Rowan Scarborough

GOP lawmakers warn of Taliban incentives in freeing American POW

Two Republican defense leaders in Congress warn that trading terrorists for an American POW now gives al Qaeda and the Taliban a bigger incentive to capture U.S. service members.

June 1, 2014

Sponsors of Pentagon’s alarm-raising climate study could benefit from action

Retired military officers deeply involved in the climate change movement — and some in companies positioned to profit from it — spearheaded an alarmist global warming report this month that calls on the Defense Department to ramp up spending on what it calls a man-made problem.

May 26, 2014

House leaders nix bill that would give Obama power to kill Benghazi terrorists

The House Republican leadership has abolished an amendment that would have given President Obama the authority to kill the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, according to a legislative aide.

May 25, 2014

Senator, VFW spar over VA Department scandal

Sen. Richard Burr accuses the VFW of kowtowing to the Department of Veterans Afffairs.

May 24, 2014

MEMORIAL DAY: Pentagon not revealing efforts to free POW

It will be five years next month that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl fell into the hands of the most ruthless terrorists fighting U.S. and local troops in Afghanistan.

May 22, 2014

Father of nuclear Navy — Film shows how Capt. Rickover bucked authority, helped win Cold War

Dressed in his starched, white dress uniform, Capt. Hyman Rickover basked in a ticker-tape parade, waving from the Canyon of Heroes to New Yorkers celebrating the Navy officer's phenomenal creation.

May 14, 2014

Firm to offer virtual technology training to military

A video company in Texas is developing virtual reality technology that will give terrorist hunters a 3D experience of an embassy, a hideout or a village.

May 13, 2014

Pentagon: No change on ban on transgender troops

The Pentagon is not reviewing or planning to review its policy that bans transgenders from military service, a defense official said Monday.

May 12, 2014

Republicans at odds over authorizing strike on Benghazi attackers

Two House Republicans are in a turf battle over how to give President Obama the authority to kill the terrorists who killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

May 12, 2014

General: Millennial Marines shun self-absorbed culture

A four-star Marine general laments an American public that cannot comprehend why young Marines sacrifice their lives to defend the country.

May 7, 2014

Lt. Gen. Legere, candidate to be military’s spy chief, supported Army’s failed intel system

A front-runner for becoming the military's top spy has played a major role in shepherding and defending a battlefield intelligence network that some lawmakers and soldiers say fails too often.

May 5, 2014

Problems with Army’s battlefield intel system unresolved after two years

U.S. soldiers preparing to fight in Afghanistan have encountered some of the same flaws with the Army's vaunted intelligence computer network that they endured two years ago in their efforts to identify terrorists and locate roadside bombs in the war zone.

May 1, 2014

Congressman drafts bill to authorize killing Benghazi terrorists

A Republican House member is drafting legislation that would authorize the military and intelligence operatives to kill the terrorists who attacked the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA base in Benghazi, Libya.

April 30, 2014

Probe looks at Marine higher-ups suspected in retaliation against whistleblower

The Pentagon inspector general has confirmed to Congress that an investigation is underway into whether Marine Corps higher-ups retaliated against an officer who accused the commandant, Gen. James Amos, of meddling in a prosecution.

April 27, 2014

Sold out: Ukraine’s leadership swapped best military weapons for cash

The woeful state of Ukraine's military can be blamed on corruption, Kiev's shaky commitment to national defense and a policy of selling the best weapons to gain cold hard cash, analysts say.

April 23, 2014

Tactical advantage: Russian military shows off impressive new gear

Elite Russian troops are displaying a new arsenal of body armor, individual weapons, armor-piercing ammunition and collar radios — a menu of essential gear that gives them a big tactical advantage against a lesser-equipped Ukrainian army.

April 20, 2014

Removal of military gear limits options for U.S., NATO in Ukraine

The Obama administration has removed all operational combat tanks from Europe and key strike aircraft, limiting the options for a show of force to bolster eastern NATO allies as Russia contemplates invading Ukraine.

April 16, 2014

Hillary Clinton all but erased from tragic story of the attack in Benghazi

A huge wave of public testimony, reports and documents on what happened in Benghazi now floods Washington, and little of it focuses on the role of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before, on, or after Sept. 11, 2012.

April 13, 2014

Indiana assured that Pakistani firm working to thwart bomb makers

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday the state is reopening talks with a Pakistani fertilizer producer after U.S. defense officials attested that the company has taken steps to ensure its product will not help Taliban bombmakers in Afghanistan kill Americans.

April 8, 2014

Doubts on military’s sex assault stats as numbers far exceed those for the U.S.

The Pentagon's survey results for the percentage of military women who are sexually assaulted in a year are much higher than the Justice Department's findings for young women in the U.S.

April 6, 2014