Hillary Clinton: ‘I Take Responsibility’ for Benghazi Security Lapse
States Hope Hard Liquor Will Help Fix Their Economies
HPV Vaccine Doesn’t Lead To Promiscuous Tweens
BattlelandBattleland
Personal SLEP
Your Battleland scribe is undergoing his own Service Life Extension Program…in other words, a couple of weeks off. Posting will be cut back. Time for some depot-level maintenance, as the loggies like to say.
Empire of the Sunset
BattlelandAfghanistan
The War Winds Down…
Two different, but mutually reinforcing, newspaper takes Sunday on the U.S. role in Afghanistan:
— In a lengthy editorial, the New York Times says it’s time to speed up the U.S. military’s withdrawal, well before the 2015 …
Space Shuttle Endeavour Journeys Through Los Angeles
The retired space shuttle made a highly publicized tour through the city before making its way to its permanent home, the California Science Center.
BattlelandPolitics
Undercard Debate: Not Much Difference When It Comes to U.S. Interventions
There was a lot of smoke in Thursday night’s vice presidential debate. It felt hotter when watched. Reading a transcript Friday morning shows much more consensus between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Rep. Raul Ryan.
Salad Restaurant Chains Sprouting Up Even in the ‘Fat Belt’
BattlelandNavy
No More Bad Commanding Officers?
The headline in the June 18 Navy Times that arrived in my mailbox screamed NO MORE BULLIES, DRUNKS, & PLAYBOYS. It went on to detail Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert’s “tough new rules” for screening for …
Bird of Pray
BattlelandProcurement
Return Fire on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship
Last week on Time’s Battleland blog there was a piece by Mr. John Sayen entitled The Navy’s New Class of Warships: Big Bucks, Little Bang.
Obviously, Mr. Sayen is not a fan of the Littoral Combat Ship. And that’s OK. We …