Keith Menconi

If the military maintains a strong commitment to clean energy, it can play a unique role in the development of reduced carbon emissions sources.

The planned cuts to the bloated U.S. military budget in the debt ceiling deal are long overdue, but lawmakers will likely slash civilian U.S. foreign policy instruments before they significantly reduce military spending.

Increase in defense spending a symptom, in part, of bad economy.

What will be the legacy of Robert Gates: trimming Pentagon bloat or holding the line against deeper cuts?