The US is staging a huge show of military might off the coast of Venezuela ... to do what exactly? @andreaskluth is puzzled (via @opinion) https://t.co/49vyChEpe5 ...

China played down its rapidly rising military might for years. In the past few weeks, Beijing has broadcast a steady drumbeat of firepower displays and muscular rhetoric, carrying an unmistakable warning for the U.S. https://t.co/OMBECfPpAv ...

The president is expected to sign an executive order and he's going to be authorizing a second title for the Department of Defense calling it the Department of War. We can't say he's renaming it because he would actually need authorization from Congress to rename the Department. It was essentially or and originally um the Department of War until about 1947 when President Truman changed the name and brought in some more agencies and military institutions under its umbrella.But this is really fascinating beca ...