What’s Eating Bill McRaven: Is Congress Too Ignorant Of The Military?

What’s Eating Bill McRaven: Is Congress Too Ignorant Of The Military?
What’s Eating Bill McRaven: Is Congress Too Ignorant Of The Military?

The US military is still at war but Washington is not. The resulting tensions are eroding the fundamental compact between America’s warrior and political classes. The recent op-ed by retired Adm. William McRaven, former head of Special Operations Command and the man who led the strike against Osama Bin Laden, might have caused a national furor…

US Foreign Policy: Spin, or Spinning Out of Control?

US Foreign Policy: Spin, or Spinning Out of Control?
US Foreign Policy: Spin, or Spinning Out of Control?

Occasionally journalists find a gem, buried in the Potomac muck. They’re hard to find and often even harder to convince they should be seen by the public. Harald Malmgren spends most of his time buried deep in the darkest muck of Washington — that almost impenetrable stuff surrounding economics. But he sometimes rises forth and…

Sen. Graham Slams Hold On ALL Nominations Til Admin Names Benghazi Folks

Sen. Graham Slams Hold On ALL Nominations Til Admin Names Benghazi Folks
Sen. Graham Slams Hold On ALL Nominations Til Admin Names Benghazi Folks

WASHINGTON: In a broad exercise of the senatorial privilege of temporarily stopping a nomination, known as a “hold,” Sen. Lindsey Graham announced this morning that he will not allow any Obama administration nominations to proceed.until he is told the names of those he calls the “Benghazi survivors.” RT @GrahamBlog: Where are the #Benghazi survivors? I’m…

F-35B IOC To Come ‘Latter Half of 2015,’ Marine Commandant Gen. Amos Says

F-35B IOC To Come ‘Latter Half of 2015,’ Marine Commandant Gen. Amos Says
F-35B IOC To Come ‘Latter Half of 2015,’ Marine Commandant Gen. Amos Says

[updated with official dates] WASHINGTON: Just two days before the Pentagon is required by Congress to report when the different versions of F-35 will hit Initial Operating Capability, that mark when the services begin to deliver planes that are sort of ready for war missions and serious training, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos told me…

DNI Clapper Defends Intel Handling of Benghazi Attacks; Ducks Commercial Imagery Question

ORLANDO: The terrorists who attacked the Benghazi consulate, killing US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and four others, apparently maintained web, cell and radio silence before they acted, giving the US no hint an attack was imminent. “If people do not emit or discuss their behavior, it’s hard to find out what they are going…