Army Spc. Joseph Gonzalez guards a leaders’ gathering at the Farah provincial governor’s compound, Feb. 7.
A Potential Therapy for PTSD?
The latest edition of the medical journal Psychiatric Annals features military researchers discussing how a procedure known as stellate ganglion block can effectively treat post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD).
Injecting a …
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Afghan Endgame
No longer any point in pretending. The U.S. is in such a rush to pull out of Afghanistan, it is risking the sacrifice of 2,086 U.S. troops and more than a half-trillion dollars to put the “graveyard of empires” in its rear-view …
“None of us walk away or run away from a crisis or a fight. You know that's not our nature. But I will tell you, personally, if ever the force is so degraded and so unready and then we're asked to use it, it would be immoral.”
— Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, testifying Tuesday on the impact pending military budget cuts would have. Hard to believe it was only six years ago that a prior chairman, Marine General Peter Pace, found himself in hot water for using the same word. He said he believed that “homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts.”
“In a premature celebration of Chuck Hagel's nomination being voted out of committee, North Korea tested a nuclear weapon last night.”
— William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine, in a blog post Tuesday.
Maker’s Mark Waters Down Its Whiskey, and Anger Rises
The pioneering distillery is lowering the alcohol content of its bourbon in a bid to keep up with surging demand. But will it turn off the very drinkers who made it successful?
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Was bin Laden’s Killer ‘Screwed’ by the U.S. Government?
So: Did the Navy SEAL who allegedly killed Osama bin Laden get — in the provocative word on the cover of the March issue of Esquire magazine — “screwed” by the U.S. government?
Monday’s story released by Esquire …
Hadiya Pendleton: Gang Member Confesses to Slaying of Chicago Teen
Hadiya Pendleton’s parents say they are somewhat relieved that two men are under arrest in connection with the murder of their daughter, an honors student who had marched as a majorette at President Obama’s second inauguration.
Is Obama Pushing Unilateral Nuclear Cuts?
In the State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama is reportedly set to make nuclear arms a high-priority issue. In the wake of North Korea‘s nuclear-bomb test and Iran‘s continuing nuclear ambitions, he’s also …
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Ever Wonder Why Weapons Contracts Are So Complicated?
If so, you won’t once you check out the specifications for Air Force ceremonial swords.
These are the beautiful swords that cadets at the Air Force Academy get (paid for with about $300 of their own money, deducted from …
In Tuesday’s State of the Union, a Return to First Principles for Obama
Before the economic collapse, President Obama focused on how the middle-class could thrive in an increasingly outsourced and automated world. It’s a message he’ll return to tonight.
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Nuclear Optics
North Korea apparently detonated a third nuclear device overnight. On Tuesday night, President Obama is slated to propose a cut from in the deployed U.S. nuclear stockpile from its current 1,700 warheads down to as few as …
“I Scan”
Army Sgt. Andrew Barnett scans a piece of Kunar province outside an Afghan border-police observation point Jan. 28.