Chaotic Afghanistan Exit Offers Lessons for Ukraine Crisis, According to Lawmakers Republicans are calling for the administration to prepare in the event it needs to evacuate American citizens from Ukraine.
Military Ordered to Overhaul Effort to Prevent Civilian Casualties After Botched Airstrikes The report found the military did not adequately use lessons it learned over the past two decades of conflict that could have...
After 5 Months, No Answers from the Air Force on Afghans Who Died Clinging to a Kabul Evacuation Flight A spokeswoman for the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations said that "details cannot be released at this time,"...
Dozens of Democrats Call Out Biden over Drone Strikes that Kill Civilians An August 29 drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians prompted fierce criticism of the Biden administration and renewed...
Movies Don't Prepare You for What Happens When the Action Dies Down "The 20-year war in Afghanistan is one of the most complex narratives to tackle for any storyteller."
Feared Increase in Suicides Among Troops After Afghanistan Exit Hasn't Materialized Preliminary data indicate that fewer military personnel and veterans took their lives than the year before, even though calls...
Cost for Afghan Refugees at Bases Reaches $688 Million, Pentagon Says The cost is certain to rise as about 19,500 Afghans remain on installations awaiting permanent resettlement.
Thousands of Afghans Remain Housed on US Bases Months After the Fall of Kabul Military bases are still housing about 19,500 Afghan refugees as they seek resettlement in the U.S.
Quantico Rings Up $188 Million Bill for Afghan Refugees Housed in Tents The cost of the housing effort reported this week by the DoD inspector general is a snapshot of Operation Allies Welcome.
Keeping the Generals Out of the Afghanistan Investigation Is a Great Idea The recently passed annual defense policy bill includes a requirement for a new study of the failures in Afghanistan.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
