Institute for Defense Analyses

(Newser) - The Pentagon is launching a six-month look at how women are performing in ground combat jobs, reopening a debate that many in the military thought was settled a decade ago. In a memo obtained by NPR , Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata directs the Army and Marine Corps to...

(Newser) - A Pentagon-sponsored study of captured Iraqi intelligence archives has been unable to find a single operational link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden or his al-Qaeda network, reports the McClatchy newspapers. The study will be released this week and is expected to refuel debate over the US justification for...