"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Equals 4,000 Troops Lost Each Year

By Elizabeth GettelmanThe Army has decided that it's okay to allow convicted felons and neo-nazis to serve, and its been loosening recruitment standards for years in order to patch together a surgeable workforce. But since DADT went into effect in 1994, the armed forces have missed out on 4,000 troops each year.

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Valerie Plame and the Attack of the Paparazzi

By Leigh FerraraFormer covert operative speaks for the first time-and the D.C. press goes wild.

Iraq 101

By Robert Dreyfus and Dave GilsonAll right, no more excuses, people. After four years in Iraq, it's time to get serious. We've spent too long goofing off, waiting to be saved by the bell, praying that we won't get asked a stumper like, "What's the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?"