It's Time to Cut a Deal on the Federal Budget
We will soon find out if Chili Palmer was right when he said, "Sometimes you do your best work with a gun to your head."
Defense
Border Agency Looks to Expand Drone Fleet
Secures five-year deal worth more than $400 million
Obama: Israel Has Every Right to Defend Itself
But warns that escalating the offensive on the ground could undermine any peace process
Fox News Brings Back Swift Boat Ad Over Kerry Secretary of Defense Rumors
Election of 2004 rearing its memorable head
Panetta Declines to Speculate About Future with Administration
Will he retire or stay on as defense secretary?
Would More Veterans in Congress Give Us a Smaller Military Budget?
Writing in The New York Times, U.S. Naval Academy historian Aaron B. O'Connell worries that a paucity of veterans in Congress makes lawmakers apt to mindlessly "support the troops" and oppose cuts in military spending.
Senator Calls for Classifying Fort Hood Shootings as Terrorism
Defense Department has it currently classified as workplace violence
Romney Campaign Focusing on Military Spending in Virginia
Spreading fear about job loses that would result from Obama's defense cuts
Ayotte Up a Step on Armed Services Committee
Campaigning against cuts to the Pentagon with senior Senators
US Navy Swears Next Carrier Will Stick to $11 Billion Budget
The carrier currently under construction is over budget, of course
Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Speech: More of the Same, But Better, Stronger, More Expensive
Mitt Romney makes the case for his kind of interventionist foreign policy
DoD: Assange, WikiLeaks Are Not "Enemies of the State"
Cold comfort for Bradley Manning, though
Lockheed Drops Plans for Sequestration Layoff Notices
It would be months before they saw impacts, they believe
Pentagon Celebrates Combat Success of Trucks it Didn't Want
Truck design makes them highly resistant to bombs, but military dragged feet on getting them
Air Force Group Warned Military about F-22 Problems Years Ago
Has a tendency to cause its pilots to black out
$2 Billion Spy Blimp Finally Successfully Shoots Down Missile
Even the Pentagon doesn't want them anymore
Defense Lawmakers Plead for Action to Avoid Sequestration
Please don't take away their sweet, delicious pork!
Ryan Hits Obama on Defense, Energy Policy in Virginia
Our pork tastes so much better than their pork
US, Japan Agree on Missile Defense System
Intended to help prevent possible attacks from North Korea
What Is Mitt Romney's Plan for Afghanistan?
Good luck figuring it out from the party's recent convention, which offered conflicting views.
Obama's Recovery That Wasn't; Plus: How to Really Cut Defense Spending!
Matt Welch & Kennedy preview Reason's brand-new issue
Americans Denied Kiwis Armor
The US military refused to let New Zealand troops in Afghanistan borrow mine-resistant vehicles
Rachel Maddow Abbreviates History
An MSNBC host's book on foreign policy leaves out too much of the story of how this mess began.
Defense Cuts Are Not the End of the World
It's a little rich to hear conservative Republicans treat national security as if it were a federal jobs program
More Liberal Concern Trolling on Paul Ryan: He Questioned the Integrity of Military Leaders!
He didn't cut military spending, but he questioned whether the Pentagon needed as much as it said it did. That's controversial?
White House Playing Coy on Defense Layoffs?
GOP lawmakers say the White house is leaning on defense contractors to stay mum about likely post-election job cuts
