Under the War Powers Act of 1973, President Obama is required to report on where he has sent U.S. troops without specific Congressional authorization.
Tag: U.S. Military
We ended the military draft. Maybe we need it again. Or something like it.
Robert Redford’s latest movie, “The Company You Keep,” didn’t make me stand up and cheer, but it did make me think. The movie tells
BBC documentary reveals American colonel who trained Iraqi torturers
A new documentary from the BBC (in cooperation with The Guardian newspaper) has revealed direct ties between the torture practices and death squads of
Deciphering the double-speak of U.S. foreign policy
One of the most crazy-making aspects of political news is having to listen to government double-speak, especially when it involves foreign policy. When the
U.S. military leads climate-change initiatives, and deniers know it
The U.S. military not only accepts the notion of climate change, its leaders see climate change as a national-security priority. But Congressional climate-change-deniers continue