Outside the Beltway

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

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

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

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

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

My latest for Defense One.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Another milestone has been reached.

A book out today makes an odd case.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

A slight variant of the uniform from World War II and Korea is coming to a soldier near you.

My latest for War on the Rocks.

She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.

A milestone for the nation’s oldest service academy, founded in 1802.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.