by August Cole | May 28, 2013 | Monitor
As shopping lists go, it is an impressively long one. The Washington Post on Tuesday revealed a Defense Science Board report detailing the extent to which Chinese cyberspies have rifled through computer networks at defense contractors and the Department of Defense. It...
by August Cole | May 20, 2013 | Monitor
Since Sept. 11, the Defense Department has worked literally around the clock to transform its frontline forces to better target irregular foes and wage counterinsurgency campaigns. However, transforming how the Pentagon spends money and manages its back office...
by August Cole | May 17, 2013 | Monitor
As summer approaches, many families are beginning to plan where they will travel and in which hotels they will stay while on holiday. For some 900 people in the New York City area displaced by Hurricane Sandy, hotels have been their only home for more than half a...
by August Cole | May 16, 2013 | Monitor
After the sharp-elbowed politics of the past year’s election, the year started with hope that lawmakers and the White House would be able to finally tackle the profound and structural problems facing the United States. The list is long. Some interpreted the Obama...
by August Cole | May 9, 2013 | Monitor
In a time of historic political clashes and a fight over spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the nation’s military, it is easy to miss the little things. Yet the U.S. is at a point when the details matter more and more. The Rare Earth Minerals A great example...
