Roger Zakheim is a defense policy expert who contributed to The Weekly Standard on military funding and national security issues. He previously served as General Counsel and Deputy Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee. His writing for the magazine addressed defense budgets and critiqued presidential candidates' military policy proposals.
This week Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made the obligatory campaign stop to address the American Legion. Despite the rhetoric, which at times made both candidates sound like Reagan defense hawks, the reality is that the two presidential campaigns offer conflicting narratives over the state of…
This week senior officials from the Pentagon will testify before Congress on their request for emergency appropriations, known as the Overseas Contingency Operations funding (OCO in military speak). A decision to maintain troop presence in Afghanistan, a resurgence of radical Sunni terrorism…