Scott's post about the so-called "Afghanistan Papers" provides a good excuse to remind everyone that the recriminations, deflections, and finger-pointing are just getting started. It's important to keep that mind when evaluating reporting based on leaked documents or confidential sources. These are part of a...
bureaucratic politics
It's fun to teach the bureaucratic politics segment of National Security Policy during such momentous times. Panetta: The federal budget is roughly about $4 trillion. About a trillion of that.