The item in Monday’s Daily Report column on President-elect Obama’s selection of retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs has been corrected. Shinseki served a full four-year tour as Army Chief of Staff.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…

