As the Trump administration’s war against Iran continues, discussions have arisen concerning whether or not Trump will send ground troops into the country.

Congress has recommended Col. John Ripley, a Radford native who destroyed the Dong Ha bridge during the Vietnam War, for the ...

As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.

Former Army officer and Peace Corps volunteer says the Trump administration hasn't provided a coherent explanation for the conflict.

Fast forward to 1991. Congress supported President George H.W. Bush to deploy his 34-nation coalition to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. As a member of the ...

The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy. The conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer price ...

Paris Davis' was among the first Black men to lead green berets. His service in Vietnam would earn him the medal of honor, only it took nearly 60 years for him to receive the award.

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay ...

The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, but presidents assert broad authority over use of force and the military. Congress has done little to push back.

A deep and wide-ranging biography of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has won a $50,000 prize. Philip and William Taubman's “McNamara at War” is this year's winner of the Barbara and David ...

Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of ...