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Experts Doubt North Korean Mobile Launcher Works
Tweet Share on Facebook April 20, 2012 Comment (2)Senior U.S. officials are studying images of mobile missile launchers prominently featured in a North Korean military parade, but there are doubts about whether they even work.
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Obama Administration Hedges Its Bets on Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2012 Comment (1)The Obama administration has firmly resisted calls for U.S. military intervention in Syria's civil unrest, but two senior officials on Thursday were hedging Washington's bets.
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Next Secretary of State Unlikely to Have Clinton's Star Power
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2012 Comment (2)Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton were major celebrities long before they became secretaries of state, and Condoleezza Rice had ample gravitas before becoming America’s top diplomat. But Clinton’s successor, sources say, likely will lack their star power.
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Nuclear Weapon Test in North Korea Seen as Inevitable
Tweet Share on Facebook April 18, 2012 Comment (1)A North Korean nuclear bomb detonation is inevitable as the defiant Asian regime seeks further leverage against Washington and its allies in the region.
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Official: Members of Each Military Service Involved in Colombian Prostitute Party
Tweet Share on Facebook April 17, 2012 Comment (4)The military members implicated in a prostitution scandal last week ahead of President Obama's arrival in Colombia were dog handlers and bomb-disposal experts from each armed service, a U.S. official says.
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Navy Stands by 300-Ship Goal Despite Smaller Budgets
Tweet Share on Facebook April 17, 2012 CommentA top Navy leader on Monday again claimed the sea service is on track to field a 300-ship fleet later this decade, but experts are skeptical.
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A Look at Democratic National Security Talking Points
Tweet Share on Facebook April 16, 2012 Comment (2)Sanctions, not war, will lead Iran to suspend its nuclear weapons program. Less, not more, annual military spending will keep America safe.
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Despite Missile Failure, North Korea is Still the Big Winner
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (2)North Korea's long-range missile might have crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff, but the defiant regime got most of what it wanted from the failed launch.
"The North Koreans certainly hope they're buying themselves more time," says Jan van Tol, a former senior White House and Pentagon official. "If the U.S. doesn't do something more forcefully this time, the North Koreans—like the Iranians—simply continue to buy time building nuclear weapons and acquiring a ballistic missile capability."
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Only a 'CNN Event' Could Draw U.S. Into Syria Conflict
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (3)With a tenuous peace settling over Syria, a former White House official says it would take powerful video images blasted on cable news of regime-orchestrated brutality to draw in the U.S. military.
Barry Pavel, a former National Security Council and Pentagon official, tells DOTMIL via Twitter the U.S. "will act only if [a] 'CNN event'" occurs.
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White House Puts Security Issues on Back Burner for Summit
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 CommentThe White House is stressing American efforts made in regards to economic issues with South American allies ahead of a weekend summit in Colombia, but a key GOP lawmaker wants President Obama to get tough with America's foes in the region.
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