Can the Afghan Army Become Self-Sufficient by 2015?
(Photo by US Army Sgt. Mike MacLeod) The history of fielding, supplying, and repairing the thousands of ground vehicles given to the Afghan Army and Police hasn’t always been a happy one, and as NATO...
View ArticleAwkward: Bob Hale’s ‘Beating Your Wife’ Moment on Capitol Hill
Pentagon Comptroller got roughed up by House Republicans on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Comptrollers are indispensable. Especially when their organization’s budget surpasses $500 billion...
View ArticlePentagon has Been Warning a Shutdown Would Suspend Death Benefits Since 2011
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel renders honors as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Pfc. Cody Patterson who died in Afghanistan, during a dignified transfer at Dover...
View ArticlePentagon Press Secretary George Little to Leave DoD in November
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with George Little before hosting a press briefing aboard the E-4B aircraft on his way to Malaysia. (DoD photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler) Pentagon Press Secretary...
View ArticleAs Domestic Agenda Crumbles, Obama’s National Security Team Is Under Fire
President Obama receives his daily briefing from Susan Rice, his national security advisor, on Aug. 12 in Chilmark, Mass. (White House Photo by Pete Souza via Flickr) ESSAY Second terms for U.S....
View ArticleHarry Reid’s ‘Nuclear’ Agitation Began During Fight Over Chuck Hagel
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a Thursday press conference with other Democratic leaders after the Senate passed the ‘nuclear option’. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Senate Republicans went to great...
View ArticleHagel Calls Ukrainian Defense Minister, Warns Against Using Force on Protestors
Anti-government protesters use snow to reinforce a barricade blocking street access to Independence Square, known as the Euromaidan, on December 11 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty...
View ArticlePulling the Curtain Back on Air Base in Qatar
The old Combined Air and Space Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. (US Air Force photo) I still remember my first phone call to the US Air Force’s Combined Air and Space Operations Center...
View ArticleHagel in Poland, Visits US Airmen, Village Where Great Grandparents Lived
US and Polish airmen wait for US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak to speak at Powidz Air Base. (Photo by Marcus Weisgerber) KISZKOW, POLAND — There’s an old...
View ArticleHagel Calls USAF ICBM Launch Control Centers
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens as US Air Force Capt. Erin Gentile, missile combat crew commander, describe her duties in the Launch Control Center as he visits the E-01 Missile Alert Facility...
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