Officers like Mullen must be reminded of a basic lesson of democracy -- the military is there to carry out the civilian authority's orders, not to publicly pressure the president to follow the Pentagon line.
AP | ANNE GEARAN and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the Pentagon is developing plans to get troops quickly out of Iraq and into Afghanistan ...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
It's easy to take a position in a campaign. But the promises are empty if the candidate has a record opposing those very positions.
NY Times | Salman Masood and Graham Bowley | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, America's top military official, made a hastily arranged visit to Pakistan on Tuesda...
NY Times | Thom Shanker | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has written an unusual open letter to all those in uniform, warning them to stay out of politics as the nati...
Think Progress | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
For quite some time, U.S. troops have supported repealing the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. A December 2006 poll of servicemembers...
Associated Press | Robert Burns | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
The Pentagon's top generals and admirals will make their own assessment for President Bush on whether to continue pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq in t...
DC Examiner | Rowan Scarborough | Posted 09.18.2007 | Home
The number of top generals willing to admit mistakes in planning for post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is increasing. The most recent mea culpa came right fro...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
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Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics