Defense Secretary Robert Gates has named the other members of the newly created Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, which last week he said would be led by James Schlesinger. The members are: retired Air Force Gen. Michael Carns, retired Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, John Hamre, Franklin Miller, Jacques Gansler, J.D. Crouch, and Christopher Williams, currently on the Defense Policy Board. Gates has given the task force a short deadline to review the classified Donald Report and the various reviews conducted by the Air Force, Navy, and Defense Logistics Agency, making its first initial assessment, focused on the Air Force, within 60 days. The Air Force already has begun implementing some changes following two internal and one external review conducted after the mistaken transfer of nuclear-equipped cruise missiles from North Dakota to Louisiana.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
