BattlelandSexual Assault in the Ranks
Experts say sexual violence isn’t about sex as much as it is about power.
That may help explain why the problem has long seemed intractable in the U.S. military, where hierarchy defines everything, and a commander’s order …
The White House last week said the U.S. will start arming certain Syrian opposition groups with light weapons, moving to intervene in that country’s bloody civil war.
The question now is how deeply America will become …
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All kidding aside, this has nothing to do with government prying. It’s just that the Central Intelligence Agency wants to award four-year contract worth up to $600 million “for commercial cloud services” to Amazon Web …
In the immigration reform debate, we talk about pathways to citizenship, but we almost never discuss the destination of those pathway
Cane, a U.S. military working dog, gets a drink during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad, June 6.
New York has always been terrible when it comes to recycling, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to change that. But can he get New Yorkers to recycle their leftovers?
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One of the reasons Edward Snowden was apparently able to snag a well-paying job at Booz Allen Hamilton – to the firm’s eternal regret, no doubt – is that he already possessed a Top Secret security clearance he obtained …
“The President is not saying `Trust me.’”
One would think that when the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of their staffs took their seats in the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 4, they would come armed with statements promising change and detailing …
Their successes make the case not for abandoning affirmative action but continuing it
In recent months, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has come under sharp criticism for the mounting pile of backlogged and pending benefits claims for military veterans.
The list of critics is long, and includes members …
Curated by Mikko Takkunen, a collection of the best photography around the web from the past two weeks
A U.S. Marine intravenously hydrates his dog before Operation Nightmare on Camp Bastion, June 6.
