Defense

Analysis: If Israeli or the U.S. Take Action Against Iran

A case study in how military action against Tehran could unfold.

Oversight

Will Darrell Issa Finally Find His Benghazi Smoking Gun?

Issa subpoenaed all the Benghazi talking points-related emails from 10 State Department aides.

Defense

Defense Begins Delivering Furlough Notices

Hundreds of thousands of civilians are expecting 11 furlough days beginning on July 8.

Oversight

Congress Revs Up Resistance to a New BRAC Round

Subcommittee approves legislative language to block the base closure process.

Defense

Air Force Begins Reinstating Suspended Personnel at Nuclear Launch Site

Nineteen employees required additional training; four have completed it.

Defense

Next Year’s Winter Olympics Are Being Held in Just About the Most Unsafe Place They Could Be

The region around Sochi is a cauldron of ethnic hatred and anti-Russian separatist movements.

Defense

Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts, But New Subs May Escape Ax

Budget scrub will advise Hagel by late this month on how best to apportion $500 billion in congressionally mandated funding reductions over the next decade.

Defense

Overhauling the Military-Justice System

Senate bill would remove decisions about sexual assault prosecutions from the chain of command.

Defense

Analysis: A Global War on Terror by Another Name Doesn't Tell Us How to Succeed

President Obama rejected the Bush-era term Global War on Terrorism in a major speech announcing changes to his counterterrorism policies.

Defense

West Point Sergeant Accused of Spying on Female Cadets

He has been charged with secretly filming the cadets in showers and locker rooms.

Defense

How Petraeus Turned the CIA into the Good Guys in Benghazi

The intelligence agency has been quite effective in limiting the public discussion of its role.

Defense

Man Killed by FBI After Being Questioned About the Boston Bombings

27-year-old Ibragim Todashev was reportedly an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Defense

Defense Cuts Are Squeezing Programs

Commissary closings will affect thousands of civilians and service members.

Tech

New Global Navy Challenges U.S. Dominance on the Seas

The BRIC nations—Brazil, Russia, India and China—are increasing their naval presence.