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  • Inside the Ring: New al Qaeda threat

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    A jihadist website posted a new threat by al Qaeda this week that promises to conduct "shocking" attacks on the United States and the West. Published January 30, 2013

  • Inside the Ring: CIA in Benghazi

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Congressional testimony from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday provided no new information about the CIA's covert operation in Benghazi involving weapons shipments. Published January 23, 2013

  • Inside the Ring: Chinese missile defense test?

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    U.S. intelligence agencies are closely monitoring China's missile facilities in anticipation of a test of China's missile defense interceptor, which also doubled in the past as an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile. Published January 9, 2013

  • Inside the Ring: No fix for defense cuts

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The looming $600 billion defense spending crisis required under last year's Budget Control Act was delayed for two months under the compromise tax deal passed by Congress this week. Published January 2, 2013

  • Inside the Ring: Will return Jan. 3

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    Bill Gertz is on vacation. His Inside the Ring column will return Jan. 3, 2013. Published December 26, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: U.S. warns China on North Korea

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The State Department is pressuring Beijing about its communist ally North Korea following failed efforts to halt the recent rocket launch that proved to be Pyongyang's first successful long-range missile test. Published December 19, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Senate blocks DIA spy growth

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to block a major effort by the Pentagon to expand the Defense Intelligence Agency's human spying operations. Published December 12, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Asia pivot questioned

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Assistant Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell on Tuesday defended the Obama administration's new policy called the "pivot" to Asia from critics who say the shift is largely rhetorical and lacks a substantial program to build U.S. military power in the region. Published December 5, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: North Korean missile launch set

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The Pentagon is preparing to activate global missile defenses for an expected test launch of another long-range missile by North Korea, U.S. defense officials said. Published November 28, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: CIA director battle

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Pentagon intelligence official Michael Vickers and National Security Council counterterrorism adviser John Brennan are being looked at by President Obama as top candidates to head the CIA. Published November 21, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Ideological war on terror needed

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The U.S. military made impressive gains on the battlefield and covertly in countering Islamist terrorists since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But the military and government at large so far have failed to strike the religiously motivated ideology behind al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists. Published November 14, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Panetta’s future

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Tuesday's re-election of President Obama triggered immediate speculation about the future of Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, who will turn 75 in June. Mr. Panetta, defense secretary since June 2011, has had a long career in government and is said by associates to be ready to return to private life in Northern California, where he frequently visits and owns land. Published November 7, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Obama, Romney on China

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Last week's presidential debate on foreign policy has sharpened attention on the candidates' views on China and whether its large-scale military buildup is a threat to U.S. security. Published October 31, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Former CNO on Sequester

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    Retired Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations until a year ago, said the coming defense budget sequester will be tantamount to shooting the military in the head. Published October 24, 2012

  • Inside the Ring: Benghazigate debate heats up

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The presidential debate Tuesday between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney added new life to the fierce debate over the Obama administration's mishandling of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Published October 17, 2012

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