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September 14, 2011
United States
TWE Remembers: The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner
Most singers struggle to perform it. It is hard to imagine a major league baseball game starting without it. The sound of a marching band playing it stirs the heart. I am speaking, of course, of…
February 27, 2012
United States
What Else We Don’t Know About Drones
In 1982, on a tour of the Middle East to monitor the deployment of U.S. Marines to Beirut, Lebanon, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger received a security briefing from his Israeli counterpart, A…
October 26, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Targeted Killings, and Autonomous Robots
Maria Abi-Habib, “Troops Shot After Taliban Leader’s Call,” Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2012. Anti-American feelings are rife in the Afghan army and police, the two forces that are supposed to …
December 4, 2008
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Defense Spending During Economic Crisis
President-elect Barack Obama made many promises on defense spending and strategy during his two-year run for the White House. But analysts say economic constraints and political pressure could make i…
March 9, 2016
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Send in the Malware: U.S. Cyber Command Attacks the Islamic State
At the end of February, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told a House subcommittee that U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is conducting offensive operations against the Islamic State. This statement we…
