Vice President Dick Cheney, who leaves office Jan. 20 as one of the most powerful, if unpopular, vice presidents in recent history, offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration's claims of broad executive powers Sunday, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joe Biden and saying the president "doesn't have to check with anybody" before launching a nuclear attack. ...more

December 22, 2008

Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration on its Iraq war strategy, will bring qualities to the job of Veterans Affairs secretary his predecessors sometimes lacked: credibility, experience and sound judgment. ...more

December 8, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy shortly before the U.S. invasion. ...more

December 7, 2008

Camp Justice, erected six months ago for the first U.S. war-crimes trials in a half-century, already feels like a ghost town. ...more

November 4, 2008

The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once favored by such U.S. enemies as North Korea and Vietnam, despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the methods were cruel and even illegal, according to a Senate investigation. ...more

June 18, 2008

Forty-one House members are calling on the Defense Department inspector general to investigate a public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the administration's Iraq war policies. ...more

May 3, 2008

In our considered opinion, Arizona Sen. John McCain is the Republican presidential candidate best prepared to lead America forward in a muscular yet compassionate way. Today we recommend him for your consideration. ...more

January 11, 2008

Mike Huckabee's defeat of Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses jolted a Republican Party establishment already distressed about the state of its presidential field. ...more

January 5, 2008

It's holiday shopping time, and you're once again scurrying about looking for something besides the usual earrings, ties, shirts or sweaters. ...more

November 24, 2007

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to freeze plans for further reducing Army forces in Europe and will maintain about 40,000 soldiers in Germany and Italy, nearly twice as many as had been envisioned under a drawdown that began two years ago, senior Pentagon and military officials said. ...more

November 22, 2007