Troops fire at the enemy during an Afghan-led security patrol in Farah province, Dec. 7.
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Pentagon Word$mithing…
Words and phrases sometimes creep into Pentagon contract announcements that can be revealing, in a hocus-pocus kind of way.
On Friday, for example, the Navy announced a $127,740,214 “fixed-price-incentive-fee and …
Sandy Hook Viewpoint: Should Teachers Be Trained in Counterterrorism?
Is shielding children now as essential a part of teachers’ portfolios as educating children is?
In the Shadow of Sandy Hook, a Powerful Pro-Gun Organization Keeps Silent
In the wake of the devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 children and seven adults dead, including the shooter, guns have become a focus in a state that’s usually far from the glare …
Funerals at Christmastime: Newtown Prepares to Mourn
With the names of the dead released, the depths of the tragedy begins to sink in and residents of the town wonder how they will cope with the loss
20 Brighter Stars: Shocked Connecticut Town Mourns Its Slain Children
Only hours after a gunman took 20 of their children, a small town’s people turned to its religious leaders to begin the process of rebuilding their lives
A Town of Broken Hearts: How Newtown Residents Cope with Grief
After one of the deadliest shootings in American history, Newtown, Conn., begins its days of grieving.
Connecticut Community Copes After School Shooting
A shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut Friday left the alleged gunman dead. Multiple media reports state that several students and faculty members were also killed, though nothing definitive has been reported.
Mitt Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Gaffe Tops Yale’s Quotes of the Year
e’re nothing if not good sharers at NewsFeed, which is why we don’t just point you in the direction of TIME’s top 10 quotes of the year but — as the saying sort of goes — to others that are also available.
Missile Launch Doesn’t Make NoKo’s Kim Jong-un a Dud
There’s a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Jack David saying latest North Korean missile launch proves Kim Jong-un won’t be a reformer and that — basically — anyone who still believes that is a dupe.
That’s specious logic in the …
General Disorder #1, General Disorder #2, &c.
When Marine General Anthony Zinni became chief of U.S. Central Command in 1997, he was stunned to find a Navy commander working for him dedicated to keeping track of Zinni’s schedule. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Zinni …
Susan Rice Bows Out from Secretary of State Consideration
There’s a view that politics and national security should be oil and water–that some iron rule of Washington should make the two impossible to mix.