The Force
The U.S. once regarded a standing army as a form of tyranny. Now it spends more on defense than all other nations combined.Photograph by Grant Cornett Sixty-two legislators sit on the House Armed Services Committee, the largest committee in Congress. Since January, 2011, when Republicans took control of the House, the committee has been chaired by Howard P. McKeon, who goes by Buck. He has never s
Admiral Seeks Freer Hand in Deployment of Elite Forces (Published 2012)
WASHINGTON — As the United States turns increasingly to Special Operations forces to confront developing threats scattered around the world, the nation’s top Special Operations officer, a member of the Navy Seals who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, is seeking new authority to move his forces faster and outside of normal Pentagon deployment channels. The officer, Adm. William H. McRav
Imperial by Design
Imperial by Design Mini Teaser: Like his two most recent predecessors, President Obama is embarking on a disastrous foreign policy bent on global domination. IN THE first years after the Cold War ended, many Americans had a profound sense of optimism about the future of international politics. President Bill Clinton captured that mood when he told the UN General Assembly in September 1993: It is c
Endless War (Published 2010)
An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress over South Vietnam in 1965; Gen. Curtis LeMay in 1963; and Allen Dulles in the 1950s.Credit...From left: U.S. Air Force via Getty Images; Keystone/Getty Images; and Agence France-Presse/Getty Images In 1947, Hanson W. Baldwin, the hawkish military correspondent of this newspaper, warned that the demands of preparing America for a possible war would “wrench and dist
Naming David Petraeus to replace Stanley McChrystal is a stroke of personnel genius.
Also in Slate, John Dickerson calls Barack Obama’s tapping David Petraeus to replace McChrystal “Crisis Management 101.” Gen. Stanley McChrystal President Barack Obama has accomplished what many might have thought impossible just a few hours earlier. He has fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, his combat commander in Afghanistan, in such a way that not only will the general go unmissed but his name will
What Rolling Stone's profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal reveals about our fractured command in Afghanistan.
Is Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, about to get fired? Should he be? As everyone now knows, freelance (and former Newsweek) reporter Michael Hastings has an article in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, quoting McChrystal and his staff officers talking dirt about their civilian superiors from President Barack Obama on down. One aide calls Gen. Jim Jones, Obama’s n
McChrystal’s Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama (Published 2010)
President Obama said his top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, had used “poor judgment” in an article that appeared in Rolling Stone. Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times This article is by Helene Cooper, Thom Shanker and Dexter Filkins. WASHINGTON — President Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks
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The Invisible War: the rape epidemic in the US military - video extracts
O lucky man!
Robert Gates: On his way out, the defense secretary gives the military some refreshingly frank advice.
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A close reading of John Bolton and John Yoo's ridiculous op-ed about the New START nukes treaty.
Making Soldiers Fit to Fight, Without the Situps (Published 2010)
Interview: Robert Gates
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap (Published 2010)
Snoozing through the National Security Strategy
The Pentagon dodges the bullet
Col. Lewis Millett, Who Led ‘Bayonet Hill’ Charge, Dies at 88 (Published 2009)
Obama acts as anti-Muslim anger threatens to engulf US