Although Americans appear to favor President Obama’s general goal of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, they differ on the specifics. And Libya is another story.

The Air Force has a list of things you are permitted to know about its new bomber program — and that’s it.

President Obama on Thursday surprised Secretary Gates by presenting him the highest U.S. civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at Gates’ farewell ceremony outside the Pentagon. “Bob, this is not in the program, but please stand,” Obama said, and then ordered the reading of Gates’ citation. Here’s the full text, per the White House […]

A new study attempts to put a price tag on the cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as catalog the human toll.

Secretary Gates’ departure means the long-discussed new era of potentially deep DoD budget cuts will arrive soon.

A top White House counter-terror official says information from Osama bin Laden’s own compound showed, from the inside, how successful the U.S. has been in going after al Qaeda.

The president says he doesn’t even need to address whether the War Powers Resolution is constitutional, because the U.S. involvement in Libya isn’t close to violating it.

Could a change in Navy leadership also change the prospects for the fleet’s advanced warships of tomorrow?

See for yourself just how many states have an economic interest in the success of the F-35 program.

The Navy is moving forward with tests to see how its F-35C operates on the aircraft carrier decks that will be its future home.

Should the U.S. and China pursue a cyber-accord before their explorations of each other’s networks get out of hand?

According to reports, Taiwan’s government has been warned against making a request to buy more F-16s from the United States.

The services want to collaborate as they consider how to build a new unmanned aerial vehicle they could each adapt to their own needs.

A columnist argues that SecDef’s most important accomplishment might be something that didn’t even happen.