Who Will Guard the Guards?
With 14,000 of our military officers belonging to the Officers' Christian Fellowship, how many chains of command are likely not to have one of these officers somewhere among its links?
With 14,000 of our military officers belonging to the Officers' Christian Fellowship, how many chains of command are likely not to have one of these officers somewhere among its links?
Chris Rodda | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
As expected, the Justice Department responded to charges that the military discriminates against non-Christians with a motion to dismiss, citing reasons that included asserting that the claims "are nonjusticiable."
Chris Rodda | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home
On June 25, I posted a piece here titled MRFF Urges DoD to Pull the Plug on TBN Special, Demands Investigation, regarding the objections of the Milita...
Chris Rodda | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
We sent this letter demanding an investigation into the appearance in this program of active duty military personnel, including color guard dipping two American flags to Christian pop star Carman.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
As the Washington Post reported Tuesday, there are several stark differences between the two latest high-profile government assessments of Iraq. While...
Think Progress | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Today, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Rights held a hearing on abusive interrogation to look at the role of administra...
Josh Silver | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media
This is not the last time this media blight will rear its ugly head, and as long as it does, the American public will continue to be led by the nose to support disastrous wars, policies and politicians.
Bryan Farrell | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
Penn State has one of the U.S. Navy's top civilian research facilities, where it's developing non-lethal weapons. But the government may be using the illusion of good intentions to mask its more pressing agenda.
Ray Kimball | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
More and more junior officers see the kind of political and moral compromise that seems to come hand-in-glove with the attainment of senior rank, and want no part of it.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
If you want to know why McCain is called a patriot, it's because in the all-volunteer military era he can claim special exemption from common sense in the name of past service.
William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
On the day Petraeus and Crocker testify before Congress on Iraq, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.
Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
In April of 2006 I sent a letter to the Pentagon requesting a review of their procurement processes for body armor. I received their report this week. Its contents were pretty astonishing.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
Anyone still twisting in knots while trying desperately to contend that Iraq is not another Vietnam can finally save your breath.
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
Boeing has no sense of what consequences a financial relationship with Frank Gaffney might have on its Arab nation customers.
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
We are misdeploying resources and frankly, overspending on the Pentagon by a vast degree. Neither Obama nor Clinton is saying this.
USA Today | Gregg Zoroya | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would bla...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Time and time again, we've seen troops and veterans suffering at the hands of an inept government bureaucracy. Well, here we go again.
Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
I admire State Department Legal Advisor John Bellinger for the role he has played in trying to walk back this administration from the true abyss in its torture, detention, and rendition practices.
Sean Michael Flynn | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
In a city that pays out million dollar bonus for successful Wall Street executives, the Fighting 69th was often lucky to pay its officers and men at all.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
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...
Bobby Muller | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Simple morality, and sense of decency, demands a change. We cannot continue taking such gross advantage of those who have offered themselves in service to our country.
Gareth Porter | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
Vital new programs for returning troops are going to be put on hold while Congress and the president play games.
Think Progress | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics
Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that three of its Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz had been harassed and provoked by Iranian speedboats. The Na...
Associated Press | John Milburn | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
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Chris Rodda | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics