Major Cuts In France's Defense Budget

Up to 34,000 French military posts will be lost over the next six years as the French military tightens its belt. Diarra / Reuters Grim Econ...

Why Has North Korea Gone Silent?

  Why Is North Korea Cooling It? -- Elise Labott, CNN  After weeks of fiery rhetoric, military saber rattling and threats against the United...

Picture Of The Day

Army pilots and crew chiefs prepare a CH-47F Chinook helicopter for flight in Talkeetna, Alaska, April 26, 2013. The pilots and crew chiefs,...

The Next Pandemic?

We're Not Prepared For China's Deadly Bird Flu -- Scott Gottlieb, Forbes In Asia, more than 120 people have been sickened, and 23 ar...

Here Is One Pentagon Weapons System That Came In Time And Was Under Budget

USMC FA-18 Hornet. Wikipedia 1 Pentagon Weapons System That Was On Time and Under Budget -- John Reed, Foreign Policy The Super Hornet We...

U.S. Army Veteran 'Is Found Living In Vietnam Village 44 YEARS After Being Declared MIA

U.S. Army Veteran 'Is Found Living In Vietnam Village 44 YEARS After Being Shot Down And Presumed Dead'... But His Daughters Refuse ...

A Look At President Obama From Vanity Fair

Obama talks with chief of staff Denis McDonough and Miguel Rodriguez, director of legislative affairs, in the Oval Office on February 5, 201...

First Female Iraq War Deserter Is Jailed For 10 Months

Kimberly Rivera (Photo from blog.amnestyusa.org ) Female U.S. Army Deserter Pleads Guilty, Gets 10-Month Prison Term -- Reuters (Reuters) - ...

President Obama Pledges To Investigate If The Survivors Of The Benghazi Attack Are Being Blocked From Testifying

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Obama Pledges Inquiry On Benghazi Survivors’ Testimony -- FOX News President Obama said he is un...

Has The Mastermind Behind The Benghazi Attack Been Identified

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Source: Mastermind Behind Benghazi Attack Identified, But Not Arrested -- FOX News It’s been sev...

U.S. Preparing To Send Weapons To Syrian Rebels

Obama Moving Toward Sending Lethal Arms To Syrian Rebels, Officials Say -- Washington Post President Obama is preparing to send lethal weapo...

Unbelievable Footage Of Yesterday's Plane Crash At Baghram Airbase In Afghanistan (Disturbing Video)

Nightmarish: Unbelievable Footage Of Plane Crash At Baghram Airbase In Afghanistan -- Mediaite A civilian cargo plane fell out of the sky ne...

Aircraft Crashes Are Now The Biggest Killer Of U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

As Combat Role Eases, Aircraft Crashes Are Biggest Killer Of U.S. Troops In Afghanistan -- McClatchy News KABUL, Afghanistan — With the comb...

Pentagon Is Using A Chinese Satellite For US-Africa Command Communications

Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data -- Danger Room The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satell...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 30, 2013

Obama 'Red Line' On Syrian Chemical Weapons Gets A Bit Grayer -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor President Obama has sai...

World News Briefs -- April 30, 2013 (Evening Edition)

Hezbollah Is Helping Assad Fight Syria Uprising, Says Hassan Nasrallah -- The Guardian Leader of Lebanese group hints that Russia and Iran w...

We're the Only Ones Planting Enough

Police plant drugs on homeless black woman [ Watch ]  I realize the video is almost three years old, but it's new to me, and I thought i...

How long will your stockpiles of ammunition last?

It’s a question many of us must ask ourselves... [ Read ] The way I figure, if I'm not killed, long enough to get more.

A Matter of Timing

Some call it "lousy."  [ Read ] As a side note, I'm tickled to see the "legitimate media" giving increased notice t...

Hezbollah Commits Itself To Support Syrian President Assad

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah waves to the crowd in Beirut, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. ( The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban ) Hezbollah...

President Obama Vows To Close Guantanamo Prison (Again)

Obama Vows New Push To Close Guantanamo Detention Camp -- Reuters (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make a new push to ...

What Works in New Jersey

That, in  itself, would be comedy gold were the results not so outrageously tyrannical. [ Read ] How do you think these hive insects would r...

The Power of Habeus Corpus

If we are to live as a free people and avoid the clutches of oppression, it is imperative that we learn the history of this Anglo-America...

"Conservative" Faux News

Fair and balanced my...eye. [ Read ] [Via Mike McNulty ]

We're the Only Ones Admitting Enough

Connecticut State Police Finally Admit Open Carry is Lawful [ More ] Well, that's mighty nice of these law enforcers. Will they also adm...

PEW Poll: Modest Support for Military Force If Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Survey: Some public support for US military action in Syria -- The Hill There is more public support than opposition for U.S. military actio...

Video demonstrates everyday danger of magazine capacity limits

MB Studio Productions’ “High Capacity Magazine PSA” provides a chilling unfolding of events in just over two minutes that demonstrates the ...

Is President Obama Kicking The Syrian Chemical Weapons Can Down The Road?

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy U.S. Kicks Syria Chemical Weapons Can Down The Road -- Charles...

So Much for Doctor-Patient Confidentiality

State Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, believes the provision could open the door to lawyers asking doctors about the gun-toting habits of their ...

Greasing the Incline

But the opposite could easily be true. After requiring background checks, the government may be more reluctant to impose other restrictions ...

President Obama Comments On Syria

Obama: Need All Facts on Syria Chemical Weapons -- Voice of America U.S. President Barack Obama says he needs more facts on chemical weapons...

Immediate Access

Because w aiting periods are only for Americans who want to exercise their unalienable rights... [ Read ]

The China Syndrome

He heard back through their broker and was informed that just 3 days before, our government made it illegal to export that equipment to US ...

President Obama: Denies Knowing Benghazi Terror-Attack Survivors Have Been Forbidden From Talking To Congress

In Rare Public Q-and-A With Reporters, Obama Denies Knowing Benghazi Terror-Attack Survivors Have Been Forbidden From Talking To Congress --...

America's Intelligence Chief Orders A Review Of The Boston Marathon Bombing Case

U.S. Intelligence Chief Orders Review Of Boston Marathon Case -- NBC The nation's top intelligence official has ordered a review of the ...

Bury Her Brain at Wounded Knee

She said the billboard brings to her mind one of the most horrendous examples of that, the Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reserva...

Did North Korea Just Blink?

North Korea Halts Missile Launch Preparations -- Asahi Shimbun North Korea has stopped work on preparing for the launch of a medium-range Mu...

If They're That Dangerous, What Are They Doing Out?

Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian. [ Read ] I wonder if the proponents of this would also ...

How California Encourages Gun Crimes

Ignorance plays a part as an enabler, but at the top of the power structure, they know exactly what they're doing. [ Read ] What the gen...

USS Freedom Breaks Down On First Deployment

USS Freedom. Wikipedia USS Freedom Breaks Down, But Not Going Down -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy Stand down, Twitterverse, the littoral comba...

How Can You Tell Carolyn Maloney is Lying?

Stronger gun control laws would have prevented the accused Boston bombers from getting firearms and could prevent future terror attacks, a...

Me Mind on Fire -- Me Soul on Fire -- Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Maybe you ought to have this playing in the background as you read about the latest bit of incendiary hot air emanating from the smoldering...

Why Yes, I WOULD Agree

When she says she's crazy, I believe her. [ Watch ] She certainly does act the part, right down to the compulsive face-scratching as she...

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CIA Money In Afghanistan (Updated)

CIA And MI6 Ghost Money May Fuel Afghan Corruption, Say Diplomats -- The Guardian Failure of peace initiatives raises questions over whether...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 30, 2013

Officials: Seven Died In US Cargo Plane Crash In Afghanistan -- NBC KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven people were killed when a U.S.-run civilian ...

World News Briefs -- April 30, 2013

White House Press Secretary Carney Says More Work Needed To Verify Syria Chemical Use -- Bloomberg President Barack Obama’s spokesman said “...