Tag: Secretary of Defense

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s ‘good war’ turns sour

Timothy P. Carney · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria response on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Administration briefing does little to change opinions on Syria strike

Tim Mak · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the situation on Syria, Wednesday, September 4. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: I don’t trust Syrian opposition

Joel Gehrke · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

American involvement in foreign affairs is generally thankless work. (AP File)

Uncle Sam is a bumbler, not an imperialist

Shikha Dalmia · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

A Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. (AP)

The case for the West to intervene in Syria

Olivier Guitta · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry will brief congressional lawmakers tonight via telephone conference call about potential military action in Syria, a state department spokesperson said Thursday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Kerry, Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel will brief top lawmakers on Syria tonight

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Daraa, Syria on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syria: Does America really need another war in the Middle East?

Cal Thomas · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Pentagon officials have consistently claimed dire consequences should the taxpayer gravy train stop flowing. (Thinkstock Image)

Pentagon still wasting money on flawed missile program

Andrew Quinlan · August 24, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Defense Department slashes furlough days again

Joel Gehrke · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama's administration has given us plenty of reasons to debate the health of our democracy. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama thinks Americans don’t need to know

Gene Healey · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducts the first hearing on incidents of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. Being sworn in to testify, from left are, GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region, GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson, and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Waste and fraud cost feds hundreds of billions

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

In 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur traveled to Australia, along with planes, troops and supplies to turn the tide in World War II's Pacific front. (AP File)

Obama appears to hunger for the Australia Zero Option

James Jay Carafano · August 5, 2013 4:00 am