Outside the Beltway

The Pentagon is being ordered to draw up plans to withdraw roughly one-half of the American forces remaining in Afghanistan. It’s about time.

American troops have been in Afghanistan for seventeen years now, it’s time to bring them all home.

Seventeen years ago, America was thrust into a war that seemingly has no end.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

Bowe Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge and reduction in rank, but will not serve time in prison.

The Bergdahl case comes to an end.

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

Based on initial reports, Trump’s Afghanistan policy looks a lot like what we’ve seen for the past sixteen years.

We can not condone vandalism and worse.

America’s longest war is still going on, and President Trump’s advisers want him to continue his predecessor’s policies of continuing to re-expand American forces in a war that has seemingly no end.

A military judge has rejected a motion to dismiss the case against Bowe Bergdahl based on comments made by Donald Trump when he was a candidate for President.

Could Donald Trump’s comments about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on the campaign trail lead to the case against Bergdahl being dismissed? A military judge will have to decide.

In a closer than normal vote for the position, Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State.

What is the deal with the love-fest for Julian Assange?

Wherein an initial attempt to understand something seen on Facebook leads to ruminations on religious liberty.

President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.

American forces will continue to stay in Afghanistan well after Barack Obama leaves office thanks to a new policy announced today.

The wave of Ramadan attacks continues, including a strike near the second holiest site in Islam.