Policy & Strategy

The Pentagon has launched an inquiry to see whether the recent account of the Osama bin Laden raid, given by the Navy SEAL who reportedly killed the al Qaeda leader in May 2011, included classified or sensitive information about the strike. 

Lawmakers have no one to blame but themselves for the current political quagmire on Capitol Hill over how to handle the financial fallout from the White House's sequestration plan, a top Pentagon official said Monday. 

Ensnared in the Petraeus email scandal, ex-commander of troops in Afghanistan decides against going through confirmation hearing.

Drones have been very useful in targeting terrorists, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday.

Chinese hackers have stolen data from at least 115 U.S. companies since 2006, according to the American security firm Mandiant.

“We will have a vote when we get back and I am confident that Sen. Hagel probably will have the votes necessary," said McCain.

Recognizing that no one in Congress expects a deal, industry groups are now strategizing to get them reversed quickly.

American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris cites the Defense secretary nominee's “complex record and controversial statements."

The Obama administration should go back to square one on its controversial pick to head the Defense Department or risk further friction with congressional Republicans and the Pentagon in the coming years, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Friday.

The Pentagon and White House had wanted former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) in the job for the NATO meeting.