Outside the Beltway

The Afghan Surge announced by President Obama in December 2009 is over. By any objective measurement, it was a failure.

Republicans will have some choices to make if President Obama is re-elected.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

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

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

To much fanfare, President Obama announced a shift in Afghan War policy in December 2009. There’s little evidence it’s worked.

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

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

In calling for the sequestration cuts to be delayed, Republicans are demonstrating their lack of seriousness on the issue of fiscal responsibility.

While Washington dithers, business owners are starting to worry.

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

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

Several key members of the Syrian government were killed in a suicide bomb attack today in Damascus.

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.

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

After a decade of war, suicides are surging among American troops.

In March, Janet Wolfenbarger became the first female four-star general in Air Force history. Now, she’s assumed command of all Air Force weapons programs.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

NASA was in need of new telescopes and got a helping hand from their good pals at the DoD.

Health care is eating up 10 percent of the Pentagon’s budget and rising fast.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

Another example of Republican foreign policy taking precedence over fiscal conservatism.

Mitt Romney is proposing one of the biggest peacetime increases in military spending in U.S. history.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

We seldom blame presidents for bold actions that go wrong. We despise them for appearing weak and indecisive.

The story of Ensign Chuck Lord may be the greatest—or perhaps only—prank in Pentagon art history

What’s worse: Leon Panetta spending $860,000 in taxpayer money flying home? Or the GSA spending $823,000 on a conference?

The Obama administration admits its push for the “Buffett Rule” is not about dealing with our budget woes.

Marine Sergeant Gary Stein will soon be free to criticize the commander-in-chief all he wants. As a civilian.

An attack on Iran is likely to unleash consequences that we are unprepared to deal with.