Tag: Army

The Pentagon has launched an investigation into the events surrounding the capture by the Taliban of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the 28-year-old Idahoan who spent nearly five years in the hands of Islamist militants. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Four things you should know about the Army general who will investigate Bowe Bergdahl’s capture

Becket Adams · June 17, 2014 12:08 pm

Gesturing as he talks, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, leader of Allied forces organizing in Britain for the second front, watches maneuvers on a miniature tank range somewhere in Britain on March 13, 1944. (AP Photo/Pool)

Being a real leader means accepting responsibility for failures and crediting others in victories

Melanie Sturm · June 16, 2014 6:26 pm

House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama's decision to release five Taliban leaders in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will come back to haunt the United States. (AP Photo)

National Security

Army begins Bowe Bergdahl investigation

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 6:09 pm

National Security

Despite Bergdahl swap, peace talks still in limbo

Deb Riechmann · June 16, 2014 7:04 am

Period? Full Stop?

William Kristol · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

No Confidence

Thomas Joscelyn · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

The Unraveling

Stephen F. Hayes · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

They’re Talking About You

Michael Ramirez · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. President Obama enters the stadium at West Point to give the commencement address at the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on May 28, 2014 in West Point, New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mission incomprehensible: Obama’s vision for military blunts its warfighting skills

James Jay Carafano · June 15, 2014 9:00 pm

Mitt Romney calls Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy ‘clueless’

Susan Crabtree · June 15, 2014 3:30 pm

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A U.S. defense official says released captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is scheduled to arrive at a military medical center in Texas on Friday. The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the plan has not been publicly announced, declined to provide details. Officials had previously said the intention was for Bergdahl to be reunited with his family at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

National Security

Army: Bergdahl ‘looked good’ after returning to US

Juan Lozano · June 14, 2014 2:46 am

National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

A brief and painful reminder that Washington is filled with flippant and incompetent halfwits

Becket Adams · June 13, 2014 8:40 pm