Outside the Beltway

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

They have lost at least seven.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Two unclassified after-action reports shine a new—if one-sided—light on the evacuation.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

A lone judge has halted the military’s vaccine mandate.

Some 98 percent of active service members are now vaccinated. The rest will be discharged.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

Trump’s last Secretary of Defense is being stymied by preclearance review.

The next boot has dropped.

The politicization of the virus continues.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

Resolving the legal issues will take time we don’t have.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

While 96 percent of airmen are in compliance, the service is about to get smaller.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

Their case is less than persuasive.

President Biden was advised to keep troops in Afghanistan . . . for no apparent reason.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

After 20 years, the conflict closes much as it began.

An unsatisfying first(?) response.

Thirteen Marines and dozens of Afghan civilians are dead in a much-anticipated attack.

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

We’re not getting Afghans—or even American citizens trapped there—out fast enough.

A humanitarian crisis made worse by shameful delays.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

It appears to be only a matter of time before the SECDEF orders active-duty troops to get the shots.

Our last-ditch airstrikes only postpone the inevitable.

A shameful exit from an ill-conceived war.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Retired generals are no longer in the military.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A serving officer was arrested for his part in events of 6 January