Defense Spending

The administration's argument is that if a GI Bill benefit is too good, it'll reward veterans too richly for their service and draw them away from re-enlisting.

Getting serious about national security means having a nuanced conversation with the American people about our role in the world as well as the price we, as a nation, are willing to pay for it.

The American people need to hear what Wright is saying about foreign policy. He may be wrong about some things, but he's spoken about some matters we can no longer ignore.

Anyone still twisting in knots while trying desperately to contend that Iraq is not another Vietnam can finally save your breath.

We are misdeploying resources and frankly, overspending on the Pentagon by a vast degree. Neither Obama nor Clinton is saying this.

There's a possibility that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success.

We need to get over the collective eight-year-old-boy admiration of fighter pilots and commandos and get to work on brainwashing the rest of the world into not fighting us in the first place.

WASHINGTON — The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help...

Vital new programs for returning troops are going to be put on hold while Congress and the president play games.

The asymmetry of funds between our national security and development accounts provides few alternatives to our leaders when they must move quickly to stabilize a region.

Mitt Romney celebrated Veterans Day with a message. A promise. A pledge: To cut veterans' hospitals, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare and spend the money on weapons.

It would appear that the lamest of the lame duckedness is already creeping into the White House's official pronouncements.

The decline of the middle class combined with growing income inequality is a national scandal -- which Congress must address.

We need to adjust our promotion and training requirements, as well as our budget priorities, to reflect the war-fighting challenges that face our military in this new century.