Veteran Waits Four Years for Help
The Obama administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs are unsurpassed when it comes to voicing support for veterans
View ArticleU.S. Afghan War Exit Strategy Falters in Kunduz
A peaceful place last time I was there, with Afghan police and army units that worked well with American GIs, and U.S.-funded
View ArticleDefense Budget Faces Cuts To Personnel After Decade Of War
WASHINGTON -- For more than a decade, Congress and the Pentagon have spent money on the nation's 1.3 million active-duty
View ArticleChuck Hagel Defense Secretary Confirmation Hearing Leaves Out Strategy...
The military services have already been ordered to cut personnel over the next few years. The Army will shrink by 80,000
View ArticleWomen in Combat: Handling Stress
Dawne Vogt's study isn't conclusive. But it does add some much-needed factual data into the debate about women and combat
View ArticlePakistan Warns U.S. Drone Strikes Are 'Red Line'
Rehman repeated the objections to the drone strikes frequently voiced by Pakistani officials and critics around the world
View ArticleArmed Drone Debate Should Focus On Killing, Not The Weapon, Military Experts...
"The kill chain is so short," explains John Pike, one of the world's leading experts on weapons and the founder of GlobalSecurity.org
View ArticleAfghan War Cost: We're Not Done Paying
That still leaves a gap in funding, the GAO reports in its just-the-facts-ma'am government gumshoe voice, "raising concerns
View ArticleNorth Korea Nuclear Test Should Prompt New Arms Reductions, Expert Says
In the long and so far unsuccessful international effort to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program, China has been reluctant
View ArticleDrone Attacks Spur Legal Debate On Definition Of 'Battlefield'
That vague wording promises that the bitter disagreements over what the law says, and how it applies, are only going to get
View ArticleIraq Reconstruction Cost U.S. $60 Billion, Left Behind Corruption And Waste
Crocker told SIGAR that the United States had done a better job in Afghanistan in including local Afghans in the planning
View ArticleIraq War Casualties Still Ripple Across The Home Front
The war in Iraq was launched March 20, 2003, in Baghdad and unexpectedly stretched on for 106 months, just short of nine
View ArticleDefense Budget Cuts Hinder B-52 Bomber Missions
He is quick to add, "The president can be reassured -- nuclear deterrence will still happen, conventional operations will
View ArticleNorth Korea Nuclear Weapons Usher In Perilous New Era Of Instability
Israel, which has long had an unacknowledged nuclear weapons arsenal, is reported to be deploying submarines capable of launching
View ArticleNorth Korea Nuclear Weapons
Nobody knew with certainty how North Korea would react when President Obama recently ordered nuclear-capable B-52 bombers of the Air Force Global Strike Command here to thunder over the Korean...
View ArticleVeterans Budget Gets $63 Billion Boost From Obama White House
WASHINGTON -- Despite growing pressure for budget cuts, the Obama administration next week will propose spending $63.5 billion
View ArticleSyria War Draws Caution From U.S. Joint Chiefs
Taking down an integrated, dense air defense system like this would typically require barrages of cruise missiles fired from
View ArticleDrone Strikes: A Candid, Chilling Conversation With Top U.S. Drone Pilot
Concentrating on exact weapon placement, the sensor operator keeps the laser spot where it needs to be. Then the pilot who
View ArticleVA Backlog Reform Is Difficult But On Track, Secretary Eric Shinseki Says
"The stress levels are going through the roof. We're afraid our jobs are on the line," she said. In a bold move unusual for
View ArticleInvisible Casualties: Surviving Suicide
"Invisible Casualties" is a special series from The Huffington Post that shines a spotlight on the rise in military and veteran suicides. Veterans and families of victims join HuffPost Live to discuss...
View ArticleIraq War Veterans Discuss The Difficulty Of Returning From War
Andrew O'Brien and Daniel Williams join Marc to discuss the difficulty of returning from war.
View ArticleIraq War Veterans Speak Out After Attempting Suicide
Iraq War veterans Daniel Williams and Andrew O'Brien join HuffPost Live to discuss attempting suicide.
View ArticleSurviving Suicide: Military Families Speak Out
Andy Weiss joins HuffPost Live to discuss losing his son to suicide after he returned from combat.
View ArticleDr. Jan Kemp Talks About Suicide Prevention
Dr. Jan Kemp joins HuffPost Live to discuss suicide prevention in Va.
View ArticleDavid Wood: Please Don't Let Congress Try To Fix The VA
HuffPost's Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Wood candidly explains why Congressional action is the worst approach to fixing the chronic problems within the VA.
View ArticleParatroopers and Politicians
In mid-October the 2nd Brigade will become the core element of the U.S. Global Ready Force, on standing alert to assault into any trouble spot. Whether Congress debates it or not.
View ArticleWhen It Comes To ISIS, How Screwed Is The U.S.?
It's a complex, thorough, and ultimately sobering conversation -- which is why we brought the booze. 00:35 – How Screwed
View ArticleThese Are The Bombs And Guns Being Used In The Fight With ISIS
In the latest episode of Drinking & Talking, The Huffington Post's Sam Stein and David Wood answer these questions along
View ArticleFirst Nighter: London Offers Ralph Fiennes as "Richard III," Mike Bartlett's...
The beloved 1953 L. P. Hartley novel--that famously begins "The past in a foreign country; they do things differently there
View ArticleAs We Honor Veterans, We Must Acknowledge The Moral Costs Of War
Until then, veterans will be reluctant to talk about their experiences.
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