Supreme Court Strikes Down Stolen Valor Act
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: More now on the Supreme Court where health care was not the only case decided today. The justices struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to lie about...
View ArticleCourt-Martial Begins In Texas Air Base Scandal
Opening statements will be made Tuesday in the trial of a former Air Force instructor accused of rape and sexual assault of the young trainees in his care.Staff Sgt. Luis Walker faces 28 charges and...
View ArticleDefense Cuts: How Do You Buy 1.8 Submarines?
Congress created a monster when it decided that the entire government will face across-the-board cuts in January, unless an agreement on deficit reduction is reached.The deadline for the automatic...
View ArticleDrones: From War Weapon To Homemade Toy
Drones transformed the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. But their use has been extremely limited in U.S. skies. The Federal Aviation Administration essentially bans the commercial use of drones,...
View ArticleReport From The Drone Convention: Unmanned Vehicles Find New Uses
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View ArticleDrones Drifting Into Markets Outside War Zones
After years of reliance on large drones like the Predator, the military is now finding that smaller devices can do the job better. The Army has deployed thousands of unmanned aerial devices that fit in...
View ArticleQuestion 21: A Matter Of National Security
Jennifer Norris was a devoted member of the Maine National Guard."I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved serving in the military," she says.Norris still wanted a career in the Guard even after she was...
View ArticleArmy Seeks To Curb Rising Tide Of Suicides
At Fort Myer, Va., a small Army base across the river from Washington, D.C., Chaplain Mark Worrell is talking to about 100 soldiers, reciting the grim numbers."This year, 2012, there have been more...
View ArticleDefense Companies Hold Off On Pink Slips, For Now
Major defense companies said this week they will not send out layoff notices to warn of big job cuts in January, taking away the prospect of embarrassing layoff notices right before the November...
View ArticleRomney, Obama Surrogates Clash Over Military Strategy
The Romney campaign is putting more meat on the bones of its defense policy, and the result is a muscular, almost hawkish posture.Dov Zakheim, Mitt Romney's special adviser for foreign policy and...
View ArticlePentagon Revising Cyber Rules Of Engagement
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told business leaders the Pentagon is developing capabilities to ward off attacks on the nation's infrastructure. He says foreign actors have already probed key systems...
View ArticleRomney's Defense Plans Call For Higher Spending
One area where President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney clearly disagree is defense spending. The president wants less, Romney wants more.
View ArticleVets Flock To Colleges ... But How Are They Doing?
Record numbers of veterans are returning home from war and heading to college. The biggest draw: the generous benefits of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which in three short years has helped 860,000 vets go to...
View ArticleHow Good Is The World's Most Expensive Fighter Jet?
First of two partsAfter years on the drawing boards and in testing labs, a new fighter plane is entering the U.S. arsenal. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is supposed to help the Air Force, the Navy and...
View ArticleAt $130 Million A Plane, Critics Question The Cost Of The F-35
Second of two partsIn a mile-long building on the edge of Fort Worth, Texas, an assembly line is taking shape to build the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Lockheed Martin, which got the contract to build...
View ArticleAn Israeli Political Newcomer, Who May Soon Be An Insider
Israel's surprisingly close parliamentary elections Tuesday have brought political attention to a man accustomed to the bright lights of television: former journalist and media personality Yair...
View ArticleIsraeli Election Rekindles Debate Over Military Service
The rise of a new Israeli political party after last week's elections has set the stage for renewed conflict over the country's military draft.That new party, Yesh Atid, or "There is a Future,"...
View ArticleSodaStream Criticized For West Bank Plant
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And let's think about the Super Bowl once again. Last night was big for the Ravens and for an Israeli company called SodaStream. It ran its first Super Bowl ad.The...
View ArticleHow Do Israeli And Palestinian Textbooks Treat The Other Side?
There was some good news and bad news in a three-year study that tried to take an objective look at bias in Israeli and Palestinian textbooks directed against "the other."The bad news isn't surprising:...
View ArticleWomen In Prayer Shawls Detained At Judaism's Holiest Site
Police in Jerusalem on Monday detained 10 women for wearing the tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl traditionally worn by men, while praying at the Western Wall.The Women of the Wall have been fighting for...
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