But it’s about to get harder to categorize
“We're basically hollowing out the force through sequestration.”
— Admiral Samuel Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, to reporters Thursday at the Pentagon.
BattlelandSexual Assault in the Ranks
Two Sides…
One of the confounding things about sexual assault in the military is that is some corners it is tolerated, winked at, and/or laughed about. Yet elsewhere inside the same institution, the military goes to extraordinary lengths to …
The Awfulness of Airlines Is an Opening for Trains and Buses
The glamour of flying is long gone, replaced by the “cattle-herding, fee-crazy airline business” of today, as Mark Gerchick, author of a new book about the airline business called Full Upright and Locked Position, puts it.
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Has the United States Lost its Grand Strategic Mind?
MARINA DE CAMPO, Italy — As Esam Al-Amin explains here, Mohamad Morsi made some colossal blunders during his one year rule of Egypt as its democratically elected president.
He was elected in what most observers regard as a …
Behind June’s Surprise $116 Billion U.S. Budget Surplus
The effects of sequestration and payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave the U.S. Treasury its largest monthly surplus since before the financial crisis.
Nation Building
Afghan soldiers build a guard hut in Paktya province, July 2.
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— The number of phone calls between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Egyptian military chief General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi since July 2.
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— The number of F-16 jets the U.S. plans to deliver to the Egyptian military next month.
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Help Pick a New Logo for the Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons!
My, how times change.
As Democrats Bicker, Senate Stalls Again On Solving Student Loan Impasse
Students worried about the ballooning interest rates for new college loans will have to keep worrying, after the Senate failed again Wednesday to find a solution.
Swapping Bullets for Ballots
A CH-47 delivers voter-registration papers to Zabul province July 6 for next year’s Afghan elections.
7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day: This Year With Bigger Slurpees!
It’s July 11, or 7/11, the day each year that a certain convenience store chain celebrates as 7-Eleven Day.