Author: andrei

During the run-up to last year’s presidential election, there was the predictable hue-and-cry about making sure that “every vote was counted.” Fine, we said, but what about military voters? Fact…

The so-called “Beast of Kandahar,” a mysterious UAV that was recently photographed in the skies over Afghanistan. The aircraft bears a striking resemblance to the failed “Polecat” UAV, developed several…

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a must-read editorial about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and our own inability (read: refusal) to block them. As the Journal notes, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau,…

A Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber, with pre-war markings. Fifteen of these aircraft, assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8 of the USS Hornet, were shot down on the second day of…

Our new column at Examiner.com looks at the nation’s newest spy scandal, involving retired State Department official Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn. Both are accused of passing classified information…

While recovery teams pull bodies and wreckage from the South Atlantic, French authorities are investigating a potential terrorist link to the crash of Air France Flight 447. According to Sky…

While the Obama Administration attempts back-channel diplomacy to tamp down tensions with North Korea, our military commanders in the region are doing their job: preparing U.S. and allied forces for…

Thoughts on the “fair and honest” election in Iran, from Amir Taheri of The Wall Street Journal and the editors of National Review. As Mr. Taheri notes, the scale of…

Democratic Congressmen and the civil liberties crowd are cheering an Obama Administration decision to kill a controversial spy satellite program at the Department of Homeland Security. As The Wall Street…

A few months ago, U.S. forces were on the verge of losing Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, a key installation supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. Just four months ago, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek…