Let's hear it for the essential daily briefing, however hollow and empty it might be. We'll do it.

Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the an…

Those who follow orders to commit such crimes will be found and they will be punished. War crimes will be prosecuted. And it will be no excuse to say, 'I was j…