There is some great news coming from Texas, where two polls show that Afghanistan Veteran, Rick Noriega, is well within striking distance of Senator John Cornyn.

A recent Rasmussen Poll finds that Cornyn now only leads by four points - 47-43. Now, before you dismiss it as just one...

Sometimes it's just flat-out funny to watch the Bush administration spin when it comes to military operations. The New York Times reported this weekend that the U.S. could see a surge of troops into Afghanistan. Surely, groups like VoteVets.org have to be happy with that, right? I mean, since...

A shocking story got lost in the media frenzy on the Pennsylvania primary this weekend. The New York Times had an explosive report finding that most of the retired brass and senior experts that you see on television are merely reciting Pentagon talking points. A massive Pentagon PR effort, started...

I'm not bitter, I'm livid.

I didn't bother watching the debate last night, because I knew what was coming. Each and every time we have our candidates in the same place at the same time, it's one big game of stupid. Flag pins? Tuzla? Who the hell cares? Distractions like...

Much has been made in the Democratic primary over which candidate has passed or failed the Commander-in-Chief test. Yet, it's neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton who hasn't passed that test. It's John McCain, who has now failed that test twice.

If I was drawing up the Commander in Chief...

Here's the problem with President Bush's announced reduction in troop deployment times from 15 to 12 months: it's a PR stunt.

Why? Because, according to the AP, this won't apply to troops currently in the field, but those deploying in August. Now, I may be no expert in the...

What does it mean if violence goes down in Iraq?

"Success of the surge," says the administration.

What does it mean, then, if the violence goes up in Iraq?

"Success of the surge," they say.

What? How can you manage to say that? Well, that's what the Pentagon did...

Having passed the 4,000 Americans killed mark in Iraq, the media will once again focus on the war in Iraq, like days ago when we passed the five-year mark there. These kinds of milestones and the inevitable media infatuation with them make me somewhat queasy. It's as if the 4000th...

This marks the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Usually, I'm against the media playing up these kinds of things. After all, the five-year date is no different than the day before in Iraq, or the day after in Iraq. Troops are still under attack, some die, some are...

Let's call a spade a spade here. Admiral Fallon has not so quietly had severe disagreements with the White House on our Iraq policy, how it impacts the region and global war on terror, for which he is largely responsible, and warning against war with Iran.

Just...

Today's release of the Army's latest mental health survey provides very little to be happy about. In the past, I've talked repeatedly about mental injuries in war, so I won't rehash all of that again. But here are the highlights from today's report:

Despite all the talk...

Today, VoteVets.org is debuting a new television ad that starts airing this week -- challenging John McCain to give America some straight talk, and tell us all the things that his plan for endless war in Iraq will make the American people sacrifice.

The ad features, for the first time,...

Boy, it must absolutely suck to be the neo-con blogosphere or Senator John Warner today.

The other night in the debate, Barack Obama passed on a story from an Afghanistan veteran, who detailed the severe issues our troops over there have with shortages in artillery and equipment and force levels....

Well, it was only a matter of time. Rick Noriega, who honorably served our nation in Afghanistan, and is running against Bush-crony Senator John Cornyn, has the Republican Party of Texas trying to cast doubt on his service.

In a letter to Rick's campaign (PDF), the party asked him...

Prepare to be disgusted.

At a time when a new acronym, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), has entered the American lexicon because of injuries sustained to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reports that not only are many combat helmets being given to our troops substandard, and not...

First we learned in an Army Study that suicides among soldiers was at its highest peak in more than 20 years. Today, we find there was a 20 percent jump in suicides in the past year.
Reports the Associated Press:

More than a quarter of those...

The State of the Union is not strong, especially as it pertains to troops and veterans, and it is disingenuous for the president to maintain otherwise.

There is no real progress in Iraq, despite some positive indicators, and no road towards shifting focus from Iraq to the real danger...

This weekend, while the 24-hour primary coverage raged on, the New York Times published a very well researched and stunning report on the number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans involved in killings, here in America. They found at least 121 cases, now, where a veteran was charged with involvement...

I can't believe it. John McCain admitted that under his administration, the US could be in Iraq for 100 years.

Now, yes, he was talking about a smaller scale strategic presence in Iraq, a la Germany. I get that. And while that's something to be considered,...

One of the many things contained in the recently pocket-vetoed Defense Authorization bill were bonuses for those men and women who serve our nation in uniform, reports the Army Times.

You'll recall after a vicious back and forth with Democrats in Congress, the president got...