.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.