WASHINGTON -- When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates suggested recently that NATO was at risk of becoming impotent because certain members of the mili...

WASHINGTON -- Just when the Pentagon needs a steady hand to manage unprecedented turmoil abroad and severe financial strain at home, its top leaders...

It's obvious that our foreign policy is to navigate abroad without a strategic gyroscope and only the most primitive of compasses. There is no strategic design -- certainly not an explicit one -- that is coherently articulated.

WASHINGTON -- Although several military service chiefs expressed opposition to repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, President Obama has spoken to them sin...

Returning the defense budget to pre-9/11 levels will force us to prioritize future threats and explicitly define the strategic purpose of each branch of the armed forces.

As much as we welcome these helpful changes coming from Secretary Gates and his DOD General Counsel, interim steps are not a substitute for repeal.

This week hundreds of gay and lesbians veterans flooded the halls of U.S. Capitol as part of Veterans Lobby Day on DADT. But our stories of valor and patriotism were not all received by willing ears.

The nation's armed forces are stretched thin, very thin. Repeal of DADT is a national security issue, first and last.

With all due respect, Mr. Secretary, the next time you're mulling the ouster of gay service members, skip the paternalism and just tell us whether we're safer.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it would be difficult to request more U.S. troops in Afghanistan in six to 12 months. "It woul...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates underwent surgery on his arm on Friday and expects to be back at work next week, the Pentagon said. Surgeons repaired ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq will be on the agenda Wednesday when the new commander in chief meets with ...

In a sport Obama loves, there is an analogy which captures the changes needed at the Department of Defense. For DOD to equip itself for 21st century threats it needs to learn to be both the big man and the point guard.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Saturday that foreign powers should not try to "test" President-elect Barack Obama with a crisis in his first...

In a long article in Foreign Affairs' January/February 2009 issue, Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlines his vision for the next Pentagon. Called "A...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — As the stakes in Afghanistan grow, so do tensions between the United States and the European allies the U.S. empowered more...