Should Defense Contractors Be Hit With An Excess-Profits Tax?

Excess-Profits Tax On Defense Contractors During Wartime Is Long Overdue -- Washington Post No one can safely predict what will happen in 20...

The Gathering Storm In The U.S. Defense Establishment

The Gathering Storm -- Philip Ewing, DoD Buzz “This may have been the week in which the full implications of today’s defense situation final...

Is War Fatigue Driving European Defense Cuts

(Click on Image to Enlarge) France's Afghanistan Pull-Out Signals War Fatigue Driving European Defense Cuts -- Christian Science Monitor...

The Pentagon Is Predicting A Perfect Budget Storm

Pentagon Forecast: The Perfect Storm -- Jed Babbin, American Spectator Sequestration, scheduled for January 2013, is already shutting down A...

More Defense Cuts Are Coming

President Barack Obama briefs the press on a new defense strategy as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chai...

Can The U.S. Be A Superpower AND A Welfare State? (A Commentary)

The Gates Farewell Warning -- Wall Street Journal America can be a superpower or a welfare state, but not both. Robert Gates, who steps down...

The Tanker Saga, Continued -- A Commentary

From The New York Times: Trying to recover from past mistakes, the Pentagon has initiated a third competition for a new Air Force midair ref...

President Obama's National Security And Defense Teams -- A Commentary

Private meeting ... Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Photo: AP/ Sydney Morning Herald Obama's War Cabinet -- Wall Street Journal Gates ...