Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press this morning to discuss the current escalating aggression between North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump. McCain seemed to forget that being President is...
President Donald Trump did not receive much support early on in his campaign, and has therefore sought to reward those early backers with some prime government positions. Trump's latest should frighten everyone: a former businessman,...
When you run for political office, people will often look to your past to see if you're qualified. According to White House officials, President Donald Trump shouldn't be judged on his past.
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Over the two months since President Donald Trump took office, multiple media outlets have theorized the president's potential for starting a war with another country, or at least escalating involvement somewhere the U.S. military is already...
Alright, let's break this down.
The military rules of engagement are directives set forth in order to dictate circumstances that require ground, air, and naval forces to enter combat zones and fight. They are rules to...
General David Petraeus knows a lot about life in the military. The General served for 37 years in the U.S. Army. He served for a year as the director of the CIA.
The General understands the pressures...
According to a Rasmussen Reports survey, President Trump’s approval rating now stands at 48 percent, while 52 percent disapprove of his performance. And what have presidents with low approval ratings traditionally done? Start wars. However, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) has introduced...
Donald Trump always says he loves and respects veterans. He says he intends to listen to their needs and respond to their concerns. He's even raised money for them and then refused to hand any...
The U.S. Marine Corps is investigating a complaint they received about military personnel allegedly leaking pictures of their naked, female colleagues on a website that promotes sexual assault. In the last month, a dozen women reported...
While there are an endless number of talking points from President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday, one in particular is rubbing some the wrong way. Some military officers are calling Trump's very public tribute to Chief...
The most memorable--and most debated--moment from Tuesday evening's joint address to Congress by Donald Trump is when he honored the fallen Navy SEAL who died during a raid in Yemen. Trump asked the widow of...
When it became apparent that many of Donald Trump's appointees were manifestly unfit and unqualified, it was only natural to gird ourselves to pop the champagne when one of them was either defeated in the...
The father of a Navy SEAL who died on a mission in Yemen during the first week of the Trump administration says he's upset with Trump and even refused to meet with Trump or shake...
A very vocal, and very dangerous, element of the right seems to think that out-and-out thuggery makes you a patriot. It still makes me retch to think that so many right-wingers still consider the Bundy...
Over the course of the past five days, Donald Trump has seen one National Security Adviser resign under pressure because he had discussions with the Russian ambassador without authorization and another candidate tell him he...
Long before he took office, Donald Trump had already started a war with American intelligence agencies, and it now seems that those agencies are so fearful Trump is leaking sensitive data to the Russians that...
On February 3, a bill was introduced in the House Of Representatives to reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 which would help veteran-owned business and veterans maintain job security. We must watch this...
The next time an uninformed republican bashes former President Barack Obama, kindly whip out the following statistics. Especially if they're also a die-hard Trumpkin.
While President Donald Trump was busy scamming people at his so-called university, Obama...
The Pentagon is cleaning egg off its face after removing a posted video that isn't quite what they said it was. Originally the military claimed that the video was secured in a raid in Yemen...
In case you missed it, Donald Trump is trying to put his stamp on the National Security Council by placing his chief strategist and chief brownshirt, Steve Bannon, on that critical panel. Well, a rookie...
