ON THE FIGHT
While DC doesn’t agree on the implications of chemical weapons in Syria, Turkey does.
Yesterday an American was stabbed outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
ON THE FORCE
Congresswoman Jackie Speier took to the House floor to denounce the reported rise in sexual assaults in the military, and she is blaming both Congress and the armed forces.
POTOMAC TWO-STEP
The watchdog who tracks the billions of taxpayer dollars spent in Afghanistan claims officials have tried to silence him because they think he’s embarrassing the White House and President Hamid Karzai by pointing out the waste and fraud.
ON SECRECY – OR LACK THEREOF
Apparently, the FBI never shared its intelligence with local police about possible Russian terror connections of the suspected Marathon bombers until three and half days after the attack, and for that the FBI has come under fire.
ON TECH
The Army’s progressive tech effort and Mail.mil is gaining ground, but not with personal smartphones.
CONTRACT WATCH
The Navy is seeking proposals for new presidential choppers (think: Marine One) and a number of top contractors are eyeing the prestigious contract…but industry sources and lobbyists say not so fast: they believe the program could be a target for deficit hawks in Congress.
