Shifting blame, White House faults war general’s 2014 ISIS assessment as he departs

Shifting blame, White House faults war general’s 2014 ISIS assessment as he departs

Army Gen. Lloyd Austin on Wednesday relinquished command of the U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State in Tampa, Florida — as a bit of a sour note hung in the air back in Washington. President Obama has been consistently criticized for a 2014 comment to The New Yorker magazine that the Islamic State, as it invaded Iraq from […]

Lawmakers look to honor the Ghost Army of WWII

Lawmakers look to honor the Ghost Army of WWII

Bud Bier heard men shouting. “Let’s get that tank out of here! We’ve got to move out!” He watched the tanks driving past him, felt the rumble of the engines. The performance, in the French countryside in 1944, was going smoothly. The sound system, the actors, the props — including some real artillery vehicles and […]

Obama reiterates refugee promise

Obama reiterates refugee promise

In a brief Easter weekend radio address, President Obama vowed to decimate the self-proclaimed Islamic State, but he said the United States will do so by offering an example of freedom, tolerance and open society. “Our openness to refugees fleeing ISIL’s violence; our determination to win the battle against ISIL’s hateful and violent propaganda — […]

Judges Consider Release of Full CIA Torture Report

Judges Consider Release of Full CIA Torture Report

Judges considered Thursday whether the Freedom of Information Act requires the CIA and other federal agencies to process requests for release of the full 6,963-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA interrogation practices that critics call torture. Two D.C. Circuit appeals court judges, Sri Srinivasan and Harry Edwards, heard oral arguments in the American Civil Liberties Union’s […]

Army backs bill to allow female pilots’ ashes at Arlington

Army backs bill to allow female pilots’ ashes at Arlington

The acting Army secretary has signaled his support for legislation that would reverse a decision by his predecessor and allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Patrick Murphy said during congressional testimony Wednesday that Congress needs to act because he doesn’t have the authority […]

House declares ISIS committing genocide against Christians, other minorities

House declares ISIS committing genocide against Christians, other minorities

The House approved a resolution Monday that declares the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East — putting even more pressure on the Obama administration to do the same ahead of a deadline later this week. The resolution passed the House with a unanimous vote of 383-0. The […]

Curtain rolled back on Obama’s doctrine

Curtain rolled back on Obama’s doctrine

Friday, august 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void—began with a thundering speech given on Obama’s behalf by his secretary of […]

Failed HTS program still alive, after reports of being canceled in 2014

Failed HTS program still alive, after reports of being canceled in 2014

The US Army misled Congress and the public when it said that a controversial military anthropology program was terminated in 2014. The $725 million program, mired in fraud and sexual harassment, is still afloat, according to Pentagon officials. The army publicly said last year the controversial combat anthropology program, also known as the Human Terrain […]

Trump snubbed in CPAC straw poll

Trump snubbed in CPAC straw poll

Nearly 2,700 attendees voted in the event’s straw poll to place Donald Trump, the GOP’s contentious frontrunner, second to last ahead of only John Kasich.