Defense secretary talks big on diplomacy, Stephen Glain writes, but must put money where his mouth is. more >>

From "Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11" more >>

Sen. Barack Obama, rebutting in a Democratic debate that he's not ready to be president because he lacks experience. more >>

In congressional testimony, Rumsfeld and general fail the football star's family. more >>

One day after he resigned as secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld shipped off for a previously planned lecture at Kansas State University--where, the Daily Kansan reports, he avoided talking about both his resignation and Tuesday's midterm elections but did quip about the extra attention those events brought to the lecture. "I hope you all appreciate how skillfully I managed the public affairs for this event," he told the crowd of about 4,500 people in attendance for the speech in which he discussed the similarities between the war in Iraq and the Cold War. more >>

Business leaders love to emulate battlefield commanders as they deploy their troops and make critical decisions. That's why otherwise-arcane military books like The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Carl von Clausewitz remain brisk sellers: They're considered obligatory titles on the bookshelf of any executive with a taste for corporate battle. more >>