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Washington Post | VA’s shame
As a veteran who has used the services of Veterans Affairs, I was not at all surprised to read in The Post’s May 10 news article “$11 million in improper bonuses for VA leaders” that VA has doled out Pact Act funds to senior leadership as bonuses. But I am angry.
Military.com | On Memorial Day, I'm Remembering the Friend Who Saved My Life in Iraq
This Memorial Day, I, like most veterans of our recent conflicts, will spend time remembering and honoring my fallen brothers and sisters, people like my friend Kevin. In 2004, Kevin Jessen saved my life. Not once, but day in and day out, for six months.
National Review | America Should Downsize in the Middle East
When U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan sat down for an interview at the Atlantic Festival in late September, he was a man beaming with cautious optimism about the future of the Middle East.
War on the Rocks | The Time for Europe to Step Up is Now
When former U.S. President Donald Trump indicated earlier this year that he “would encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent,” presumably in terms of defense spending, allies expressed alarm. This trans-Atlantic burden-sharing kerfuffle is only unusual for the crassness of the language. U.S. concerns about European free-riding date back at least to the Eisenhower administration.
Stimson | Testing Assumptions about the War in Ukraine
Unstated assumptions are often at the core of our foreign policy decisions, and play a major role in crises like the ongoing war in Ukraine. Policymakers are relying on conventional wisdom about the course of the war, the sustainability of Western support, and the circumstances under which the war might end. Some of these are accurate, but many are not.
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