A few weeks ago POLITICO’s Bryan Bender contacted me regarding a story he was writing about politicization in the military, and asked what the Secretary of Defense or the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs...
Earlier this month Military Times reporter Kyle Rempfer asked me for comment about a recent case where an Army National Guard officer, in uniform and at a campaign rally, gave a “visibly emotional” but...
With the announcement last week that thousands of additional troops will be sent to the border to help surveil the “vast areas” between ports entry, it will be interesting to see if we again...
This week I attended a terrific conference sponsored by the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Military Academy entitled “Blurred Lines: Civil-Military Relations and Modern War.” One of the issues my panel aimed to...
President Trump has asked the Pentagon “to explore a celebration at which all Americans can show their appreciation” for America’s military. Although the idea is still in its “infancy,” it could manifest itself in...
Recently a reporter sent me a link to a new article by my friend Phil Carter entitled “Unpresidential Command” which references my “Coup of 2012” essay from several decades back (1992). The reporter said...
Recently, a journalist contacted me about a story he was writing about the President’s relationship with the military. I thought I would share with you some of the input I gave him. In making his...
One of the most controversial aspects of this raucous primary season has been Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the use of force against terrorists, and particularly his rather opaque comments about “tak[ing] out their families.” ...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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