by Ezra Mechaber | Nov 25, 2014 | Monitor
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today that he would be stepping down from his position overseeing the Department of Defense. Hagel, who served in the Army during Vietnam, is the 24th Secretary of Defense. Speaking from the State Dining Room of the White...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Ingaro Bay Last Friday, Swedish media reported the siting of an unidentified foreign submarine lurking in Swedish waters not all that far from Stockholm. This set off a wave of speculation, finger pointing, rafts of unanswered questions, memories...
by Caroline Julia von Wurden | Oct 21, 2014 | Monitor
The Defense Department is looking for ways to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, and nuclear fusion may be one way to do that. Andrew Holland, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate at ASP, was quoted in the article “New Energy Technologies Could Provide Military...
by David Hudson | Oct 14, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama participates in a meeting hosted by Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with more than 20 foreign chiefs of defense to discuss the coalition efforts in the ongoing campaign against ISIL. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III,...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 14, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — some personal background, a roundtable video, DOD’s 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, and further readings ] . ** Although I’ve been interested in religious responses to ecological issues since the 1980s, when my friend...
