Defense
New budget gamble
The Bush administration's defense budget is based on the premise that it is better to risk having too few aircraft and ships today in order to free up money to buy new ones for tomorrow.
Defense
Feeling a draft
Congress should at least think about a lawmaker's proposal to reinstate the military draft.
Defense
Quick strikes
The Pentagon has approved an Iraq war plan that features rapid strikes to topple Saddam Hussein early in a potential conflict.
Defense
War and protests
Military leaders and lawmakers fear Vietnam-like protests if President Bush fails to make the case for war with Iraq.
Defense
Pentagon turkeys
The Bush administration has yet to make good on its pledge to ax obsolete weapons programs.
Defense
Keeping the peace
Military and relief officials are learning how to work together to move a country from war to peace.
Defense
Sticking together
For a change, Navy and Marine Corps leaders aren't battling each other in defense spending fights.
Defense
Sailors and civilians
Unlike sailors, Navy civilians get little in the way of career training and guidance. The service's personnel chief says that's about to change.
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Placing blame
President Bush has run into his first confrontation with the military, over criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire incident.
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Worst-case scenario
Would Israel retaliate with nuclear weapons if Iraq struck it with biological or chemical weapons?
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Green troops
Are environmental restrictions forcing the military to go into battle with inexperienced forces?
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Depot dollars
The Army and Navy could learn a thing or two from the Air Force’s plan to invest in its repair depots.
Defense
Beyond Iraq
We should not become so fixated on invading Iraq that we ignore the greater dangers: al Qaeda, loose nuclear materials in Russia and nuclear proliferation.
Defense