IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1021-10 November 06, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The following Marines died Nov. 4 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan: Lance Cpl. Brandon W. Pearson, 21, of Arvada, Colo. Lance Cpl. Matthew J. [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1020-10 November 06, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Michael F. Paranzino, 22, of Middletown, R.I., died Nov. 5 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1019-10 November 06, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Blake D. Whipple, 21, of Williamsville, N.Y., died Nov. 5 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive [...]

Bill “Not The Rolling Stone” Wyman — wow. Inspired by his great conceit (and beautiful piece of writing), I’m rediscovering “Sway” from Sticky Fingers, an insanely good song I always forget about.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1018-10 November 05, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. James C. Young, 25, of Rochester, Ill., died Nov. 3 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1017-10 November 05, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. 1st Class Todd M. Harris, 37, of Tucson, Ariz., died Nov. 3 in Badghis province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small [...]

New START yes; DADT repeal… meh. Sure, right now the DADT repeal is in the defense authorization that Congress needs to pass, and the Pentagon wants that passed. But… well, read Geoff Morrell’s briefing transcript for yourself: Q So right now, this department is urging congressional action on START, but not urging congressional action on [...]

Lots of Twitter talk about this post on Tom Ricks’s blog about the counterterrorism/counterinsurgency relationship and Thomas Rid’s response to it. It seems like both talk past each other a bit — or would, if Ricks’s post knew about about Rid’s ahead of time. Argument summary: Ricks’s anonymous pal “Mr. XYZ” says counterterrorism requires counterinsurgency, [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1014-10 November 03, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman, 25, of Aroostook, Maine, died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th [...]

I get that Sunlight’s John Wonderlich is seizing on some useful GOP rhetoric to keep pressure on the next House leadership to open up its governing practices. But transparency pledges really ought to be considered the most empty promise any politician makes. Remember the Obama campaign’s most-open-government-ever oath? And yet the Justice Department uses the [...]