good... the fall of the house of cards may be picking up some steam... In the United States, the Dow Jones industrial average fell below 7,000 for the first time since 1997 as investors reacted to reports that construction and industrial activity had continued to decline and to a $61.7 billion loss ...

Eric Cantor’s Boner wasn’t the only guest of honor at Barack Obama’s press conference today! John McCain was there too, and Barack Obama called on him to talk about the defense budget, leading to McCain’s bizarre swipe at the Presidential Helicopter he will never have: “...

JUST IGNORE THAT SUBPOENA DEPARTMENT Todd Palin and nine aides were found in contempt Friday by the Alaska Senate for failing to appear to testify in the Legislature’s “troopergate� investigation of his wife… HOW ABOUT THAT PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SERVICE RADIO DEBACLE? “..the system is not fi...

Today Obama formally announced the core of his National Security team: Clinton at State, Gen. Jones as SAPNSA, and Gates to remain at DoD. It’s a team of experienced insiders, centrists, pragmatists, and even Republicans. Some have asked the obvious question: Is this Change you can Believe in for ...

Senior military leaders took the exceptional step of briefing President Bush this week on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated in Russia — an incursion that posed unusual concern among commanders and raised potential implications fo...

GATES TO STAY AT DEFENSE: Politico hears from officials from both parties that Barack Obama asked Bob “Who?” Gates to stay on as Defense Secretary, and Gates has accepted. So there’s your Token Republican cabinet member! Now Barry’s free to name Susan Sarandon to head Veteran...

Remember that time in October 2007 when the Pentagon wanted to give Lebanon cutting edge military tech even though it was obvious that Hezbollah would eventually take over the government and grab the weapons? And then Hezbollah took over the government but the Pentagon still wanted to provide the se...

    Washington - Congressional Democrats want to ban Pentagon propaganda on the Iraq war, but they are likely to find that enforcement is easier said than done.     An existing legal prohibition, for example, didn't deter a Pentagon program aimed at influencin...

The three-way division of the largest Pentagon contract in Iraq ends the monopoly held by KBR, which has been accused of mismanagement and exploiting its political ties to Vice President Dick Cheney....

What the hell's wrong with Bob Gates, the Defense Secretary no one ever talks about? Recently he's been running his yap with all sorts of liberal Democrat treasonspeak — just like Barack Obama, a known member of Hamas and Hezbollah and the Weather Underground. Apparently he *doesn't* want to b...