US Sen. Mark Kelly correctly articulated military law when he said service members have a duty to not obey unlawful orders, according to a military law scholar.
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The elimination of offices within Homeland Security and the State Department may force US counterterrorism efforts to rely on a solely military approach, which has proven ineffective.
In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the National Security Council and the president.
As Pete Hegseth has found, leading the US Defense Department is a big job, affecting Americans’ security at home and abroad and overseeing huge numbers of people and immense amounts of money.
A former intelligence official claims the US government has retrieved multiple craft of non-human origin, along with the occupants’ bodies.
Poppy seeds can become contaminated with opiates during harvesting. For the US Defense Department, invoking a ‘poppy seed defense’ may not be enough to rule out a positive drug test result.
The use of unmanned aircraft by both sides has massively increased, changing the nature of the air war.
Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops.
Sheriffs in less populated counties got bigger boosts from military surplus than sheriffs in more populated counties.
President Joe Biden’s nomination of a recently retired general to lead the Pentagon required an exception to federal law.
President Trump has claimed the Islamic State was completely defeated on his watch – but an analysis of government maps and other reports shows his administration did only half the work.
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