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August 16, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump’s desire for a big military parade is proving to be very costly.
August 8, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Pentagon is covering up the shooting of a Marine in Syria.
June 22, 2018
Jeet Heer
President Trump sees immigration as a defense issue.
February 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Rising Risk of Nuclear War Under Trump
The president and the Pentagon have different national-security doctrines, but they've found a dangerous common ground.
May 24, 2017
MagazineShannon Stirone
Our Next World War Might Be Fought in Outer Space
To counter threats from China and Russia, the U.S. military is scrambling to weaponize space on a scale not seen since Ronald Reagan.
October 26, 2016
David Dayen
How Congress Can End the Military’s Signing Bonus Travesty
Thousands of veterans are being unjustly squeezed by the Pentagon. Congress can stop it—unless silly budget politics get in the way.
January 28, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The Pentagon is cutting paid maternity leave in the Navy and Marines in order to give more leave to the Army and Air Force.
December 14, 2015
Arthur Neslen
The U.S. Military Loses Its Emissions Exemption in the Paris Climate Deal
November 25, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Chuck Hagel Was the Defense Secretary the White House Wanted—Then Obama Fired Him for It
November 25, 2014
Reid Cherlin
I Went Halfway Around the World with Chuck Hagel—and All I Learned Was That He Was Doomed
November 24, 2014
Danny Vinik
Chuck Hagel Was Supposed to Fix the Pentagon's Budget. Now It's His Successor's Problem.
September 5, 2014
Mehdi Hasan
Why Is The Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?
September 5, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Rand Paul Should Check With the Pentagon Before He Slams Hillary Clinton
July 23, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Republicans Always Listen to the Pentagon—Except When It Says Climate Change Is Real
December 3, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
A Sergeant Pimped Out Female Soldiers. The Army's Going After a John.
This is progress for the military
August 30, 2013
Reid Cherlin
Washington's Going to War ... And Chuck Hagel's in Brunei
July 16, 2013
Molly Redden
Why Ted Cruz and Rand Paul Are Taking on Military Sex Assault
June 19, 2013
Robert Draper
Boondoggle Goes Boom
A demented tale of how the Army actually does business
March 4, 2013
Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides’s Washington
The author of "Middlesex" and "The Marriage Plot" tours the seat of power.
February 4, 2013
Thomas Rid
Cyber Fail
The Obama administration's lousy record on cyber security

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